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Review: Agatha Christie: The ABC Murders (Nintendo Switch)

October 19, 2020

adventure game/adventure games/Agatha Christie/Agatha Christie: The ABC Murders/Nintendo Switch/point-and-click adventure/Reviews/Switch Review

Review by Matt S. It would be a big stretch to suggest that Agatha Christie’s The ABC Murders is a classic of the point-and-click genre. It has its fans, but it’s niche enough to be one of the stranger ports that we’ve seen to Nintendo Switch. The original game is…

postal-is-it-really-transgressive-game

October 19, 2020

Nintendo Switch/Postal/transgression/Video/Video review

Video by Matt S. I’d never played a Postal game before these last couple of weeks, but thankfully the “remake” of the original, notorious, game on Nintendo Switch gave me a chance to experience it. As a fan of transgressive art, I was very keen to look at why this…

Interesting games on itch.io: October 19

October 19, 2020

Indie/itch.io/list

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-liege-dragon-nintendo-sw

October 16, 2020

JRPG/Kemco/Nintendo Switch/Reviews/Switch Review/turn based

Review by Matt S. I have been pretty hard on Kemco’s JRPGs in the past. They get churned out at such an intense rate that it’s hard not to be annoyed by the amateurish nature of them. If the developers just spent time working on the narrative to deliver something…

review-postal-redux-nintendo-sw

October 16, 2020

Arcade/dual-stick shooter/Nintendo Switch/Reviews/Switch Review

Review by Matt S. When I loaded Postal Redux up, having never played a Postal game before, I was expecting to be made uncomfortable. Postal is right up there with the most notorious games ever made. Games like Mortal Kombat, Night Trap, and any anime game where you might see…

sweet-we-have-western-release-for

October 15, 2020

Atelier Ryza/Gust/Koei Tecmo/News/release date/Release Dates

News by Matt S. It looks like Atelier Ryza 2 will be the first “big” game of 2021, when it releases on January 26 in North America, and January 29 in Europe. A direct sequel to the original Atelier Ryza, players will be able to catch up with all their…

on-following-up-magnificent-root-letter

October 15, 2020

Interview/Interviews/Nintendo Switch/PC/PlayStation 4/PQube/Root Film/Root Letter/visual novel

Interview by Matt S. Every so often a visual novel comes along that breaks away from the “hyper-niche” reputation that the genre has to pull in people that aren’t usually that interested in it. Root Letter was one such example. A detective mystery story set in regional Japan, it was…

sega-celebrates-its-birthday-with-four

October 14, 2020

News/PC/Sega

News by Matt S. SEGA turned 60 this year, and that’s a massive achievement for any company, let alone one in the eternally-shaky world of video games. SEGA knows it, too, and is rewarding players in a big way, though you’re going to have to be quick so that you…

Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory: Hands-on with this musical spectacle

October 14, 2020

Kingdom Hearts/Nintendo Switch/PlayStation 4/rhythm game/Square Enix/Video/Video review

Video by Matt S. Kingdom Hearts has been a beloved series for many years now, and one thing that it has always been particularly notable for is its excellent music. Now there’s a rhythm game that is dedicated to that, and based on this demo, that’s going to be one…

Review: Piofiore: Fated Memories (Nintendo Switch)

October 14, 2020

adventure game/adventure games/Nintendo Switch/Otomate/otome/Piofiore: Fated Memories/Reviews/Switch Review/visual novel

Review by Matt S. Gangsters – be they yakuza, mafia, or otherwise, are aestheticised in Japanese culture in a way that lends itself very well to otome and a kind of violent, but ravishing romance story. Because of that, Piofiore: Fated Memories, which is a visual novel about three warring…

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