Review by Matt S. Gloomhaven is one of the more celebrated board games of recent years, but it’s also an absolute beast to deal with; the base game itself will set you back around $200, and you will need a big table to play this one. It’s also designed to…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. As a rabbit owner, I’ve felt consistently aggrieved by the obsession game developers have with the endless pet the dog memes. I get that they’re “man’s best friend” or whatever, but you got yours over and over and over again. Where’s the love for the bunnehs?…
Read MoreAsk me what my all-time favourite game is, and I’ll tell you that it’s Bubble Bobble. Ask me for my top five, and I’ll list off five different variants of Bubble Bobble before expanding my tastes out to other titles. I can’t play Bubble Bobble all the time. I mean,…
Read MorePreview by Matt S. I never thought Blue Reflection would get a sequel. As utterly beautiful, wholesome, and heartfelt as it was, it didn’t exactly set sales charts on fire, and unfortunately, it got badly mischaracterised as a trashy fanservice game, when it was anything but that. Koei Tecmo has…
Read MorePreview by Harvard L. Inscryption is a new horror-themed card game that just had a demo land. In this little Let’s Play, Harvard walks you through how the game plays and what to expect from it. Needless to say, we’re keen! This could be quite the sleeper hit when it…
Read MorePreview by Harvard L. I’m surprised that more developers don’t take a systemic approach to horror – we get lots of games that lean away from game mechanics and skill-based interactions, but there’s a richness to be explored within the language of game systems too. Having played Shephy, I’m all…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. I was there right at the start with Pokémon cards. My brothers and I wore out entire decks with the very first edition of the game. For the longest time it replaced Magic: The Gathering as our go-to TCG. And then the Game Boy Color Pokémon…
Read MoreReview by Lindsay M.It’s been six years since the original Sheltered launched. The game came out around the same time as Fallout Shelter, and shares enough superficial similarities as to be comparable, although with a premium price rather than a free-to-play model. I was worried it wouldn’t be successful, but…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Asterigos is an action RPG in development for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 and PC, by a rookie developer, Acme Gamestudio, out of Taiwan. Inspired by ancient Roman and Greek aesthetics, Asterigos might not look like it will break any new ground, but from the first look…
Read MoreReview by Lindsay M.I can’t tell you the last time I sat down and played a straight-up, old-school visual novel. I’ve gotten used to visual novels with branching narratives, or that include point-and-click components. The Mysteries of Ranko Togawa: Murder on the Marine Express promises to be that classic experience.…
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