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Mixtape is at the center of another tedious culture war discourse, and I think I know why

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(Image credit: Annapurna Interactive) I happened to review Mixtape , then made the mistake of going online to see what all the discourse and fuss was about it. So, Mixtape. In case you've been wisely keeping out of the loop, Mixtape released last week to a series of rave reviews online. I went ahead and played it, giving it a 74 in our Mixtape review (which I would like to take a moment to remind people is a good score) but it didn't connect with me in the same way as other reviewers. Just rattling down the list, IGN gave it a 10 alongside VGC 's five-star review. GameSpot gave it a nine, Nintendo Life gave it a nine—it's been critically well-received, is what I'm saying. Others, like our friends at GamesRadar+ , gave it four stars. A little more in-line with the mixed bag I'd denoted it as. Rather than a game simply being allowed to release and be somewhat divisive, however, Mixtape has found itself in the unenviable position of being wrapped up in another one of those tedious culture war things.…

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