Video by Matt S. I’ve been playing a lot of retro and retro-styled games recently, and it has reminded me that in a lot of ways pixel art is the perfect aesthetic for video games. The way it inspires the imagination is like a good book, and adds to the…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Square Enix was quite strategic about the release timing of Collection of SaGa Final Fantasy Legend. The company released this late into the year so they can pick up some easy cash from the nostalgic with what is a very cheap retro collection, without too much…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. Last week Nintendo localised the original Fire Emblem into English for the first time, to celebrate the series’ 30th anniversary. Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon first released in Japan-only way back in 1990, and playing it in 2020 has been some real nostalgic joy. A lot of…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. A hobby that I have picked up this year has been to import emulation consoles from China. They run on Android or Linux operating systems, have emulators loaded in for all the old consoles, and allow you to play all your favourite old games on the…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Fire Emblem got a slow start in the western world. It seems hard to believe given how much weight Nintendo puts on it now, but it wasn’t until the Game Boy Advance that we got our first localised Fire Emblem title. There were all these other…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. On the one hand, the Super Mario 3D All-Stars collection brings three of the greatest examples of the 3D platformer to the Nintendo Switch. Mario 64, alone, is such a monstrously influential, powerful, important game that it will be found in the art galleries of the…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Nintendo Switch owners that have subscribed to the online service will get a new bunch of games to enjoy next week, with three new SNES titles and one NES classic to release on September 23. On the SNES side of things, you’ll have Donkey Kong Country…
Read MoreRetro by Matt S. For such a massive media property, Sailor Moon has always been a little quiet on the video game front. I’m not even entirely sure why, since anime and video games tend to go together very well. Perhaps it’s something as silly as Sailor Moon being a…
Read MoreBook review by Harvard L.“I have a friend who told me that he couldn’t sleep in the same room as the box Resident Evil came in; he had to move it out of his bedroom every night. Another fan told me he played it around age ten. He lived in…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. I never did own a Neo Geo Pocket Color, but on the strength of the two fighting game ports that have just landed on Nintendo Switch: Samurai Shodown! 2 and King Of Fighters R2, I really wish I did, because this humble little handheld showed just…
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