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Still, the juice is worth the squeeze if you’re a particular type of person who likes oddities, and stories that go for broke.","2025-01-29T07:42:15.607023-05:00",{"id":796,"logo":809,"name":810,"slug":811,"tags":812,"bluesky":813,"twitter":811,"youtube":814,"facebook":810,"mastodon":26,"muckrack":26,"claimed_at":26,"description":815,"website_url":816,"score_format":46,"average_score":104,"default_timezone":48,"last_review_date":26,"stats_updated_at":49,"headquarters_city":26,"news_editor_email":26,"platforms_covered":26,"claimed_by_user_id":26,"reviews_this_month":51,"active_authors_count":51,"headquarters_country":26,"reviews_editor_email":817,"editor_in_chief_email":26,"published_authors_count":51,"published_reviews_count":51},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FDestructoid-Logo.png","Destructoid","destructoid","[  \n  'corporate_owned',\n  'inactive',\n  'online_media'\n  ]","destructoid.bsky.social","@DTOID","Destructoid is a Webby Award-winning video game-focused blog that was founded in March 2006 by Yanier Gonzales.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.destructoid.com","chriscarter@destructoid.com",{"id":819,"game_id":5,"outlet_id":417,"author":820,"original_score":826,"normalized_score":64,"review_url":827,"review_date":577,"summary":828,"created_at":829,"updated_at":829,"author_id":821,"last_edited_at":829,"outlet":830},78795,{"id":821,"bio":26,"name":822,"avg_score":823,"outlet_id":26,"created_at":824,"profile_id":26,"updated_at":825,"claim_token":26,"article_count":62,"claimed_by_user_id":26},60,"Reuben Mount",76.09756097560975,"2024-10-07T17:03:02.602376-04:00","2026-06-01T07:09:10.033725-04:00","9.0","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.thesixthaxis.com\u002F2022\u002F07\u002F21\u002Flive-a-live-review\u002F","Live A Live is hands down one of the most interesting games I've experienced in a while. A neat little package made up of completely disparate elements, it shouldn’t work but it does. Add in some truly clever gameplay mechanics, the gorgeous HD-2D visuals and phenomenal soundtrack, and you have a game I would urge any JRPG fan to play.","2025-02-10T15:06:28.927264-05:00",{"id":417,"logo":831,"name":832,"slug":833,"tags":74,"bluesky":834,"twitter":832,"youtube":833,"facebook":832,"mastodon":26,"muckrack":26,"claimed_at":26,"description":835,"website_url":836,"score_format":46,"average_score":634,"default_timezone":48,"last_review_date":26,"stats_updated_at":49,"headquarters_city":26,"news_editor_email":837,"platforms_covered":26,"claimed_by_user_id":26,"reviews_this_month":51,"active_authors_count":51,"headquarters_country":26,"reviews_editor_email":838,"editor_in_chief_email":839,"published_authors_count":51,"published_reviews_count":51},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FTheSixthAxis-Logo.jpg","TheSixthAxis","thesixthaxis","thesixthaxis.bsky.social","All the latest videos gaming news, reviews, guides, and opinion.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.thesixthaxis.com\u002F","aran@thesixthaxis.com","dom@thesixthaxis.com","teflon@thesixthaxis.com",{"id":841,"game_id":5,"outlet_id":842,"author":843,"original_score":850,"normalized_score":851,"review_url":852,"review_date":577,"summary":853,"created_at":854,"updated_at":854,"author_id":844,"last_edited_at":855,"outlet":856},98385,137,{"id":844,"bio":26,"name":845,"avg_score":846,"outlet_id":26,"created_at":847,"profile_id":26,"updated_at":848,"claim_token":26,"article_count":849,"claimed_by_user_id":26},8920,"Mary Billington",76.69135802469135,"2025-03-25T13:44:29.781787-04:00","2026-06-18T04:09:02.715773-04:00",243,"8.1",81,"https:\u002F\u002Fvideochums.com\u002Freview\u002Flive-a-live","Experience the lives of 8 distinct characters from the dawn of man to the distant future in this remake of a wonderful Super NES RPG.","2025-03-25T14:00:11.494625-04:00","2025-03-25T15:15:42.846752-04:00",{"id":842,"logo":857,"name":858,"slug":859,"tags":26,"bluesky":26,"twitter":860,"youtube":26,"facebook":26,"mastodon":26,"muckrack":26,"claimed_at":26,"description":861,"website_url":862,"score_format":46,"average_score":163,"default_timezone":48,"last_review_date":26,"stats_updated_at":49,"headquarters_city":26,"news_editor_email":26,"platforms_covered":26,"claimed_by_user_id":26,"reviews_this_month":51,"active_authors_count":51,"headquarters_country":26,"reviews_editor_email":26,"editor_in_chief_email":26,"published_authors_count":51,"published_reviews_count":51},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FVideo-Chums.jpg","Video Chums","video-chums","VideoChums","Video Chums brings you great video game reviews and fun top 10 lists for new and retro video games.","https:\u002F\u002Fvideochums.com\u002F",{"id":864,"game_id":5,"outlet_id":865,"author":866,"original_score":873,"normalized_score":64,"review_url":874,"review_date":577,"summary":875,"created_at":871,"updated_at":871,"author_id":867,"last_edited_at":871,"outlet":876},104777,141,{"id":867,"bio":26,"name":868,"avg_score":869,"outlet_id":26,"created_at":870,"profile_id":26,"updated_at":871,"claim_token":26,"article_count":872,"claimed_by_user_id":26},9098,"Andrew Reiner",79.43548387096774,"2025-03-26T08:05:12.751913-04:00","2025-03-26T08:21:36.222752-04:00",93,"9.00\u002F10","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gameinformer.com\u002Freview\u002Flive-a-live\u002Fsizzling-short-stories","I went into Live A Live expecting the time-capsule experience of unearthing a long-lost Super Nintendo RPG from Takashi Tokita, one of the creators of Chrono Trigger and Final Fantasy IV – two of the best games ever made. Even with Live A Live’s design roots stretching back to 1994, little about it feels classic. The colorful pixelated characters scream of that era, but most of the game is inventive, modern, and delightfully goofy (and sometimes shockingly profane).",{"id":865,"logo":877,"name":878,"slug":879,"tags":26,"bluesky":26,"twitter":880,"youtube":881,"facebook":882,"mastodon":26,"muckrack":26,"claimed_at":26,"description":883,"website_url":884,"score_format":46,"average_score":47,"default_timezone":48,"last_review_date":26,"stats_updated_at":49,"headquarters_city":885,"news_editor_email":26,"platforms_covered":26,"claimed_by_user_id":26,"reviews_this_month":51,"active_authors_count":51,"headquarters_country":284,"reviews_editor_email":26,"editor_in_chief_email":26,"published_authors_count":51,"published_reviews_count":51},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002Fgameinformer.jpg","Game Informer","gameinformer","GameInformer","@gameinformer","officialgameinformer","Over 30 years celebrating the best of games in print and online.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gameinformer.com\u002F","Minneapolis"]