Review by Matt S. There are few franchises that are more incomprehensible to people who aren’t in love with them than the Football Manager series. Taking out all the thrill of the on-field heroics of a football team, this series instead casts you as the manager of your own team.…
Read MoreReview by Priscilla M. The Adventure Pals developed by Massive Monster and released on PC/Mac, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One, is a colourful and vibrant action-adventure platforming game. You control a young boy named Wilton; whose birthday plans are interrupted by the evil Mr. B, who kidnaps your…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Killing Time At Lightspeed is one of the most effective conversations about the role, purpose, and deep, abiding flaws of social media that I’ve ever come across. It’s a text-driven narrative game, set in the era of space travel in which you play as a person…
Read MoreReview by Britta S. In The End of the Golden Weather, a classic stage play known to generations of New Zealand students, a young boy lives and struggles through a summer holiday in a small beachside township. Real life and imagination become intertwined for him as tensions rise and the…
Read MoreReview by Brad L. God of War has been one of those series that I just could not get into. With previous games, despite offering fast-paced action akin to what makes PlatinumGames titles so special, I couldn’t relate to the narratives whatsoever. Kratos was painted as a tough, merciless character,…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Have you ever read Georges Bataille’s work? Particularly his novel Story of the Eye? If not, it’s a useful way to understand and interpret a game like Gal*Gun 2. In fact, Gal*Gun 2 is the perfect example of so much of Bataille’s work and philosophy in…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Let’s talk about Diablo clones. It’s rare for a game to be so influential that it becomes a genre title in itself, but that’s certainly the case for Diablo. That original masterpiece, released far back in 1996, has joined the ranks of the likes of Rogue…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I didn’t really want to sit down and write this review of Regalia. Doing so is going to take hours out of my life and… the game’s just not worth it. But in the interests of being professional, here we go: there’s nothing outright wrong with…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Metropolis: Lux Obscura is what happens when a game developer really likes Sin City, and decides to copy it, without really understanding why Sin City – or the broader noir genre – is so good. It does manage to get every common noir element into it,…
Read MoreReview by Ginny W. The Switch hasn’t exactly had a dearth of puzzle games in its first year. In fact, some of the games in this genre have been best-selling titles. However, if you’re too lousy at mathematics to make a real dent in Picross, or not after a game…
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