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Most discussion about video games is about what everyone's playing right now, even at Waypoint. But ever since Waypoint launched last year, we've been looking for a reason to revisit some our favorite games, especially the forgotten gems others might have overlooked. Those feelings provided the motivation behind our new Video Game Book Club*, where we'll play a game over the course of a month and record podcasts discussing it. This month it's Sega's Binary Domain.* So, uh, we don't have a name for this new idea yet. Can you help us in the forums?After playing Nier: Automata, everyone at Waypoint was ready for another dive into philosophies of the sci-fi mind. Binary Domain, a quirky action game about humanity's relationship with artificial intelligence, fits the bill. (Did you know that you can also play the game by yelling voice commands at a Kinect?)Here's how it works. We'll play the game over the course of a month. On May 17, the episode discussing the first half of the game drops, the second episode on May 31. According to How Long to Beat, Binary Domain takes a little under 10 hours.The idea with Waypoint's Currently Unnamed Video Game Book Club is that we're picking games accessible for most people. Though Binary Domain was not ported to Xbox One or PlayStation 4, nor is it backwards compatible, there is a decent PC version available on Steam, and console copies aren't expensive on Amazon or GameStop. If nothing else, there are Let's Play videos on YouTube.Obviously, everyone playing along is a big part of this. There will be threads on the forum, and we'll be soliciting questions to drive the upcoming podcasts.Who's ready to shoot up some robots and feel sad about it?
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