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Review: Leviathan: Warships (PC)

May 14, 2013

Leviathan/Leviathan: Warships/Paradox Interactive/PC/Reviews/Strategy/tactics game

When I was a child, my father and I would play Battleship on the weekends religiously. It was an addictive board game and it felt different every time we played. Unlike the board games, strategy video games have never had the sheer amount of replayability, accessibility, and simple enjoyment that…

Review: Soul Sacrifice (Vita)

May 13, 2013

action RPG/JRPG/Monster Hunter/PlayStation/PlayStation Vita/Reviews/Soul Sacrifice

There is an intensity to Soul Sacrifice that makes its minimalist plot and single-note theme feel more compelling than it has any right to be. I’m not sure if that intensity was a consequence of the developers being clever with a limited budget (Vita games don’t justify AAA-grade budgets, even…

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May 13, 2013

Eador/PC/Reviews/Strategy/turn based

Let’s hear a cheer for Alexander Souslov, the man who wrote the manual for Eador: Masters of the Broken World. These days, most games are content to fob you off with a quickstart guide and a turgid tutorial. That’s not the case with Eador. The manual is extensive, useful and…

Review: Clash of Elementalists (DSiWare)

May 13, 2013

3DS Reviews/Clash of Elementalists/dsi/DSiWare/Fighting game/fighting games/Nintendo/Reviews

Anime girls with super-powers knocking each other around arenas? What could possibly go wrong?! Well, quite a bit actually; as I recently found out when I sat down to play Clash of Elementalists from Teyon. I had absolutely no idea what to expect from the game, but the name actually…

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May 12, 2013

EA/EA Partners/Fuse/Insomniac Games/Interview/Interviews/Ted Price

Fuse is a major change in direction and strategy for its developer, Insomniac, and with every change in direction comes risk. It’s the first time the development team has been exposed to the Xbox 360 platform, and it’s the first major IP that the studio is retaining ownership of. Aside…

The weekly discussion: Do you do Kickstarter?

May 11, 2013

The weekly discussion/weekly chat

Let’s chat about Kickstarter this week! Every week there are more, and more interesting projects launched on the crowdfunding platform. There’s too many games that look exciting on Kickstarter to possibly support, but the question we’re talking about this week is; do you support Kickstarter projects? If you have, which…

slick-new-screenshots-from-dragons-crown

May 10, 2013

Atlus/Dragon's Crown/PS3/Release Dates/Release Information/screenshots/Sony PlayStation 3/Sony PlayStation Vita/Vanillaware

This action/RPG title from developer Vanillaware is looking very good lately. There is a sort of painted, watercolor appearance to the visuals that really appeals to me. Publisher Atlus is planning to release Dragon’s Crown on both the Sony PlayStation 3 and Vita. Japan gets this game on July 25th,…

Brutal Gamer News Wrap 5/10/13

May 10, 2013

Brutal Gamer News Wrap/Hellraid/Nintendo 3DS/Saints Row IV/x-men

Nintendo’s 3DS scores big in Japan, Saint’s Row IV looks absolutely insane and could Hellraid be Heretic reborn? It’s all in today’s Brutal Gamer News Wrap. The 3DS dominates the Japanese market To say that the Nintendo 3DS had a good week in Japan this past week is probably a…

Friday 10s: Our dream character crossovers

May 10, 2013

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Everyone likes a top-10 list. They’re a bit of fun, and always good for discussion. And so each week 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 in the world and this…

review-vitabounce-vita

May 10, 2013

Breakout/PlayStation/PlayStation Vita/Reviews/VitaBounce/weird game

I don’t really know how to review VitaBounce, but it’s a very special game. It stands as a testament to what happens when people get on the industrial strength hallucinogens. It is by far the most memorable game in the entire games industry – what I’ve seen to review this…

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