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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…

September 2020 Podcast: The role of music and literature in video games

August 31, 2020

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Hello everyone and welcome to this month’s podcast! As always we kick things off with a look into the games that we can expect to play next month – it’s going to be a big one. Then we transition to talking about our topics for the month. We discuss the…

“Alternate WWII walking sim” announced

August 30, 2020

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News by Matt S. You know what they say in the creative industries: “you can only break with the rules once you’ve understood them?” I would suggest that perhaps developers should learn how to do WWII with proper respect and thought before doing “alternate WWII” games, but developer PolyAmorous is…

Nexomon: Extinction – Why I love this game

August 28, 2020

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Video by Matt S. It’s so easy to dismiss Nexomon: Extinction as a simple Pokemon clone. It looks like it might be one, but as it turns out, the game has a personality and style all of its own… and it’s *excellent.* In this video, I discuss the qualities that…

Review: Nexomon: Extinction (Sony PlayStation 4)

August 28, 2020

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Review by Matt S. Pokémon is a hard thing to “clone.” Think about it – you’ve got to balance out hundreds (and hundreds) of collectible critters, and make sure there’s a steady flow of them to collect throughout a full-length JRPG. Then you’ve also got to make sure they’re all…

Short games are good, actually

August 28, 2020

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Video by Matt S. NISA recently released a console version of Giraffe and Annika – a wholesome little heartfelt game indeed. Unfortunately, it was subject to a lot of criticism around it being “short” and “simple”. It’s odd, because video games are the one art form where “short” is considered…

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