Article by Matt S. I know a lot of people have struggled with fitness over the last couple of months. Between lockdowns and social distancing, keeping up a fitness regimen has been difficult. Whether you’ve technically been allowed to go out or been on hard lockdown, motivation to put yourself…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Just to be upfront about this: 51 Worldwide Games (it’s called Clubhouse Games in other markets, but this review will hereafter refer to it by the European/Australian title) has one big weakness: it lacks the AI to challenge people that are good at the respective games…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Takahashi Tetsuya, the director of the “Xeno” series and the head of Monolith Software, seems to have two themes that he loves returning to in his work; the conflict between the artificial and the biological, and a Nietzschean love of rebelling against “God”. There’s the famous…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. After 15 years, Nintendo is finally preparing to release a new entry into its amazing board/card game compilation series, Clubhouse Games. To be titled “51 Worldwide Games” Clubhouse Games brings together a range of old favourites, such as Chess, Poker, Bowling and Blackjack, along with a…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. “It’s not a good look, Nintendo!” wrote one pundit just a few days ago when Nintendo outlined its 2020 content strategy recently, and there wasn’t that much on it. Nintendo was lazy and in trouble for not releasing an endless stream of new content for its Switch…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition is Nintendo’s next big project – a full-scale remaster of its Wii classic, with completely redone art to bring it firmly into the HD era. It’s difficult to remember that this game – absolutely gorgeous in terms of production values – has…
Read MorePreview by Matt S. Xenoblade Chronicles is a game for which the ambition of the developers behind it has always been compromised by the limitations of the platform they were working on. Originally, it was a Wii title that somehow brought the scale of a PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. About a week ago now, Nintendo updated the market on its financial position, and there were some startling numbers involved. It was the healthiest year on record for the Nintendo Switch, and Animal Crossing seems to have been the one thing to benefit from COVID-19 –…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. Spirit of the North has released on the Nintendo Switch and PC, having previously been released on PlayStation 4 (I mention in my video that it’s on Xbox One. It’s not, sorry about that!). It’s a gorgeous, heartfelt game that takes heavy inspiration from Journey, and…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Over in Japan, Nintendo has released a new trailer that gives you a proper look at the gameplay in all 51 of the board, card, and party games in Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (simply known as 51 Worldwide Games here in Australia). This “overview” trailer…
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