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Can we please stop focusing on how “big” a game is?

August 4, 2016

DDNet Premium/game length/No Man's Sky/Opinion

Opinion by Matt C. Welcome to 2016, a year with more amazing game releases than anybody could possibly play, and a year in which people are losing their minds because a highly-anticipated game might be “only” 30 hours long. Someone who allegedly obtained a copy pre-release shared some details about…

It’s always a good day when there’s a new Hatsune Miku trailer

August 3, 2016

Hatsune Miku/Hatsune Miku: Project Diva X/News/Sega/trailer/Trailers

News by Matt S. SEGA has today released a new trailer for the upcoming PlayStation 4/ PlayStation Vita rhythm game, Hatsune Miku: Project Diva X. We’ve had the Vita version of the game for some months as an import from Japan, but after realising how well Miku turns out on…

Review: Hyper Light Drifter (Sony PlayStation 4)

August 3, 2016

Hyper Light Drifter/Indie/JRPG/PlayStation 4/PS4 Review/Reviews/Zelda clone

Review by Harvard L. It’s no faint praise for a game to be compared to the early Legend of Zelda titles, but there is no easier way to express the feel and mechanics of Heart Machine’s indie masterpiece Hyper Light Drifter. This is a top down action RPG which values…

preview-we-happy-few-microsoft-xbox-one

August 3, 2016

Compulsion Games/Preview/Survival/We Happy Few/Xbox One/Xbox One Preview

Preview by Lindsay M. It’s the misty morning of October 11, 1964. I’m in what is labelled as the Wellington Underground, but appears to be a bunker of sorts. There are construction chests scattered about; they each contain a handful of scrap parts. There’s a television set to a live…

review-kerbal-space-program-sony

August 3, 2016

Indie/Kerbal Space Program/PlayStation 4/PS4 Review/Reviews/simulation

Review by Mikhail M. Kerbal Space Program is one of the few Early Access games that I bought on Steam to actually release and impress me throughout the development cycle. I was elated at the thought of it coming to PlayStation 4, as it would help more people to experience…

Retro reflections: On the impact that Final Fantasy had on all JRPGs

August 2, 2016

DDNet Premium/Final Fantasy/Final Fantasy 1/JRPG/Retro/Retro Reflections/Square Co/Square Enix

Retro reflections by Matt S. I’m going to talk about Final Fantasy in my retro reflections this week, because Final Fantasy is a game that is slowly slipping out of people’s thoughts. It’s almost never listed among people’s favourite games of the series any longer, and very few talk about…

ten-asian-films-that-didnt-need-white

August 2, 2016

film/film review/list/Top 10

List by Matt S. In the fall out from the quite horrible trailer for The Great Wall, in which a film about a Chinese cultural icon is instead led by Matt Damon, a guy with no Asian blood in him at all, there’s been quite a lot of debate around…

review-abzu-sony-playstation-4

August 2, 2016

Abzu/Art Game/exploration game/Indie/ocean/PlayStation 4/PS4 Review/Reviews

Review by Matt C. I know I’m prone to hyperbole, but I think ABZÛ is actually the most gorgeous game I’ve ever played. This shouldn’t come as a surprise, given that it’s the brainchild of Matt Nava, the art director for Journey and Flower, but he’s outdone himself yet again.…

Review: Bird of Light (PC)

August 1, 2016

3D platformer/Bird of Light/endless runner/India/Indie/platformer/Reviews

Review by Matt C. On the surface, Bird of Light is a cute, light-hearted, fun little game that seems to draw its inspiration from Old MacDonald, but don’t be fooled by the cutesy farmyard presentation—it made me think of Animal Farm more than anything else. Bird of Light tells the…

Short ‘n Sweet Reviews: The Apple TV edition!

August 1, 2016

Apple TV/Apple TV Review/Dungeon Tiles/Epic Orchestra/Pixel Cup Soccer/Proun/Reviews/Risk/Short 'n sweet reviews

Reviews by Matt S. Welcome to this week’s short ‘n sweet reviews, where we look at a number of games that we have been playing that we just haven’t got the time to do give full reviews to. These aren’t necessarily bad games – not at all! But rather they…

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