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January 8, 2020

Friday 10s/JRPG/list/The Friday 10/Top 10

List by Matt S. I know that we’re only eight days into 2020, but I’m making the prediction, here and now, that it’s going to be one of the best years for the JRPG genre. With so many games as yet unannounced, I still really struggled to pull this list…

The propaganda we see in video games is the latest in a long string of ways media has failed society

January 8, 2020

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Opinion by Matt S. I’ve never forgiven Disney for what it did with Donald Duck. To call me a Donald Duck fanboy would be an understatement – my wife likes to joke that he even inspired my response to Things That Go Wrong (TM) – i.e I tend to go…

We have a release date for Disaster Report 4!

January 7, 2020

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News by Matt S. Given the bush fires ripping across my country right now, I’m not entirely sure that I need a disaster survival simulation, but hopefully, if I’m still around by April, things have settled down. NISA will release Disaster Report 4: Summer Memories for PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch,…

Introducing a new feature for Patreon backers: Essays!

January 7, 2020

Essay/JRPG/Nintendo Switch/Patreon/Switch/Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE

Article by Matt S. Today I’m introducing a new regular feature for backers: Essays! On a frequent basis I’m going to publish an essay on a topic. These won’t be exclusive to backers – after every 20 or so I’m going to bundle them up and people can choose to…

Review: Gunma’s Ambition -You And Me Are Gunma- (Nintendo Switch)

January 7, 2020

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Review by Matt S. I don’t understand why anyone thought to go through the effort of localising Gunma’s Ambition. Actually enjoying this game relies on the player having a not insubstantial level of understanding of Japanese culture, knowing something about a particular region of Japan that isn’t exactly a tourist…

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January 6, 2020

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News by Matt S. The Utawarerumono series are some of the best tactics JRPG/Visual Novel hybrids out there. They’re also very cultural, with a strong basis in Japan’s native Ainu culture providing the basis of the aesthetics that you’ll see through each of the games (read about that in an…

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January 6, 2020

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Video by Matt S. Welcome to 2020! I hope you all had the most wonderful break. And now it’s time to get back into the video game criticismsssss… and first up I wanted to chat about a little city builder that caught my attention over the Christmas break. Dawn of…

Review: Drawngeon: Dungeons of Ink and Paper (Nintendo Switch)

January 6, 2020

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Review by Matt S. I did make a promise to myself that in 2020 I would try and play fewer games, but go much deeper on those that I did play. That would mean that I stopped giving so many poor or middling titles a go purely on the basis…

Our Games of the Decade – Matt S.

December 30, 2019

Friday 10s/Games of the Decade/list/The Friday 10/Top 10

List by Matt S. It’s hard to believe, but today is the last day of the decade (HAPPY NEW YEAR!), and it should go without saying that a lot has happened in video games over that last ten years. Just think: at the start of the decade people were playing…

Our Games of the Decade – Trent P.

December 30, 2019

Friday 10s/Games of the Decade/list/The Friday 10/Top 10

List by Trent P. It’s hard to believe, but we’re at the end of a decade this month, and it should go without saying that a lot has happened in video games over that last ten years. Just think: at the start of the decade people were playing Nintendo Wii,…

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