Review by Matt S. I have been pretty hard on Kemco’s JRPGs in the past. They get churned out at such an intense rate that it’s hard not to be annoyed by the amateurish nature of them. If the developers just spent time working on the narrative to deliver something…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. When I loaded Postal Redux up, having never played a Postal game before, I was expecting to be made uncomfortable. Postal is right up there with the most notorious games ever made. Games like Mortal Kombat, Night Trap, and any anime game where you might see…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Gangsters – be they yakuza, mafia, or otherwise, are aestheticised in Japanese culture in a way that lends itself very well to otome and a kind of violent, but ravishing romance story. Because of that, Piofiore: Fated Memories, which is a visual novel about three warring…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. This is going to be a relatively short review, because there’s really not much I can say about it. Nickelodeon Kart Racers 2: Grand Prix is one aggressively fine game. It’s a character mash-up kart racer, derivative to Mario Kart to a fault, and your mileage…
Read MoreReview by Matt S.The two Prinny titles – Can I Really Be The Hero? and Dawn of Operation Panties, Dood! are some of the most oddball titles that Nippon Ichi has created. Taking the common peon and mascot of the Disgaea tactical JRPG series, and throwing them by the thousands…
Read MoreReview by Matt S.Along with Steins;Gate and Chaos;Head, Robotics;Notes belongs to what you could conceivably call the “AAA” of visual novels. Each of these titles is characterised by having an expansive, extensive vision, exceptionally high production values, and are lengthy, content-filled stories. Robotics;Notes Elite is an upgrade to the original…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. People often forget that the genesis of Super Smash Bros. was as a modest, local multiplayer, fun-over-competition brawler. Given how bloated and meta the series has become it is easy to forget that, but on the Nintendo 64, Super Smash Bros. had a tiny few characters…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Five years in the making, a failed Kickstarter effort, and lord knows what else in the interim, developer, Nick Doerr, and his team has finally pushed Undead Darlings ~no cure for love~ out the door. If nothing else this game is admirable for the sheer willpower…
Read MoreReview by Harvard L. In Warsaw, players take the role of the Polish resistance against the occupying Nazi forces towards the end of World War 2. It’s a tactical role-playing game which is heavily weighted towards combat and resource management. Developers Pixelated Milk set out to make a harrowing game…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 is a beloved simulator, and with Atari since driving the property into the dirt, it’s the one that people look to as the classic in the theme park sub-genre (eclipsed, perhaps, only by the very recent Planet Coaster). With a better-than-pedestrian port to…
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