Review by Matt S. The tower defence genre has greatly faded in recent years. Back when mobile games were a newer phenomenon, tower defence games provided developers with a cheap way of providing players with a challenging tactics strategy experience. There was a time where every developer was creating them.…
Read MoreReview by Brad L. I remember being a Pokémon lad back in the late ‘90s, when various anime started to become more popular among the younger generation. When it was released in 1999, Digimon was seen as the rival to the Pokémon franchise, and they sure had similarities, but many…
Read MoreReview by Matt C. Japan, we need to talk about the way you go about naming your games. As a general rule, I’ll take creative Japanese titles over generic Western ones (does anyone really prefer The Evil Within to Psycho Break?), but there’s a limit. When I have to look…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Japan’s political and social relationship with sex and sexuality has traditionally been far different to how it has developed in the west. Largely free of the three religions “of the book” that are terrified of and vilify sexuality (Christianity, Judaism and Islam), Japan has developed differently,…
Read MoreReview by Harvard L. The hardboiled detective novel is a cornerstone of American literary history – authors like Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett constructed an anti-hero archetype which is no less than iconic. The image of a sly, quick-witted private detective and an eclectic cast of morally grey suspects is…
Read MoreReview by Brad L. It was a Saturday evening, the weather was fantastic, I was being led by a man dressed as a “hunter”, and about to board a ferry to an island in Sydney Harbour. Two things happened that night, it was the night I met editor-in-chief, Matt, for…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. The Longest Five Minutes is a game entirely about memories, and of nostalgia. So it makes sense that the game itself is a nostalgic trip right back to the era of eight bit graphics and super-simple combat. Some will probably pass this off as a game…
Read MoreReview by Priscilla M. Vesta is a puzzle game disguised as an isometric action-adventure game; brought to life by a FinalBoss Games, a developer team of only five people. I admit that puzzle games normally aren’t my forte but over the past six months I have opened myself up to…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Space Invaders Extreme is a masterpiece of modern arcade gameplay. Originally released ten years ago on the DS and PSP to mark the 30th anniversary of the greatest arcade game of all time (and yes, I genuinely believe Space Invaders is as good as it gets),…
Read MoreReview by Moshe R. Throughout history, human cultures have attributed supernatural powers to the spoken word. You might be familiar with it yourself if you ever practised the act commonly referred to as “prayer”. Humanity has been pondering the power of the spoken word in all sorts of ways, but…
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