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Cyberpunk 2077: Too much of a good thing?

November 26, 2020

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Video by Matt S. Cyberpunk 2077 is just around the corner now, and it’s a game that people are obviously very excited for. But news emerged this week that was a little concerning, insofar as the game’s narrative and theme are concerned: a developer working on the game has spent…

Review: Planet Coaster (Sony PlayStation 4)

November 26, 2020

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Review by Matt S. It has been a good couple of months for the simulator genre on consoles. The Nintendo Switch has had ports of Jurassic Park: Evolution, RollerCoaster Tycoon 3, Tropico 6 and even little indie projects like Mad Tower Tycoon. Over on PlayStation 4, we were recently able…

Review: Replica (Nintendo Switch)

November 25, 2020

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Review by Matt S.There is a lot to discuss with regards to the topic Replica covers. This is a game about Orwellian surveillance and a fascist, censorious state causing individuals to turn on one another via their digital lives. It’s dense stuff, worthy of study and debate. The problem that…

Review: Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory (Nintendo Switch)

November 25, 2020

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Review by Matt S. As a property, I have so many issues with Kingdom Hearts, and a lot of it stems from being something that should have been so easy for Square Enix. Take Disney, and Final Fantasy, and mash them together. Let Donald Duck summon those great monstrosities of…

Look, ma! I was on a podcast to talk about the next gen!

November 24, 2020

News/podcast

News by Matt S. A short little story here, but Hope and James, the really kind folks at Video Game Small Talk invited me on to their podcast, along with Alex Walker from Kotaku Australia and Joab Gilroy from The GAP, to talk about our experiences with the new generation…

The Game Awards: Why we need better

November 24, 2020

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Video by Matt S. It’s that time of year again. The Game Awards are imminent, and that means we can all sit back and bask in the glow of “the game industry’s Academy Awards”… or can we? The Game Awards is a big issue for the ongoing artistic credibility of…

Hardware Review: Turtle Beach Stealth 600 Gen 2

November 24, 2020

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Review by Matt S. A new console means a new opportunity for third parties to release stuff that works with those new consoles. The PlayStation 5 has a genuinely impressive array of features, from the speed of SSD storage under the hood through to a controller that brings some interesting…

So, Square Enix is finally making a sequel to The World Ends With You

November 23, 2020

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News by Matt S. It is one of Square Enix’s most enduring properties, and yet, for the longest time the company has resisted doing more than a single game in it. That’s all about to change, however, with the company announcing NEO: The World Ends With You. Related reading: Our…

Review: QV (Nintendo Switch)

November 23, 2020

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Review by Clark A. Based on QV’s opening and eShop description, you’d be forgiven for expecting an isometric puzzle game with the scope of an epic. They hype up the last member of a chosen lineage and her duty to prevent the collapse of the entire universe. This is technically…

Interesting games on itch.io: November 23

November 23, 2020

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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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