Article by Priscilla M. It’s not every day that you get an excuse to play and write about an eighteen-year-old game with fresh eyes – and yet I was lucky enough to do so with the Switch port of Final Fantasy IX. This is genuinely the first time I’ve played…
Read MoreNews by Matt C. Heading into its third year, the Nintendo Switch continues its trend of getting a port of seemingly every game ever made. Here are all the Switch port and release date announcements (that we know of) from this week: ACA NeoGeo The King of Fighters 2003 (available…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Dead or Alive 6 might be just around the corner (and that’s awesome), but it’s not the only Dead or Alive action in March. Dead or Alive Xtreme 3: Scarlet also gets a release then, and that game’s going to be just the most chill fun.…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I hope that Magic Scroll Tactics is a big commercial success for the developer, so that the team can come back and put some actual money behind a sequel. That’s not to say that Magic Scroll Tactics is a poor game. Far from it. It offers…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. “Roguelikes” are dime a dozen these days. Any game that takes a procedural approach to the level design (i.e. the level is randomised) is proudly broadcast as a roguelike, and it’s easy to understand why; random levels means unlimited replay value, or something. If that’s not…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Sigh, Kemco. I like what Kemco wants to achieve; the publisher wants to give us all retro-styled JRPGs that are reminiscent of the SNES through PlayStation One era of the genre. As a fan of that era of game development – especially with regards to the…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. The summer school romance – is there any single topic out there that is sweeter, more nostalgic, and warmer than that? I’d argue not. We all have memories of those schoolyard crushes and summer camp flings, and Tokyo School Life is actually one of the better…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Gameloft represents a lot of things that I find genuinely offensive about big business game development. The company takes popular ideas that other developers and publishers have pioneered, cribs them wholesale, and then dumps them for free (or close to free, but of course always with…
Read MoreReview by Harvard L. Reverie is a retro-styled top-down adventure game steeped in both modern and historic New Zealand culture. On the basis of charm alone, I was happy to hit it with full marks and enjoy my time while it lasted – but that would hardly make for an…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Aliens (the film) has been responsible for a great many video games. Ever since James Cameron’s pioneering blend of science fiction, sheer terror, and hard action captured the imagination of film audiences, there have been umpteen efforts to capture into games that aesthetic and theme of…
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