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Review: Banner of the Maid (PC)

February 7, 2020

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Review by Matt S. Ever since childhood, I’ve had a fascination with Napoleon Bonaparte. It started with a board game called War and Peace, which my parents owned, and I discovered while young. That game was far too complex for me at the time (it really is a hardcore war…

The Friday Ten: The ten best visual novels to have on your Nintendo Switch

February 7, 2020

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List by Matt S. The Nintendo Switch is the ideal device for visual novels. Lightweight as a handheld, it’s easy to carry everywhere. It’s also got a lovely, big screen, which makes it perfect for displaying the gorgeous art that you generally see in a good visual novel, and allows…

The new live action game from the Danganronpa creators looks absolutely brilliant

February 6, 2020

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News by Matt S. Kazutaka Kodaka is one of the most recognisable names for fans of narrative-driven games out of Japan. The creator of Danganronpa, numerous Jake Hunter scenarios, and the scenario of School of Ragnarok recently split with his former employer, Spike Chunsoft games, to set up TooKyo Games.…

We have a release date for the next Dee Dee visual novel!

February 6, 2020

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News by Matt S. I’ve got some great news to share today; we’ve got a release date set in stone for the next visual novel in the “My Time With Dee Dee” series. It took a little longer than I thought it would (mostly because of scope creep – it’s…

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February 6, 2020

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Video by Matt S. It’s hard to conceive, but Square Enix has a series that has been kicking around since 1991, and it’s almost completely unknown here in the west. That series is Itadaki Street (Fortune Street); a series of board games, usually themed after Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy.…

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February 6, 2020

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News by Matt S. The most exciting thing to happen to the Nintendo Switch lands in just a week now. Hatsune Miku: Project Diva MegaMix releases on February 13, and will be one of the more import-friendly games. After all, it’s a rhythm game. Simple controls, simple menus, and you’ll…

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February 5, 2020

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News by Matt S. Square Enix has announced Dragon Quest Tact for iOS and Android. It’s currently going to be a Japanese-only release (of course it is), but it really looks like something that I could get into, even if it is free-to-play, and therefore going to be loaded with…

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February 5, 2020

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Video by Harvard L. Vectronom is an ecclectic little game: it’s a rhythm game from 2019 that looks like a little indie platformer, and features squares that bounce around boldly minimalist environments. It’s also one of those games that once you let yourself get hooked into it, you can’t put…

Why are there not more games like Kentucky Route Zero?

February 5, 2020

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Opinion by Matt S. It took me far, far too long to start playing Kentucky Route Zero. It’s one of those things that people have kept recommending to me, knowing the kinds of games that I like to play, but I had just never got around to it. I’m only…

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February 4, 2020

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News by Matt S. One of the best regarded “art games” on the mobile platform, Florence, is finally making its way to other devices, with Annapurna Interactive set to release the game on PC and Nintendo Switch on February 13. Florence is the story of romance, growing close to someone,…

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