News by Matt S. It’s strange that the Nintendo Switch has been around for so long now, and there’s still no Yu-Gi-Oh on it. Konami publishes that license on every console, and the console doesn’t quite feel rounded until there’s a Japanese TCG on it. The good news is that…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. There are a number of reasons behind the exploding popularity of the visual novel genre in recent years. One is that digital distribution platforms have allowed for a relatively cheap release; there’s no need to produce boxed copies and organise retail distribution. Another reason is Steins;Gate.…
Read MoreReview by Trent P. Space is considered the last destination in humanity’s journey to conquer its environment, and there’s romance and drama in that. Consequently, this final frontier has been tackled by many game developers with their own spin on what space is, means, and must be like. Some focus…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. In the grand scheme of things, the complete re-development of the original Senran Kagura Burst is about as pointless as a game development project gets. The original Senran Kagura Burst, on the Nintendo 3DS, was a side-scrolling brawler that was equal parts pure controversy (because games…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. There is perhaps no period of European history more terrifying and bleak than the years of the Black Death. This was a time when, across Europe, not only was violent religious zealotry an everyday reality, but there was a plague that no one had an answer…
Read MoreReview by Lachlan W. I’ve never been flighty or easy to scare. I’m not bragging – it’s just kind of a fact. Like most Australian boys, I got my first exposures to real horror media through illicitly obtained VCRs from the local Video EZ secretly watched at night with my…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Serious aircraft simulators are for really hardcore players. There’s a certain thrill to mastering the complex controls for aeronautical terms I’d never be able to memorise, I’m sure, but those games are well beyond me, which is unfortunate, because I enjoy the idea of them a…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Do I dare hope that this will actually be good? Power Rangers, the franchise, is all about fighting on top of fighting. And now there’s a new fighting game coming that lets you settle once and for all which ranger is the best (yellow. Always, always…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. SEGA surprised us all when it announced that it was producing a 2D fighting game set in the universe of its lesser-known Shining JRPG series. Most of us would just like to see the Shining series be consistently localised again into English, but we’ll take a…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Bandai Namco’s Tales franchise has always been good at telling classical JRPG stories, using classical JRPG tropes. From Tales of Phantasia right back in 1995, though to the most recent, Tales of Berseria, released in 2016, Bandai has never strayed too far from the established path in…
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