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April 28, 2021

Indie/News/release date/Release Dates/simulator/Team17/trailer/Trailers

News by Matt S. Team17 is most closely associated with Worms (and, these days, The Escapists), but the company has steadily built itself up as a publisher of a wide range of different kinds of game experiences. Indeed, Team17 was responsible for publishing one of my favourite simulators in recent…

Review: Death End re;Quest (Nintendo Switch)

April 28, 2021

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Review by Matt S. I had thought that Death End re;Quest might be pushing it with the Nintendo Switch. Idea Factory’s ports to the console are always quite playable, but usually have rough edges that are introduced that are not present on other platforms. Death End re;Quest was a relatively…

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April 28, 2021

Everyday Today's Menu for the Emiya Family/News/Nintendo Switch/release date/Release Dates

News by Matt S. I do so love Rin Tohsaka. And also I love Everyday Today’s Menu for Emiya Family. For those that don’t know, this is a spin-off of the Fate series, and while Fate goes some incredibly dark places, Everyday Today’s Menu is bright, wholesome, and a truly…

a-bevvy-of-new-romance-visual-novels

April 27, 2021

News/Nintendo Switch/PlayStation 4/visual novel

News by Matt S. Publisher, Entergram, has announced three separate romance visual novels to announce across PlayStation and Nintendo Switch. All have previously been released on PC. All feature very pretty girls. None have been announced for a western localisation, and I wouldn’t bet on it, though I would rather…

Ahead of the release of New Pokemon Snap, I review the Fujifilm instax mini Link

April 27, 2021

Fujifilm/Gadget/Gadget Review/Hardware/Hardware Review/Nintendo Switch/Printer

Last week Nintendo and Fujifilm had something exciting to share; a new partnership that would allow people to directly print out their favourite digital photos (i.e. screenshots) from the upcoming New Pokemon Snap using the instax mini Link. The mini Link is a tiny, pocket-sized printer that churns out Polaroid-style…

Famicom Detective Club: Why I love Nintendo’s visual novel

April 27, 2021

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Video by Matt S. First released way back in 1988, Nintendo’s Famicom Detective Club, a duology of two mystery-themed visual novels, is finally getting a localisation and release into English. I love these games. I can’t wait to review them, but what I can say, right now, in the preview…

Review: Infinite Adventures (Nintendo Switch)

April 27, 2021

dungeon crawl/Indie/JRPG/Nintendo Switch/Reviews/Switch Review

Review by Matt S. I like the ambition and appreciate the effort that went into Infinite Adventures. Sadly, I don’t think it was executed very well, at all. The idea of doing a grand dungeon crawler in the tradition of Etrian Odyssey, with some randomised level layouts for added replay…

Review: Shantae (Nintendo Switch)

April 26, 2021

2D platformer/Nintendo Switch/platformer/Reviews/Shantae/Switch Review/Wayforward

Review by Matt S. The really nice thing about having Shantae released on the Nintendo Switch is that the Switch now has the entire collection running natively on it. That’s right: every single one of the glorious adventures of everyone’s favourite half-genie on the one console. Given how rare and…

we-are-not-consumers-why-we-need-to

April 26, 2021

Game Theory/Opinion/Video/Video review

Opinion by Matt S. One of the most common words you’ll hear from people when talking about video games is “consumers”. People who buy and play games are “consumers.” The game developers and publishers are creating “products” and “content” for their fans, the “consumers”. This way of thinking hurts the…

Interesting games on itch.io: April 26

April 26, 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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