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Game Reviews

To Survive COSMIC ENCOUNTER You Have to Negotiate

What would SETTLERS OF CATAN be without negotiation? The dynamic trading aspect brings an otherwise light and luck-based economic game to life, and ...

By Blake MichelleFebruary 15, 20220

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Music Reviews

2 Chainz Mindlessly Ticks Boxes On The Uninspired DOPE DON’T SELL ITSELF

Genre: Trap Favorite Tracks: “Million Dollars Worth of Game (feat. 42 Dugg),” “Vlad TV (feat. Stove God Cooks, Symba and Major Myjah)” 2 ...

By Corey GuenFebruary 12, 20220

Sundance 2022

Buy These! Four Great, Unacquired Films of Sundance 2022

Contrary to what a calendar will tell you, Sundance lasts far longer than its measly dates would imply: months and months of deliberation ...

By Lauren ChouinardFebruary 10, 20220

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Bandcamp Picks

Bandcamp Picks of the Week 2/10/2022

It’s our Bandcamp Picks of the Week, featuring Anxious’s wise LITTLE GREEN HOUSE, and J.R.C.G.’s sprawling AJO SUNSHINE! Anxious – LITTLE GREEN HOUSE ...

By StaffFebruary 10, 20220

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Music Reviews

OVIDONO Finds Oval In Exciting Unexplored Territory

Genre: Glitch, ASMR Favorite Tracks: “As I Do,” “Invisible Colors,” “Of Dreams” The earliest lineup of Oval was a fully-fledged four-piece who made ...

By Evan PincusFebruary 7, 20220

Sundance 2022

The Best Shorts of Sundance 2022

While the Merry-Go-Round team was checking out an impressive lineup of narrative features and documentaries this year, I took some time with the ...

By Lauren ChouinardFebruary 4, 20220

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Bandcamp Picks

Bandcamp Picks of the Week 2/4/2022

It’s our Bandcamp Picks of the Week, featuring the prolific electronic duo INVT and the collaborative bedroom pop wizardry of The Merrier! INVT ...

By StaffFebruary 4, 20220

Mixes of the Month

Mixes of the Month: January 2022

With dancefloors in a seemingly permanent state of flux, there are still plenty of great sets to be heard from some of the ...

By Ryan MoloneyFebruary 2, 20220

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Music Reviews

DS4EVER Pushes Gunna Outside Of His Comfort Zone To Disparaging Results

Genre: Trap, Melodic Rap Favorite Tracks: “pushin p,” “thought i was playing,” “so far ahead > empire” Atlanta rapper and singer Gunna sports ...

By Corey GuenJanuary 31, 20220

Game Reviews

CHICORY: A COLORFUL TALE Is a Reminder That You Don’t Need to Be Great to Matter

In a hard year full of great games, Merry-Go-Round Magazine is taking some extra time to talk about games on and off our ...

By Keven HernandezJanuary 28, 20220

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