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Anime Review: Attack on Titan (DVD)

June 23, 2014

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Review by Matt S. Attack on Titan has been a revelation in the world of anime, disrupting the standard models for commercial success and pushing the boundaries of what both anime and manga are capable of. This is a relentless, dark, and brutally violent action adventure series; one that doesn’t…

Rising Star Games and Mindscape partner to release Japanese games in Australia

June 23, 2014

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News by Matt S. Mindscape, the publisher of Tecmo Koei and Konami games in Australia, has announced a new partnership to bring retail games to our shores. That partnership is Rising Star Games, and the first games to come from this partnership will be Sorcery Saga: Curse of the Great…

Review: Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga 2 (Sony PlayStation 3)

June 22, 2014

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Review by Matt S. Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga ended on a cliffhanger; a conclusion that drew some criticism when the game was newly released on to the PlayStation 2, but set up the sequel perfectly. The reality was that Atlus never wanted people to play just one of…

fancy-yourself-manga-artist-comic

June 20, 2014

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News by Matt S. Earlier this year, we noted that a really neat looking comic drawing app was coming to the Nintendo 3DS. Comic Studio had a truly great list of features for anyone who fancies themselves a comic artist in the making; capacity for up to 6,400 pages, and…

ninja-slayer-graphic-novel-from-twitter

June 20, 2014

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News by Matt S. You don’t get weirder than this; Ninja Slayer is a graphic novel that was written by two Americans, and published on the Internet via Twitter. It was then published as a graphic novel and somehow sold a boatload of copies (more than 300,000, in fact). Now…

the-wixoss-infection-spreads-to-autumn

June 20, 2014

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News by Clark A. As the spring anime season winds down, Selector Infected WIXOSS is among the first batch of twelve-parters to conclude. The final episode of the card battling series aired recently in Japan as well as the rest of the world via simulcast on Crunchyroll and FUNimation. That…

Review: Atelier Rorona Plus: The Alchemist of Arland (Sony PlayStation 3)

June 20, 2014

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Review by Matt S. The original Atelier Rorona was an important game, but it was a raw one. It set up the two subsequent sequels (Atelier Totori and Atelier Meruru), and provided the foundations which would also inform the later Dusk trilogy (Atelier Ayesha and Atelier Escha & Logy are…

BG News Wrap 6/20/14

June 19, 2014

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Today on the Wrap; Outlast silently arrives on Xbox, Hideo Kojima is depressed again, the PS4 and Xbox One lead industry sales, and Nintendo’s Reggie Fils-Aime says the Wii U is almost in first place in the console war. Outlast Released on Xbox One Silently Silently indeed. The indie hit…

Review: Battle Princess of Arcadias (Sony PlayStation 3)

June 19, 2014

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Review by Matt S. Battle Princess of Arcadias is what happens when a Japanese developer decides to poke fun at the role of the princess in traditional fairy tales. Coming to us from Nippon Ichi, it’s an attempt by the developer/ publisher to break away from its previous focus on…

Game Theory: Hometown Story, Harvest Moon, and capitalist ideology

June 19, 2014

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Opinion by Matt S. Game Theory is a regular column in which I take the opportunity to take a truly great game, and discuss some of its more philosophical underpinnings which are, to my mind, what truly separates these games from their peers. This week we’re talking about the likes…

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