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Review: Live A Live (Nintendo Switch)

July 22, 2022

JRPG/Nintendo Switch/Reviews/Square Enix

In most cases, I play JRPGs for the narrative. I want to be lost in the characters, setting, plot and world. I like when it’s supported by quality gameplay mechanics, of course, but the frameworks and structures that support that narrative are less of a focus for me than that…

Alfred Hitchcock – Vertigo will finally be coming to consoles

July 21, 2022

Microids/News

Since its initial PC launch last December, news about Alfred Hitchcock – Vertigo has been pretty sparse. We knew console versions would be delayed as it was announced last August, but it’s been a hot minute since we’ve heard more about it. Finally, the important news has dropped: the game…

Kogado Studio launches 20th anniversary teaser website

July 21, 2022

Kogado Studio/News/teaser

If you’ve been raring for a release from a relatively subversive Japanese development studio like Kogado Studio, you might be interested to hear about this new teaser website. But before we talk about that, let’s take a trip down memory lane to June 20, 2002 – going back exactly 20…

Review: Pascal’s Wager: Definitive Edition (Nintendo Switch)

July 20, 2022

Nintendo Switch/Reviews

Pascal’s wager, the philosophical concept, is an excellent thought exercise that considers that humans play a simple game, not unlike the Prisoner’s Dilemma, on whether we should believe God exists. It breaks down like this: If God does not exist, then whether you believe in him or not is irrelevant…

No More Heroes 3 launching for PC, consoles this October

July 20, 2022

Marvelous Europe/News/XSEED

Travis Touchdown is the number one assassin in the world but will the next title featuring the Otaku hero –No More Heroes 3 – also be so successful? Okay, in all honesty, it absolutely will be; while I haven’t played myself, the first two titles are quite well-reviewed, with Metacritic…

South of the Circle is releasing sooner than you’d think!

July 20, 2022

11 bit studios/News

Described as “a cinematic story of love and promises” and “a gripping narrative adventure,” I’ve had my eye on South of the Circle since it was first announced earlier this year. How could I not with descriptions like those two?! It helps that the developer is award-winning and the publisher…

Review: Warriors Orochi 3 Ultimate Definitive Edition (PC)

July 19, 2022

Koei Tecmo/PC/Reviews

One of the challenges I have with Koei Tecmo’s Warriors franchise is determining the pecking order of the various games within the series. If you asked me to rank the Final Fantasy series, for example, there’s a clear upper echelon (Final Fantasy XII, Final Fantasy IV, Final Fantasy VIII), but…

Review: LOUD (Nintendo Switch)

July 19, 2022

Indie/Nintendo Switch/Reviews

We rarely see indie developers tackle the rhythm genre, and for understandable reasons. It’s not a genre with mass market appeal, but it’s also one filled with established franchises backed by more budget and polish than an indie studio could muster. And with simple mechanics that aren’t easily innovated upon,…

Review: Stray (Sony PlayStation 5)

July 19, 2022

Annapurna Interactive/Indie/Reviews/Sony PlayStation 5

For the entire prelaunch hype cycle behing Stray, if you mentioned “the cat game”, people knew exactly what game you were talking about. It seemed like the perfect mix of cute & cuddly, since it was about a furrball, and a contrasting cyberpunk dystopian aesthetic, complete with funky (and also…

Interesting games on Itch.io: July 18

July 18, 2022

Art Game/Indie/itch.io

I’m a big fan of itch.io for the freedom and open platform that it allows for developers to be creative, experimental, and directly canvas the audience for feedback for games that are not yet ready for primetime on Steam and its ilk. In addition, itch.io allows you to be transgressive,…

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