Millions couldn’t escape the raiders on the continent.
—
Laurent Dubois,
The Atlantic,
6 Jan. 2026
Set two-hundred years after atomic armageddon, residents of Vault-Tec’s network of luxury fallout habitats begin to explore the radioactive territory outside their shelters and discover a nightmarish world of militant factions, irradiated creatures, vicious raiders, and feral monsters.
In some cases, the linear sections are convincing enough, but for the most part, Black Ops 7 feels like a mediocre looter shooter in structure and moment-to-moment gameplay.
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Fran J. Ruiz,
Rolling Stone,
18 Nov. 2025
Looking for another 'looter shooter' but don't want to deal with pesky MMO elements?
French buccaneers spent much of the seventeenth century hiding and plundering along the northwest coast of Hispaniola, eventually realizing more money could be made farming tobacco and sugar.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Jan. 2026
Grant had pessimistically concluded in 1965 that the buccaneer capitalism and technocracy of the U.S. had already penetrated the True North beyond repair.
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