Review by Matt S. Assassin’s Creed Rogue is one of those games that I’ll keep re-playing every time Ubisoft re-releases it. After Assassin’s Creed Liberation, it is my favourite entry in the series, and like with Liberation, having it on the Nintendo Switch is a truly great thing. It comes…
Read MoreFilm review by Matt S. When it comes to history, the Japanese anime, manga and games space has the unique ability to make eras and events that we in the west might be completely unfamiliar with accessible. As I’ve said many times before, Samurai Warriors was what got me interested…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Romance of the Three Kingdoms is one of the most dense, lengthy, weighty books written in any language. It’s 2,339 pages long. For context, War and Peace, the historical novel that people always love to reference as being a massive slog of a read, is barely…
Read MoreInterview by Matt S. The next Warriors game from Koei Tecmo is another Samurai Warriors game, but it’s a very different one from what we’re used to from the developer. With most Warriors games, the story of dozens of different characters is told at once. For the upcoming Samurai Warriors:…
Read MoreAround nine months after the game landed on the PlayStation 4, Koei Tecmo has finally launched Dynasty Warriors 8 Empires on the PlayStation Vita. Chances are, if you’re a fan of the Warriors games, you’ve already played this on console, but it’s worth double dipping, because it suits the handheld…
Read MoreWhile the strategy genre is not for everyone, those who enjoy delving into meaty campaigns, playing with lots of options and sinking in hundreds of hours into an expertly paced historical game should come away incredibly pleased with what Nobunaga’s Ambition: Sphere of Influence has to offer. While this type…
Read MoreThe Rurouni Kenshin series of films is what 47 Ronin should have been. Stripped of the formula that marks a Hollywood period film, and replaced with an actual understanding of the Japanese culture and philosophy (as you would hope, given that it is a film native to Japan), Rurouni Kenshin…
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