Cricket 22 has finally released on Switch after launching on the other consoles late last year. As someone who rather prefers to game on the go, I’ve been looking forward to seeing how this turns out. So come join me as we check the action out!…
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Wii Sports was one incredible little experience. It was the perfect way to launch the Wii console, and it was one of those rare games that got everyone playing. Unfortunately, while Nintendo Switch Sports is very good, it fails to capture the same zeitgeist, and I don’t think we’ll ever…
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Samurai Bringer has a lot going for it – a gorgeous low-fi art style, the historical setting, and the promise of roguelike action… yep, it’s an indie game, alright, but one of the more promising ones. We’ll have a full review later this week, but in the meantime, you can…
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This is something that happens far too often: an excellent game with a lot to say and think about gets released, and, because it drops a few frames here and there, that’s all anyone ends up talking about. Related reading: Our review of Chrono Cross. Sometimes it does matter! Sometimes…
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I’m finally back into streaming after really struggling to find any time to do anything. I thought a retro game that I’ve always wanted to play (but never have) would be a great place to kick things off again. So here we go! This is the first hour or so…
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Chrono Cross is an absolute masterpiece – check out our 5/5 review for a full analysis of the new remaster there. However, the original was never released in Australia, so this is the first time we’ve been able to play it (legitimately). In this video I talk about that – why…
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In this video (the third part of this month’s podcast, see below), Harvard, Trent and I talk about the game canon. We often assume that a game becomes canon when it sells well (that’s not it) or even that it reviews well (not that either). You only need to look…
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In this video (the second part of this month’s podcast, see below), Harvard, Trent and I talk about Stranger of Paradise – the new Final Fantasy game that we just can’t stop thinking about – and why it is so smart and represents such a good thing for the games…
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There have been several massive acquisitions made in recent weeks, as consolidation in the industry marches ever closer to monopolistic behaviour from a couple of mega-corporations. What is incredible is that there are people out there that actually believe that this is a good thing, that “gamers” will benefit from…
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Dynasty Warriors 9 Empires is a spectacular return to form, for anyone that found the original Dynasty Warriors 9 to be disappointing. More than that, though, it’s perhaps the most thematically true adaptation of the classic novel that all these things are based on. In this video, I discuss the…
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