Review by Matt S. Despite greatly enjoying digital trading card games, I hadn’t played SNK Vs Capcom: Card Fighter’s Clash before now. That’s not for lack of interest, it’s just that I hadn’t played any of the Neo Geo Pocket titles. And so, I’ve appreciated the chance to experience it…
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I was a little hesitant to stream Duel Princess on the DDNet YouTube channel. The developer/publisher, qureate, is known for visual novels that have enough heavy fan service to get coverage of the games demonetised on YouTube. Nonetheless, the promise of fan service and Battle Cats-like light strategy was appealing…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. There are two things that are true about Shakespeare. One, more people should read, and learn to appreciate, the great bard than do. For far too many, Shakespeare starts and stops at the more “boring” end of school curriculums, and that’s a pity because learning to…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. A few years ago, I picked up a fantasy literature bundle that had Sarah Maas’ Throne of Glass in it. I didn’t know anything about this series, but it had an intriguing premise (a female assassin forced into death games? Sweet!), and the cover was good.…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. We’re less than half a month into 2022, and it’s the best year of gaming ever… okay that might be hyperbole, but there’s a new Hatsune Miku game on the way to the Switch, so that’s exciting by default. The game is called Hatsune Miku: Tsunageru…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I actually think – and the existence of Alone Musc backs this up – that rhythm games are the most difficult things for independent developers to create. In theory, they should be quite easy, right? It’s not like the genre is known for AAA-budget graphics or…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. In 2022, I do hope developers learn to properly pair narrative genres with gameplay mechanics. Horror is a difficult genre to get right; it’s not just about having ugly monsters and creepy houses. It requires a carefully creative hand to guide players on a journey. It…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. It looks like EastAsiaSoft is going to kick off 2022 in much the same way it played 2021; where there’s a good dosing of fan service available, they’ll roll with it. Seven Pirates H is an Idea Factory game, with EastAsiaSoft partnering with the publisher to…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I didn’t enjoy Epic Dumpster Bear 2: He Who Bears Wins. It’s an ugly and trashy (ha!) experience that has been cobbled together with what seems to be a dozen different asset packs, as are dumped on Humble Bundle from time to time. It’s a pacy…
Read MoreReviews by Matt S. The end of year rush is always so busy that I inevitably miss some games that I had otherwise planned on playing and reviewing (the awards really do take a lot out of me), and then Christmas break hits, and I really do my best to…
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