I love traditional JRPGs. Having grown up with the genre on the NES, SNES, Game Boy, and whatever else I could get my hands on, more than any other genre the JRPG has been a mainstay for me through my life. So naturally when there is a game that promises…
Read MoreAvernum 2: Crystal Souls is a new look and a remake of a classic game. It lacks the visual fire-power of recent AAA powerhouse RPGs like Dragon Age: Inquisition, or even the old school RPGs like Baldur’s Gate, but those only looking for a shiny exterior to go with bells…
Read MoreReview by Clark A. Fire Emblem turning twenty five years old doesn’t have the impact that it should here. Western fans have missed out on at least seven games over the years so the sheer lineage of Intelligent Systems’ console strategy franchise is lost outside Japan until the magical day…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I never owned a Heroes of Might & Magic PC game when I was a child. But I was a massive fan of the franchise from the moment I played it for the first time on the computer of a good friend of mine (the first…
Read MoreReview by Jim S. Double Dragon is one of the most well known arcade beat ’em up titles ever made and the franchise’s enduring popularity has convinced DotEmu to bring them to your modern PCs. The trilogy package consists of a port of Double Dragon 1, 2 and 3, and…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. If there is one genre that ages more sharply than any other, it’s the First Person Shooter, or FPS. Whether it’s Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, Heretic, Hexen, or even the likes of Goldeneye, it’s harder and harder to go back to these games and enjoy them as…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Pix the Cat is a funky little game that was released on the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita and was something of a mild hit (thanks in no small part because it was a PSPlus “freebie”). Also, it has duckies. And duckies are awesome. Now this…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Here’s a nice bit of news for fans of retro games – around 2,400 classic DOS games are available to play for free via your browsers. This is courtesy of the Internet Archive – a great organisation dedicated to preserving the history of digital media. The…
Read MoreReview by Clark A. Platformers that drown the player in obtusely hidden collectibles often don’t sit well with me, even if the game itself is a terrific example of the genre. Developers incorporate ensembles of near-useless baubles to inject games with additional hours of life, but the result is more…
Read MoreList by Clark A. Gift cards have always been popular as Christmas gifts, especially for people who have no idea what to get someone. If someone in the family knows that you have a Nintendo console, then you might find one under the tree yourself. The good news is that…
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