Review by Matt S. Ahhhh nostalgia. You can never keep it down. And that works out really well for game developers and publishers, who can dip into those back catalogues every so often to create a “classic game” collection and the sell it off with a minimum of development work.…
Read MoreRetro Reflections by Matt S. Gregory Horror Show is – or more accurately, was – one of the oddest shows on Japanese television; a medium known well for its love of the odd. An incredibly adult anime series, episodes of the show were aired on late night TV in Japan,…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Like the zombies of old, the Resident Evil series has lost its soul in recent years. The problem with Resident Evil 7: Biohazard is that it is such a vapid, self-interested title, and so obsessed with being earnest in its desire to create horror, that it…
Read MoreReview by Pierre-Yves L. Frank West has done it all. He covered the original zombie outbreak in Willamette USA for which he himself got infected for his efforts. He then helped develop a cure for it which then become a well-known pharmaceutical product known as Zombrex which helped both Frank…
Read MoreReview by Pierre-Yves L. Capcom’s Dead Rising series was really instrumental in changing the way we look at zombies in games. These once classic slowly moving undead have been given a bit more life when it comes to gnawing on the flesh of the living. Granted freedom of movement in…
Read MoreGame Theory by Matt S. Unless you’re right into ultra-niche horror games, and have been for a while, it is very unlikely that you’ve played – or even heard of – Clock Tower 3. Released to little fanfare on the PlayStation 2 and doomed to immediate obscurity from middling reviews,…
Read MoreRetro reflections by Nick H. Recently we have had a few articles talking about Three Kingdoms period of ancient China. In particular I have spoken about how I fell in love with the Koei strategy game back on the NES and Matt recently reviewed the latest version of Romance of…
Read MoreReview by Nick H. The Monster Hunter series has some pretty rabid fans out there, my son and I among them. The core formula does not change much from one release to another, but then it doesn’t necessarily matter with this franchise. But I have to say that Monster Hunter…
Read MoreReview by Harvard L. So it’s 2016, and Capcom wants to make an eSport. Specifically, Capcom Osaka! We really need to talk about this! If you want a quick and easy dissertation about whether this game is good or not, and whether you should buy it, then I’m going to…
Read MoreReview by Clark A. Although Mega Man is by far Capcom’s most prolific franchise, it’s been about half a decade since the company devoted any serious resources to it. Capcom hasn’t erased the blue bomber but rendered him the equivalent of a niche Mickey Mouse. He’s retained his iconic status…
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