News by Matt S. Good news, Dr. Mario fans with smartphones! The classic puzzler is now on your iPhones and Android devices courtesy of Dr. Mario World. The latest mobile effort by Nintendo is another free-to-play game with in-app purchases, following the likes of Animal Crossing and Fire Emblem on…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. Kotodama: The 7 Mysteries of Fujisawa is a new visual novel/Match-3 puzzle game combination from PQube. And it is so, so good. Not just for the fanservice (though the fanservices is *really* good), but also because it has a great sense of humour, great character design,…
Read MoreInterview by Matt S. Kotodama: The 7 Mysteries Of Fujisawa releases tomorrow, and it’s a big deal for publisher PQube, as it also happens to be the first game that PQube has developed. Taking that step from publishing games for other developers to creating one in-house is a huge one,…
Read MorePreview by Matt S. One of my most stand-out blind spots, in terms of games that I have not played, has always been Catherine. As a game that has the reputation for offering up an unflinchingly adult look at relationships and sex, as well as Japanese youth culture, it’s something…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. The idea that Viz Media is getting into game publishing is a tantalising one; the specialist anime and manga publisher could do a great deal to bring a number of visual novels and JRPGs from Japan to our shores because, as many as do make their…
Read MoreReview by Trent P. I have never played real golf, only ever miniature golf. And miniature golf… well, while I think I’m a pro at it, I’m fairly sure the last time I played it with a few friends their two-year old ended up with a higher score than me.…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. After slogging through utterly mammoth reviews of Dead or Alive 6 and The Caligula Effect: Overdose – games that have a great deal of personal resonance with me – I needed to play something empty that I could be done with quickly. About the highest compliment…
Read MoreArticle by Matt S. Nintendo has come full circle, and it’s incredible to think a company is pulling exactly the same tricks that it did decades ago, in those heady early days of video games. It’s even more impressive that the company can surprise and delight in doing so. Related…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Nameko – “Funghi” in the west – is one of those odd success stories in Japan in which a character design has become so popular that the character has become famous simply for existing. While the popularity that drives Nameko is a little foreign to the…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. When we think about “surrealism” as it’s applied to videogames, we usually end up taken down some pretty dark paths. Hidetaka Suehiro with Deadly Premonition, and Goichi Suda with the likes of Killer7, immediately come to mind when thinking about surrealistic games, or alternatively something like…
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