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August 4, 2014

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News by Matt S. In what should be a textbook case for why websites should refrain from copy/ pasting news from other websites without verifying the information first, the reports of Studio Ghibli’s death have been greatly exaggerated. The “announcement” that the famed animation studio behind Totoro, Mononoke and Spirited…

Review: Rogue Legacy (Sony PlayStation 4)

August 3, 2014

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Review by Matt S. It says it right in the title: this game is a roguelike. That means player death, more player death, and then for a bit of variety, some more player death. Now with most roguelikes, when a character dies it’s simply back to the start of the…

The Friday 10: Ten quotes from my favourite female characters of my youth

August 1, 2014

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List by Jedediah H. Everyone likes a top-10 list. They’re a bit of fun, and always good for discussion. And so every so often we pull together a “top 10” list. These are here for fun and laughs – we’re not pretending that we’re the authority of good games taste…

Review: Might & Magic Duel of Champions Forgotten Wars (Sony PlayStation 3)

August 1, 2014

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Review by Matt S. Ubisoft’s Might & Magic Duel of Champions has successfully carved out a niche for itself in the highly competitive digital Collectible Card Game (CCG) space. For years now iPad and PC owners have been competing with one another in heated battles with this game, and it…

Review: The Swapper (Sony Playstation 3)

August 1, 2014

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Review by Jedediah H. Even though science fiction tends to scream a cautionary tale when portraying and playfully examining the ethical and biotechnological aspects of cloning, I find the concept, the ethical and philosophical arguments, and the science to be fascinating. To imagine that, possibly in the not-to-distant future, I…

DLC Review: Dark Souls 2: Crown of the Sunken King (PC)

July 31, 2014

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Review by Nick H. Having braved the oppressive world of Dark Souls II more than once now, the promise of more death and discovery in the Crown of the Sunken King DLC beckoned to my warrior. That call was not unlike a siren’s song, promising his demise while teasing new…

Review: AR-K Episode 1 and 2 (PC)

July 31, 2014

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Review by Pierre-Yves L. Everyone heard of at least one or two stories involving people who have partied a bit too hard. Not being able to remember that night, and that promise to never drink again, it’s a veritable rite of passage. AR-K (pronounced “arc”) is a take on that…

Trailer: The bikini-clad zombie killers are back on the PlayStation 4… and it doesn’t look so bad

July 31, 2014

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News by Matt S. Onechanbara is a franchise where women clad in the most impractical bikinis you could imagine (just because they can, apparently) run around killing monsters. As you can probably imagine given how singularly grindhouse and exploitative the premise sounds, the Onechanbara games haven’t exactly been of the…

Review: Commander: The Great War (Apple iPad)

July 31, 2014

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Review by Matt S. It was 100 years ago now when the first of two global conflicts would erupt and fundamentally change the future of humanity. A war that was directly responsible for its even more tragic successor, and a war that in many ways we’re still paying for today.…

Anime review: Persona 4: the Animation (DVD)

July 31, 2014

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Review by Matt S. If any game deserved to be turned into an anime series, it is Persona 4. And as it it happens, it was turned into an anime, and it’s one of the finest anime ever made. One of the most complex game narratives ever made, Persona 4…

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