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The first of those Final Fantasy Pixel remakes lands on July 28

June 30, 2021

Final Fantasy/JRPG/News/release date/Release Dates/Retro/Square Enix

News by Matt S. One of the nicer (if smaller-scale) announcements that came out of E3 this year was that Square Enix was going to do new re-releases of the first six Final Fantasy games. This “Final Fantasy Pixel” remaster series was going to be closer in tone and aesthetic…

The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles: The historical context makes them fascinating

June 30, 2021

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Video by Matt S. The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles are just around the corner on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and PC. If you’ve played any Phoenix Wright game before then you know how these play… but what is interesting about these two is the historical context. Make no mistake, these…

preview-deaths-door-pc

June 30, 2021

action RPG/Devolver Digital/PC/Preview/Previews/RPG

Preview by Harvard L. The first thing Acid Nerve’s top-down action game, Death’s Door, has going for it – it GIFs really well. Check out the team’s Twitter and you’ll find multiple crunchy loops of a well-timed sword swing bouncing a projectile back at an enemy, and it’s just so…

Review: Legend of Mana (Nintendo Switch)

June 29, 2021

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Review by Matt S. As I was playing Legend of Mana, I found myself constantly wondering at just how innovative and beautiful this game must have seemed back on the PlayStation, where it originally released in 1999 (2000 in North America). On its art and aesthetics alone, this is one…

july-2021-podcast-remembering-gba

June 29, 2021

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Hello folks! We’ve got a special themed episode for you this month – it’s all about Nintendo’s Game Boy Advance (GBA). The GBA turned 20 in Australia this June, and to this day remains one of the consoles that we remember fondly. It had a seemingly endless stream of excellent…

Get a first look at Dynasty Warriors 9 Empires (in Japanese)

June 29, 2021

Dynasty Warriors/Dynasty Warriors 9/Koei Tecmo/News/trailer/Trailers

News by Matt S. As one of the very few fans of Dynasty Warriors 9, and as someone who favours the Empires sub-series of Dynasty Warriors, let me tell you just how much I am looking forward to the upcoming Dynasty Warriors 9: a whole, whole lot. Looking at this…

the-next-pathfinder-game-gets-new

June 28, 2021

Pathfinder/RPG/trailer/Trailers

News by Matt S. While the Dungeons & Dragons property is in shambles, as far as video game adaptations go, other classic tabletop RPG properties are faring much better. One such example is Pathfinder. Pathfinder started life as a spin-off of Dungeons & Dragons, but in video games, the recent…

Review: Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance (Sony PlayStation 5)

June 28, 2021

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Review by Matt S. With over 30 books in print starring Drizzt Do’Urden and his companions, you would think that there’s plenty of material to turn into a compelling RPG. After all, while R.A Salvatore’s novels are pulp fantasy in every sense of the term, so too are The Witcher…

Dark Alliance: This Dungeons & Dragons game is an insult

June 28, 2021

Dark Alliance/Dungeons & Dragons/Video/Video review

Video by Matt S. I’ve been reading Drizzt Do ‘Urden novels in the Dungeons & Dragons universe for over 25 years now. He and his crew are some of my favourite fantasy characters of all time. To this day when I play D & D my characters will generally use…

Interesting games on itch.io: June 28

June 28, 2021

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List by Matt S. 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…

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