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Review: Five Dates (Sony PlayStation 4)

November 17, 2020

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Review by Lindsay M. I have a confession to make: despite being in a long-term relationship, I’ve been talking to women via a dating app. My spouse approves. No, we’re not polyamorous or looking for a third to join us. Instead, I have been playing Five Dates, an interactive FMV…

Please support our friends at Player 2 with their awesome charity stream marathon – Prizes, too!

November 17, 2020

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News by Matt S. Player 2 (Player2.net.au) is one of the good ones in the local media space, and every year they do a really wonderful charity marathon streaming event to support local causes. They’re back this year with one of their biggest events – you’ll get to watch a…

Review: Demon’s Souls (Sony PlayStation 5)

November 17, 2020

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Review by Matt S. I liked the Souls games before they were cool. In fact, I loved them before they were even Souls games. Way back on the PlayStation 2 (and earlier) FromSoftware had a series called King’s Field. It wasn’t particularly popular, because it was brutally difficult (the PlayStation…

Puyo Puyo Tetris 2: Why I love this game

November 16, 2020

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Video by Matt S. It comes out in December, but I’ve had the opportunity to get some hands-on time with the sequel to one of the most eclectic puzzlers we’ve ever seen. A cross-over game that combines Tetris and Puyo Puyo doesn’t sound like it should work, but incredibly it…

Interesting games on itch.io: November 16

November 16, 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…

Review: Call of Duty – Black Ops Cold War (Sony PlayStation 5)

November 15, 2020

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Review by Matt S. From 1945 through to 1991, the world existed in a state of perpetual tension as two superpowers – The Soviet Union and the United States – vied for control over the planet and its resources. Now, as the world heads into a second Cold War between…

Review: Touhou Spell Bubble (Nintendo Switch)

November 13, 2020

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Review by Harvard L. Touhou Spell Bubble is a tedious game which I do not particularly care for, but I imagine it does have value for fans of the long-running franchise. It’s an unorthodox mashup of the Vs. Puzzle and Rhythm genre, and the way Taito makes these two disparate…

Review: Sackboy: A Big Adventure (Sony PlayStation 5)

November 13, 2020

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Review by Matt S. A LittleBigPlanet game without level creation tools? I wasn’t so sure about that. I mean, sure, Sackboy has become Sony’s mascot for the younger players over the last decade or so, making him the ideal vehicle to sell the PS5 as an all-ages console, but his games…

We have a release date for Poison Control

November 12, 2020

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News by Matt S. The creative team behind Penny-Punching Princess and The Princess Guide are back with a new title. Called Poison Control, it looks like it has the same vibrant aesthetic and wicked sense of humour as those other titles, and we now know that it will release on…

review-cafe-enchante-nintendo-switch

November 12, 2020

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Review by Matt S. After Piofiore: Fated Memories just about ruined me when I played it a few weeks ago (I just never thought Otome games would get that dark), I rather enjoyed the contrast that Café Enchanté has offered. It’s another lengthy, substantial visual novel by the same developer…

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