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Travis Northup

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Writer Reviewer at IGN

Writer for IGN. I always wear a suit and play too many video games. Ma Klounkee! Catch me every week on @LastWordPod and @SG_Bitcast.

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  • 22 hours ago | sea.ign.com | Travis Northup

    This excellent expansion adds a whole lot more Lies of P, and that’s a very good thing, even if it dances to the same old strings. This post might contain affiliation links. If you buy something through this post, the publisher may get a share of the sale. Updated: June 7, 2025, 5:56 a.m. The VerdictOverture is a prequel DLC that simply provides more Lies of P, and that’s an extremely good thing.

  • 1 day ago | ign.com | Travis Northup

    If you’ve marion-yet to play the fantastic, Pinocchio-inspired soulslike Lies of P, then its first DLC expansion, Overture, is filled with finely polished reasons to do so. Though it's whittled from the same timber and sticks very closely to the original stage directions, this 12-hour encore has plenty of new (and still deeply depressing) areas to explore, some additional tools to carve baddies into kindling with, and more impressively menacing bosses to drop the curtain on.

  • 1 day ago | flipboard.com | Travis Northup

    1 hour agoThe Felt That: Boxing reveal trailer is one of the highlights of Summer Game Fest so far. I have not played a single boxing game outside of Wii Sports this century, but that could be about to change. Summer Game Fest Live brought us the reveal of Felt That: Boxing, which stars puppet pugilists. This …

  • 1 day ago | ign.com | Travis Northup

    With the Nintendo Switch 2 finally in my hands, naturally the first thing I set out to do was play the stuff that didn’t run great on the original Switch, just to see how much of an improvement the new console is. One at the top of the list was Hogwarts Legacy: an ambitious open-world game that really struggled on Switch. First, let's look back at why I loved it the first time around, when I reviewed it on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, and PC.

  • 2 weeks ago | ign.com | Travis Northup

    Hot off the heels of Palia, a great life sim that just consumed dozens of hours of my life, I actually can’t believe I’ve been sucked into yet another one only a few days later. With its witty writing and seemingly endless supply of charm, Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time has already stolen plenty of mine.

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TieGuyTravis
TieGuyTravis @TieGuyTravis
6 Jun 25

I returned to puppet form to play the new Lies of P DLC, and it was glorious. Here’s my review, via @IGN: Lies of P: Overture Review https://t.co/GShPfan9Ye

TieGuyTravis
TieGuyTravis @TieGuyTravis
5 Jun 25

Dang, Switch 2 feels prettaaaay nice.

TieGuyTravis
TieGuyTravis @TieGuyTravis
23 May 25

Already off to the races with my next review — yet another cozy game called Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time. Loving it so far. My review in progress, via @IGN: Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time Review in Progress https://t.co/Ayg9bNssmD