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Review: Parascientific Escape Cruise in the Distant Seas (Nintendo 3DS)

March 24, 2016

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Review by Matt S. Well, I can’t say I didn’t know what I was getting into. The reality is that I knew exactly what I was getting into when I saw that Parascientific Escape Cruise in the Distant Seas was being published by Circle, the same publisher that brought us…

Review: Casey Powell Lacrosse 16 (Microsoft Xbox One)

March 23, 2016

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Review by Lindsay M. I am a terrible Canadian. I know the sport of lacrosse was first documented here (or at least in the area that would later become Canada) and I know that long before Europeans invaded North America the sport was played — in an early form, of…

Review: Way of the Samurai 3 (PC)

March 23, 2016

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Review by Harvard L. Way of the Samurai 3 is the third title in a series of very Japanese open world adventure games developed by Acquire, and currently being updated and rereleased on Steam by Ghostlight. Originally a game on PS3, Way of the Samurai plays like no other open…

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March 23, 2016

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News by Matt S. I had seen this rumoured, but SEGA has now confirmed that Hatsune Miku’s other upcoming PlayStation 4 game, Future Tone, is so big that it’s being split into two separate releases, and together they’ll total a whopping 220 music tracks. To put that in context I…

Dead or Alive 5’s new character, Naotora Ii, is amazing

March 23, 2016

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Review by Matt S. I really expected Naotora Ii to be a token character thrown in to eke some additional life out of the already excellent Dead or Alive 5: Last Round. Something to convince players to throw one more wad of cash into the hat as Koei Tecmo prepares…

Minecraft: Story Mode Episode 5 release date revealed, 3 extra episodes announced

March 23, 2016

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News by Dylan C. Telltale has revealed that the fifth episode of Minecraft: Story Mode will be released next Tuesday, March 29. Related reading: Our review of Story Mode’s first episode on Xbox One. The fifth episode, titled “Order Up!”, was originally planned to be the final episode of the…

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March 22, 2016

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Review by Matt S. Sadame very much slots into the category of “kinds of games I really like to play. An action JRPG set in an alternative universe where the heroes of the Sengoku period have turned into monstrous demons, it has a strong theme and setting, and the way…

The DDNet podcast: On JRPGs, PlayStation VR, and an almighty fight over Final Fantasy XII

March 22, 2016

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And the new DDNet podcast, Digitally Uploaded, is now live! And this week, we’re talking about a subject that is very special for us all; the JRPG genre. Chris, Alan, and Matt highlight some of their favourite JRPGs of all time, discussing what those games mean for each of them,…

Review: Steel Rivals (Nintendo Wii U)

March 22, 2016

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Review by Matt S. I write the following without the slightest hint of hyperbole or aggression; it is a simple fact that Steel Rivals is the worst game I have ever played. Bar none. It’s a shoddy and poorly conceived fighting game that fails to have any personality or value…

Review: Plantera (PC)

March 21, 2016

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Review by Lindsay M. Click. Click click click. Clickclickclick. Clickclickclickclickclickclickclickclickclickclickclick. And so begins Plantera, an adorable clicker for PC. Plantera is like a clicker on crack. And the only clicker I’ve ever played that I was intrigued in from the beginning. That being said, in the back of my mind…

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