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Video: PlayStation 4 Hidden Gems: GreedFall

January 9, 2020

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Video by Matt S. GreedFall came and left without making much of a wave last year, and that’s a big pity, because Spiders’ latest RPG epic is a truly wonderful game, with excellent storytelling, world building, and characters. I missed out on it at launch too! Thankfully I was able…

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January 9, 2020

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Review by Matt S. Visual novel developers often do like to subvert expectations. Unlike a straight-up novel, the visual novel medium allows for alternative routes and endings, and when you’ve got the option to write “bad” endings, the temptation to use them to ruin everything players had expected to get…

There’s a free (and substantial) DLC update coming to Wargroove

January 8, 2020

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News by Matt S. Wargroove is the spiritual successor to Advance Wars. Developed by Chucklefish, it successfully filled a void that Nintendo and Intelligent Systems had left by ignoring that series in preference to Fire Emblem, and was very warmly received by fans indeed. Now is the perfect time to…

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January 8, 2020

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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

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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…

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