Review by Matt S. Auteur theory, and whether it should be applied to video games, is one of those more interesting debates that we can have about this medium. Most of the time it’s difficult to identify a single person as being responsible for the creativity in a game; the…
Read MoreReview by Harvard L. My first few levels of SHING! were spent battling with my fingers to try and wrap around this game’s bizarre control scheme. It’s a brawler where the left stick moves and the right stick is used for attacks – flick in a horizontal direction to jab,…
Read MoreVideo by Harvard L. The second of Harvard’s brawler Let’s Plays takes a look at the retro-looking, but very modern in execution The Friends Of Ringo Ishikawa. This game is slick and – amazingly for the genre – offers a really interesting and meaningful story. In this Let’s Play, Harvard…
Read MoreVideo by Harvard L. With the newest game from the developer behind (modern) brawler, The Friends of Ringo Ishikawa, due soon on Nintendo Switch (Arrest of a stone Buddha), Harvard has decided to dip into some genre classics for a couple of different Let’s Plays. First up is a true…
Read MoreVideo by Harvard L. Super Crush KO is a recent release, but it’s an indie game you absolutely should not overlook. It offers tight, fast, exciting action platforming/brawling, set against a really slick neon aesthetic. Sadly, with a lot of great indie games getting released almost daily, you only need…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Set in the universe of River City Ransom, River City Girls is WayForward’s attempt to bring the female characters right to the foreground as brawlers, and it looks like it’s shaping up to be one of WayForward’s best. Due for release on PlayStation 4, Xbox One,…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Fan service takes many forms. We often talk about it in terms of lovely ladies and men that strip down to their underthings, but really, that’s just one (admittedly common) example of it. Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order is another kind of fan service.…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I would never have expected a game that looks like a love letter to River City Ransom, and is about school gangs beating up on one another, would offer up such meaningful insights about the existential dread that many face going through their teenage years. But…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. In the grand scheme of things, the complete re-development of the original Senran Kagura Burst is about as pointless as a game development project gets. The original Senran Kagura Burst, on the Nintendo 3DS, was a side-scrolling brawler that was equal parts pure controversy (because games…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Let’s chalk this one up as the quirky game announcement of the week. Hamsterdam, by Muse Games, is one of the new Kickstarter titles. Looking to raise a modest $US8,000, and already clearly deep into development, this is an arcade brawler where you get to play…
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