Review by Clark A. You generally know what you’re signing up for when you step into a Metroidvania-style platformer. You’ll explore vast, interconnected environments as you enhance a character’s abilities and survey every cranny. Being a doujin game willing to wear its niche appeal upon its sleeve, though, Rabi Ribi…
Read MoreReview by Trent P. It is called many things in film and literature; unobtainum and smurf berries to name a couple. Always fictional names, always rare, always powerful. They always have the same purpose, too; these fictional resources exist to put up a mirror and show the great lengths humans…
Read MoreReview by Moshe R. Ken Follett’s books were there for me as I was growing up. His brand was that type of fiction thriller that is heavily spiced with historical authenticity. I mostly recall his Eye of the Needle, set in World War 2 (and also made into a movie,…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I can’t think of a “Mario” game that I had less interest in than the idea of a Mario and Rabbids crossover when it was first rumoured, then confirmed without any further concrete information. On title and premise alone I was instantly turned off it. I…
Read MoreReview by Matt C. Shoot ‘em ups are timeless. This genres is almost as old as the video game medium itself, but it remains popular to this day – from Spacewar! to Asteroids to R-Type to Resogun, there’s endless excitement to be found in the simple premise of a nimble…
Read MoreReview by Ginny W. Like any other dramatic medium, games have cottoned onto (and often gleefully exploit) suffering and tragedy as a means to establish narrative depth and strength. When we reach for reasons why protagonists behave in a certain way, it’s incredibly easy to root motivations in tragedy –…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Where the hell is Lady Sun, Koei Tecmo? Or Oichi, Meruru, Casty from Ar Nosurge, Firis, one of the girls from Blue Reflection, and any number of my other favourite characters? This game is terrible! I jest, of course. Warriors All-Stars actually has a stellar cast,…
Read MoreReview by Matt C. From Romeo and Juliet to West Side Story to Pocahontas, forbidden love amid warring factions is one of those timeless stories. Maybe it’s because the ideas they explore – of love being, somehow, both a transcendental force and an effort in futility – are evergreen, maybe…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I’m going to start this review by referencing Piko-Taro… and you thought that his 15 seconds of fame was over and everyone was sane again. See, what is so great, and so hilarious about PPNP is the fundamental absurdity of mashing two completely unrelated things together.…
Read MoreReview by Lindsay M. I tend to go into point-and-click adventure games with a positive bias; I adore the genre’s classic gameplay and narrative structure, and I tend to seek out the good until it overshadows the bad. Then comes Demetrios, a game I wanted so desperately to enjoy. A…
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