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Review: Arcaea (Nintendo Switch)

May 21, 2021

Nintendo Switch/Reviews/rhythm game/Switch Review

Review by Matt S. We’ve seen quite a few free-to-play mobile rhythm games be re-packaged up as premium experiences and released on Nintendo Switch. Deemo, Cytus, Voez, Musynx, Lanota, and probably some others that I’m missing. As a fan of the genre, I’ve enjoyed all of these, and I enjoy…

It’s happening! A new TimeSplitters!

May 20, 2021

deep silver/News

News by Matt S. The game that we’ve all been waiting for, and begging for, for years now is finally happening. Publisher Deep Silver is reforming Free Radical Design, the developer of the original TimeSplitters games, and Free Radical has been tasked with… making a new TimeSplitters! This isn’t just…

Mass Effect, Reapers and Philosophy: Just how evil are they, really?

May 20, 2021

Game Theory/mass effect/Video/Video review

Video by Matt S. I don’t have time to review the full Mass Effect Trilogy remaster; that’s 100+ hours of gaming before I even start to write about it. However, I have always loved the series, and one of the main reasons is that I find the villains, the Reapers,…

a-pinocchio-inspired-souls-like-okay

May 19, 2021

News/PC/PlayStation 5/Stadia/trailer/Trailers/Xbox Series X

News by Matt S. I’m not entirely sure how you could look at the classic tale of Pinocchio, then look at Dark Souls, and decide to combine them, but that’s what developer Round8 Studio has done, and that’s what we’re getting with Lies of P; a “dark reimagining of the…

Review: Rise Eterna (Nintendo Switch)

May 19, 2021

Indie/JRPG/Nintendo Switch/Reviews/Switch Review/Tactics RPG

Review by Matt S. I have a voracious appetite for tactics JRPGs. Especially if they look and feel like Fire Emblem. I’ve never forgotten just how much I fell in love with the first Fire Emblem to be released in English (the on the Game Boy Advance, and I swear…

game-jams-produce-art-they-deserve-more

May 19, 2021

game jam/Opinion

Opinion by Harvard L. It’s hard to state the significance of Essays on Empathy (reviewed here) without at least mentioning the significance of Game Jams. More than half of the games in this collection were originally created for Ludum Dare, or other time-restrictive challenges. In a Game Jam, participants are…

Review: Essays On Empathy (PC)

May 19, 2021

Art Game/Devolver Digital/Indie/PC/PC Review/Reviews

I’m going to be honest, Essays on Empathy is precisely the kind of game that I would purchase, and then inevitably let languish in my Steam library because I’m never “in the mood”. Such has been my tendency of late when it comes to art games; there are dozens that…

Review: Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne HD Remaster (Nintendo Switch)

May 18, 2021

Atlus/JRPG/Nintendo Switch/Reviews/Sega/Shin Megami Tensei III/Switch Review

Review by Matt S. It would be so easy to look at Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne, view its unrelenting darkness, its crushing, claustrophobic difficulty, and the heavy use of religious aesthetics and iconography, and just assume that all of that is in the service of a kind of primitive…

Review: Death Crown (Nintendo Switch)

May 18, 2021

casual/Nintendo Switch/Reviews/Strategy/Switch Review

Review by Matt S. Death Crown is almost unplayable on Switch, and has given me a headache every time I have tried. Consequently, this is going to be a pretty short review, and that’s a pity because I love almost everything about it. The most immediately obvious quality about Death…

this-hand-drawn-metroidvania-being

May 17, 2021

2D platformer/Indie/Metroidvania/News/platformer/release date/Release Dates/trailer/Trailers

News by Matt S. Sony Interactive Entertainment Spain (SIE Spain) and Aeternum Game Studios have announced that Aeterna Noctis, a “hand-drawn Metroidvania,” will release on PlayStation 4 and 5 on December 15. This game looks absolutely gorgeous. It’s going to be a huge game, with 16 levels, 100 regular enemies,…

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