Review by Matt S. This is going to be a short review, because Ayakashi Koi Gikyoku is effectively unplayable. “How might a visual novel be unplayable?” I hear you ask. Well, consider the very first couple of lines from the prologue: When the stars and the moon appeared in the…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Tanzia isn’t the first single player game to attempt to emulate the classical MMO. It won’t be the last. There have been successful attempts at this; the Sword Art Online franchise, for example, or Cyberdimension Neptunia. And then there’s Taniza. Dear lord is Tanzia a brutally…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. There was a stream overnight giving people the first look at a new Senran Kagura game in action. Unlike most of the titles in the series, however, this one is not an action-heavy brawler. Oh no. Peach Ball: Senran Kagura is a pinball title. And it’s…
Read MoreReview by Ginny W. As the Banner Saga draws to its fateful conclusion, what was previously a death march now feels like a funeral procession. The team behind it has risen to unexpected heights in the wake of the success of the trilogy’s first two titles. There’s always been a…
Read MoreReview by Priscilla M. Cosmic Star Heroine was on my radar since the initial Kickstarter in 2013, but it was not until the Switch port that I was given a chance to experience the galactic wonder for myself. Cosmic Star Heroine is touted as a game for fans of JRPGs…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. One of the many very fine rhythm games available on Nintendo Switch is Musynx, which offers players some 80 or so tracks across a range of Asian pop and rock genres (including vocaloids!) Related reading: Our review of Musynx on Nintendo Switch And now it’s going…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. It’s almost impossible to find good quality information about the Middle East out here in the west. Whether it’s a look at the historical context of the Middle East, or a contemporary view of the volatile region, it’s nearly impossible to break through propaganda and ideology…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. For fans of large-scale strategy games, there aren’t too many choices available on the Nintendo Switch, however, there is World Conqueror X, and it’s a more-than-decent take on recreating the strategic conditions and battles of World War 2. It also seems to have sold well enough…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Code of Princess was one of the first downloadable titles released on the Nintendo 3DS, released right back in 2013. I wasn’t actually a big fan of it. It’s been quite some time since I played it, but while I don’t remember the specifics, I do…
Read MoreNews by Trent P. Square Enix has revealed further information about The Worlds End With You: Final Remix, the Nintendo Switch release of the legendary Nintendo DS JRPG. For those who never played that original, TWEWY focuses on protagonist, Neku, who finds himself caught in a Reapers’ Game where he…
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