Brad Barrett
Recipe
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Homemade Irish Red Ale Recipe
Stop spending money at the bar and start brewing your own beer at home.
Brad Barrett
3.16.18
VICE vs Video games
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Everything I Learned from a Lifetime of Super Mario
Looking back at 30 years of lessons imparted by a high-jumping plumber and his dinosaur friends.
Brad Barrett
9.9.15
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‘Super Mario Bros.’ Taught Me to Be the Best, and More Lessons from the Mushroom Kingdom
Looking back at 30 years of lessons imparted by a high-jumping plumber and his dinosaur friends.
Brad Barrett
9.9.15
The Games That Made me
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‘Metroid Prime’ Is the Game That Made Me Want to See the World
The enveloping environments of Tallon IV nurtured a wanderlust in me that's remained ever since.
Brad Barrett
4.15.15
VICE vs Video games
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‘Metroid Prime’ Is the Game That Made Me Want to See the World
The enveloping environments of Tallon IV nurtured a wanderlust in me that's remained ever since.
Brad Barrett
4.15.15
Into the Darkness
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Gaming’s Bleakest Should Remind Us of What Matters in Our Real Lives
Majora's Mask, Half-Life 2, Papers Please—through the darkness of these interactive experiences, we can appreciate the light in our own existences.
Brad Barrett
2.24.15
VICE vs Video games
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Bleak Video Games Should Remind Us of What Matters in Our Real Lives
Bleak dystopias can be oddly uplifting.
Brad Barrett
2.24.15
VICE vs Video games
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The Greatest Video Game Ever Might Never Come Out
The last installment of the Half-Life series dropped in 2007. That's seven years of waiting for the promised, almost mythical, game from the developers at Valve.
Brad Barrett
Brad Barrett, Illustrations: Billy Mather
9.26.14