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Review: Criminal Girls 2: Party Favors (Sony PlayStation Vita)

September 29, 2016

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Review by Matt S. The first Criminal Girls was a game of real potential. Though clearly limited in budget, and controversial for a very obvious set of reasons (anime girls wearing little and posed in compromising positions are generally going to raise eyebrows), the game was clever reference to the…

Review: NHL 17 (Microsoft Xbox One)

September 29, 2016

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Review by Nick H. There is a lot for hockey fans to enjoy in NHL 17, because the on-ice action still delivers and there are enough modes to keep gamers coming back from more. That being said, the lack of changes from last year to this has given the game…

Review: Claire: Extended Cut (Sony PlayStation 4)

September 28, 2016

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Review by Harvard L. Family trauma is a tough demon to tackle in a video game, but indie outfit Hailstorm Games touched upon it liberally in its 2014 sidescrolling horror game, Claire. With a heavy dose of surrealism and Freudian psychoanalysis thrown into the mix, Claire was a very focused…

God Wars is going to be essential for fans of Japanese culture

September 28, 2016

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Interview by Matt S. God Wars: Future Past is going to be one of the most important tactical JRPGs that you’ll ever play. Not because it’s going to do anything particularly innovative with the way it plays – because it’s explicitly aiming to be as traditional as the genre comes…

Review: God Eater 2: Rage Burst (PC)

September 28, 2016

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Review by Pierre-Yves L. God Eater 2: Rage Burst puts you, the player, into the role of a self-created protagonist that is one of several newer members to the organisation known as Fenrir. Your task is to venture outside of the protective environments to hunt down large beasts, either solo…

Review: Forza Horizon 3 (Microsoft Xbox One)

September 27, 2016

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Review by Nick H. The Forza series has a habit of setting a high bar both for the racing genre, and even video games in general. The venerable racing series manages to improve upon itself almost every time, and considering how good it is each release, that is saying something.…

Review: Bioshock: The Collection (Microsoft Xbox One)

September 27, 2016

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Review by Nick H. If you managed to somehow miss all or even some of the Bioshock games and enjoy first-person action games, then this remaster is a great excuse to give those missed opportunities a try. Admittedly, there is not a whole lot new to the package, but the…

All-female protagonist September: My favourite games for iOS

September 27, 2016

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Blog by Lindsay M. With the month coming to a close — this is my second to last post — I’ve realized I’ve been playing all these awesome games on my iPhone (and iPad, due to limited storage on my phone) and I’ve only written about Severed. For shame! With…

Review: Dear Esther: Landmark Edition (Sony PlayStation 4)

September 26, 2016

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Review by Harvard L. To everyone out there, have you played Dear Esther? I would assume most of you have – the prolific surrealist piece developed by The Chinese Room is still a free download on PC’s and almost necessitates a name drop in every “Games as Art” conversation. Perhaps…

Retro Reflections: On one of my first branching story JRPGs

September 26, 2016

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Retro Reflections by Nick H. Recently, I was reflecting back on Phantasy Star II, a game that was very memorable to me despite some of its shortcomings. I would go so far as to say that at the time of its release, it was one of the best JRPGs out…

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