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Pathfinder: Kingmaker – Why I love this game

September 2, 2020

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Video by Matt S. I’m a bit late with coverage of this one because it’s such a massive game, but Pathfinder: Kingmaker recently launched on PlayStation 4, and I do love this game. As someone who very much grew up with Baldur’s Gate, Icewind Dale, and other titles, Pathfinder is…

Review: Pathfinder: Kingmaker (Sony PlayStation 4)

September 2, 2020

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Review by Matt S. To explain why I love Pathfinder: Kingmaker, I need to first explain why I love Pathfinder itself. As I was growing up, and deep (deep) into Dungeons & Dragons, I collected the two magazines that were published to support the game: Dungeon, and Dragon. At one…

On history, authenticity and social responsibility: Wargaming and World of Tanks

September 2, 2020

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Interview by Matt S. “Those that cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it,” so the popular truism goes, and traditionally it has been the role of the arts to preserve history and make it palatable to the next generation – thus providing that source of collective “memory” across…

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September 2, 2020

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News by Matt S. Developer, Inkl, has announced that it will launch Arthurian strategy game, Pendragon, on PC (Steam and GOG) on September 22. Promising to be a heavily narrative-driven take on the knights and legends, the game has a vibrant art style and intriguing premise. From the press release:…

Who wants poker with high production values?

September 1, 2020

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News by Matt S. Poker is a funny game. It’s gambling, but completely socially legitimised as a game as well. It’s a simple card game, but we do so love the aesthetics of the game. There are plenty of poker games on the market, but Ripstone looks like it’s on…

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September 1, 2020

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News by Matt S. Sadly, thanks to COVID-19 being the nightmare that it is, Tokyo Game Show won’t be pushing on as normal this year. The alternative – an online show event streams from all your favourite Japanese developers and publishers – is still shaping up to be a wonderful…

Review: Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Remastered Edition (Nintendo Switch)

September 1, 2020

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Review by Matt S. On the grand scale of disappointments in video games, I do think that Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Remastered Edition will rank highly. The original, released way back on the GameCube, was a delightful little game. It was a homage to everything people loved about Final Fantasy,…

Review: Immortal Realms: Vampire Wars (Nintendo Switch)

September 1, 2020

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Review by Matt S. Let me tell you a story. A story about Ravenloft. Ravenloft was a big influence on me from a very early age (in retrospect, probably a little too early to be into gothic horror). It was a Dungeons & Dragons setting in which an otherworldy “continent”…

Review: Windbound (Nintendo Switch)

August 31, 2020

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Review by Harvard L. The survival genre is interesting to write about critically, since many design choices which would feel grating or exhausting in any other genre are, instead, the survival game’s calling card. Things like permadeath, repetition, disempowerment, unsatisfying combat, even at times tedium – normally we don’t value…

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August 31, 2020

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News by Matt S. So, I’ve got good news – I’m finally able to provide Patreon backers with a demo for Sade: A My Time With Dee Dee VN. This demo will give you the first (in-game) day of the five-day narrative, so you are getting a good chunk of…

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