Retro 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…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Ever since I discovered the Analogue Pocket, I have been looking forward to the opportunity to secure one of these devices. A retro machine designed to play old cartridges (and I have dozens of Game Boy games thanks to trips to Japan), the Pocket is a…
Read MoreRetro reflections by Matt S. These days, indie developers fall over themselves to implement “roguelike” elements into their games. Indeed, the “roguelike” to indies is what “open world” is to the big publishers – a safe and commercially-proven way of throwing a lot of content at players… and it is…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. Arcade Archives have only been around since 2014, but it’s almost difficult to think of a time before they were everywhere on the digital download stores – Hamster has released 108 of the things across PS4, Xbox One, PC and Nintendo Switch in just six years.…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Competition around the “retro compilation” space has become surprisingly fierce. It’s no longer enough to simply drop emulations of a handful of random arcade titles from the backlog and call it a day. As the likes of Capcom, Konami and SNK have shown, players are really…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. The latest compilations of classic games to land on our consoles comes from Namco, the makers of some of the most beloved retro classics of all. As you’ll see, these packages (there are two volumes) show an impressive range and even some treasures that we haven’t…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. The original Game Boy was my first console, and I loved it to death (literally, my original Game Boy died after endless hours of use). My entire preference for the handheld gaming experience probably has something to do with loving that original Game Boy that much.…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. Myst (well, realMyst, actually) landed on Nintendo Switch about a week ago, and for pure nostalgia’s sake, I decided to pick it up and give it a play. It has been a long time since I last played Myst (aside from a short go at a…
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