Review by Matt S. It usually does my head in when developers, authors, film makers, or any other creative tries to tackle the topic of time travel. That’s not to say it can’t be done, and the body of philosophical thought around time travel and associated themes (morality and so…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Having not played Nidhogg, and those other “one hit kill” fighting games, Slice, Dice & Rice is a wholly new kind of fighting game for me. And it’s a wholly wonderful game. With no health bars, no combos, and a single solid hit enough to win…
Read MoreReview by Matt C. Nikola Tesla and H. P. Lovecraft have both had their share pop cultural appearances over the years. Tesla’s electrical inventions and proposals for weaponised electricity have inspired many a character and video game weapon over the years, while almost any work of horror carries some degree…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. There isn’t that much that I can say about Bayonetta 2 and its predecessor that I haven’t already. I reviewed Bayonetta 2 when it was released on the Wii U, and this is almost a straight port of that game. The original comes as a bonus…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Fantasy Hero is trashy. It was trashy on its original release on the PlayStation Vita, and on the very long list of games I’d like to see released on the Nintendo Switch, this one is nowhere close to it. But, the Switch is the “in” console…
Read MoreReview by Harvard L. The Switch has its fair share of top-down shoot-em-ups, but most take heavy influence from the arcade philosophy of design: three lives, high scores and punishing difficulty. Sky Force Reloaded takes a different approach – it uses RPG progression systems to create a smoother difficulty curve,…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Romance of the Three Kingdoms is one of the most dense, lengthy, weighty books written in any language. It’s 2,339 pages long. For context, War and Peace, the historical novel that people always love to reference as being a massive slog of a read, is barely…
Read MoreReview by Harvard L. The Roman invasion of Britain in the early turn of the century was a bloody one, with scars left across the isles even today – and Wulverblade takes this period and uses it as a setting for one of the most violent beat-em-ups on the market.…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Anime tie-in games are a tough gig now. Fans have expectations, and as we’ve seen with the likes of Persona 4 Arena, Arslan: The Warriors of Legend, and Dragon Ball FighterZ from earlier this year, it’s no longer enough to simply provide a workable gameplay system…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Circle Entertainment has done a clever thing in packaging up the three Mercenaries Saga games for release on the Nintendo Switch. On the one hand, each game in the series is almost a painfully generic take on the tactics JRPG genre. On the other, bundled up…
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