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Mothmen 1966 is the first in a series of pulp fiction titles

April 28, 2022

I have a preferred list of supernatural entities: ghosts, cryptids, aliens. Sometimes they get mashed together, as it happens with the Mothman; he is thought to be an alien creatures who either warns of or creates catastrophic events. Developer LCB Game Studio and publisher Chorus Worldwide have announced Mothmen 1966,…

Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodhunt can bugger off back into the shadows

April 27, 2022

News/Opinion/Vampire The Masquerade Bloodlines 2

I am becoming thoroughly sick and tired of developers taking a popular IP of some kind, and reaming it into a hole where it just doesn’t fit. Vampire: The Masquerade is a storytelling-orientated horror-fantasy RPG. It always has been. I haven’t kept up with more recent editions of the game,…

Review: Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo Switch)

April 27, 2022

Nintendo/Nintendo Switch/Reviews

Nintendo Switch Sports would have been an excellent launch title pack-in game, much like Wii Sports was back on that console 16 years ago. It’s a well-made minigame compilation that highlights the strength of the motion controllers and system dynamics. However, the Switch already has a lot of those kinds…

Here’s the first look at Legend of Mana: The Teardrop Crystal

April 27, 2022

News/Square Enix/trailer

Square Enix’s Mana series is on its way to a television (or computer monitor, let’s be real) near you courtesy of Warner Bros. Japan. Announced about a year ago and set to air this year, Legend of Mana: The Teardrop Crystal is an anime based on The Legend of Mana…

Monochrome Mobius announced for the west (Utawarerumono is back)!

April 26, 2022

Aquaplus/News/trailer

Hooray for good news! Utawarerumono is back, with Aquaplus announcing that Monochome Mobius: Rights and Wrongs Forgotten will be getting a global release. This game was developed to celebrate 20 years of Utawarerumono, which has become almost the defining definition of “cult hit” among JRPGs. Related reading: Our review of…

Soul Hackers 2 looks like it’ll be worth selling yours for

April 26, 2022

Atlus/News/trailer

Atlus is pushing full steam ahead on the hype train for the upcoming Soul Hackers 2 (to launch on PlayStation, Xbox, and PC – but no Switch – on August 26 worldwide). It has released a nine-minute video that will “teach you how to be a Devil Summoner.” Basically, it…

Review: Legend of Ixtona (Nintendo Switch)

April 26, 2022

JRPG/Kemco/Nintendo Switch/Reviews

I knew what I was getting when I stepped into Legend of Ixtona. It is a Kemco game, after all, and that means Z-grade storytelling and the cheapest of presentational standards. However, as a life-long fan of tactics JRPGs, I wasn’t going to pass up on this one either. I…

Review: 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim (Nintendo Switch)

April 26, 2022

Atlus/Nintendo Switch/Reviews

13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim did to me what all good science fiction does – it made me, just for a little bit, question my perception of reality. Vanillaware’s latest title deviates from its gorgeous 2D fantasy brawlers to deliver a visual-novel-RTS hybrid that’s heavily focused on character interaction. The strategy…

The biggest problem with Dune: Spice Wars is that it thinks Dune is entertainment

April 26, 2022

Early Access/PC/Strategy

I really like Dune: Spice Wars. I’ve been playing the Early Access build of the game for two weeks now, and the best way I can frame it is that it’s what I would have expected if the Lord of the Rings: Battle For Middle Earth games had continued being…

Interesting games on Itch.io: April 25 Playdate edition!

April 25, 2022

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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