“Auteur” is a word that I would argue is thrown around too much when it comes to video games. The theory behind it comes from film criticism, with the notion that a film is the director’s vision and solely their vision. When it comes to video games, though, it’s typically…
Read MoreOn the one hand I’m always up for a new Yu-Gi-Oh! game. On a fundamental level it’s a very complex, but very high quality, collectible card game (CCG), and short of making a video game version of Weiss Schwarz (a CCG game that features both Risette from Persona 4 and…
Read MoreThere are many different RPG series over the years that have garnered rabid fan support. Arguably my favourite has been the Suikoden franchise. I spent so many hours with what seemed like an overwhelmingly large cast of characters, yet the stories almost always spoke to me on a more personal…
Read MoreIt’s been a busy couple of days for news about Konami, and it’s the kind of news that has led to the company being crucified over social media. First the rumours swirled that it would be canning the much-hyped Silent Hills, then the company confirmed that to be the case,…
Read MoreIn a time when Final Fantasy VII introduced the world to a “cinematic” JRPG experience, Suikoden II maintained an old-school 2D approach. For that reason, the latter was mostly overlooked until its re-release on the PlayStation Network over a decade later. The story picks up from the original Suikoden, with…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. When I was interviewing for my upcoming book (yes, that was a shameless plug, but it fits), one of the people I was interviewing with, who has extensive experience working in both the Japanese and western games industry said to me “western developers tend to focus…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. When Konami started farming out its Silent Hill franchise to western developers, the series lost just about everything that made it great. That’s not to say some of the games weren’t worthy – Wayforward especially turned in a respectable effort in Book of Memories – but…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. It seems really strange for a collectible card game (CCG) to be an exclusively single player experience. After all, we are talking about a genre in which a core part of the appeal is in pitching wits against a real human being. CCGs are at heart…
Read MoreNews by Clark A. Whether you’re a fan of the anime, manga, card game, or the video games, here’s some news worth celebrating; Yu-Gi-Oh! is returning to the big screen. Konami’s own 4K Media broke the news, stating that another Yu-Gi-Oh! feature film is currently being developed over in Japan.…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Yu-Gi-Oh! Millennium Duels is an odd game. In an era where collectible card games (CCGs) are typically free-to-play and focused on multiplayer, Millennium Duels has an up-front cost, doesn’t demand microtransactions after that, and is more focused on the single player experience. As a result, this…
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