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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

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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

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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

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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…

The Week in Review: April 23, 2021

April 23, 2021

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Video by Matt S. This week in the week in review! 1) The Game Boy turns 32! https://twitter.com/Stealth40k/status/1384845265635397636 2) New printers for your Nintendo Switch: https://twitter.com/Nintendeal/status/1385104851021963268 3) Sony backpedals on PS3, Vita download store closure: https://twitter.com/MattSainsb/status/1384277778258821120 4) NFTs stink up gaming… YET AGAIN: https://twitter.com/byteside/status/1384772145864232964 5) Days Gone developer blames consumers…

Review: Atelier Mysterious Trilogy Deluxe Pack (Nintendo Switch)

April 22, 2021

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Review by Matt S. Look, I’ll level with you here: There’s not much I have to say about the three titles in the Atelier Mysterious Trilogy that I haven’t already in my reviews of their original releases, so for the bulk of this review I’ll be copying some sections from…

Review: NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139… (Sony PlayStation 4)

April 22, 2021

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Review by Matt S. At its core, NieR is a story about identity. In creating it, director, Yoko Taro, who loves to joke about philosophy being nonsense but is clearly very cognizant of the big names in the field, took the infamous “I think therefore I am” from René Descartes…

Atelier Mysterious Trilogy: What makes these games so beautiful?

April 22, 2021

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Video by Matt S. It’s always a good week when new Atelier stuff launches. This time around it’s not completely “new”, as it’s the “deluxe” versions of the three Atelier Mysterious titles – Sophie, Firis and Lydie and Suelle – but two of those games arrive on the Nintendo Switch…

Tales of Arise FINALLY has a release date

April 21, 2021

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News by Matt S. It has been a tough time to be a fan of the Tales series. Where once Bandai Namco was reliably turning them out, things seemed to unravel a little with Tales of Arise, which has seemed like it was on the horizon forever and a day.…

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