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Review: Xenoblade Chronicles 3D (Nintendo 3DS)

April 1, 2015

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Xenoblade Chronicles was certainly a popular game on the Nintendo Wii when it was released towards the end of that console’s life. As the premier JRPG on the system it never quite left the mindset of its many fans, even with the Wii now retired, and I find it amusing…

Assassin’s Creed Chronicles Trilogy has us very excited

April 1, 2015

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When you look beyond the “main” games in the Assassin’s Creed franchise, you quickly get a picture that Ubisoft is willing to be quite experimental with its games, both in terms of characters and settings, but also how these games play when compared to the expectations of the main games.…

Review: My Style Studio: Notebook (Nintendo Wii U)

April 1, 2015

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I really like the idea of the Nintendo Wii U as an art platform. The gamepad has just the right screen size and precision to allow people to create reasonably complex art work. Unlike, say, the iPad, the stylus of the console is also perfect for the kind of fine…

Imageepoch’s Stella Glow is westward bound courtesy of Atlus

April 1, 2015

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Imageepoch is a very niche JRPG developer, responsible for a wide range of creative (and often controversial) games. It is perhaps best known for the Luminous Arc series of tactics games on the Nintendo DS, but it was also involved in the production of Yoshi’s New Island, and was the…

Review: LA Cops (PC)

March 31, 2015

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After seeing some trailers and previews for LA Cops I thought it could be something really exciting… sadly it turned out to be more frustrating than fun. LA Cops is a top down shooter that takes place in the 1970’s. It begins with the player picking two cops from a…

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March 31, 2015

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Turn-based wargames. You know how they work, right? Move, fight, move, fight, move. But this one doesn’t stick to the template. And it’s all the better for it. As anyone who’s seen Apocalypse Now will tell you, Vietnam was an unusual kind of war. As well as the regular troops…

Review: LEGO Ninjago: Shadow of Ronin (Sony PlayStation Vita)

March 31, 2015

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Most games for children are terrible. It’s strange to say that, because playing games is an inherently youthful activity and you would think it would be relatively easy to tap into the spirit of play to make a decent game for a child, but developers too often mistake “developing a…

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March 30, 2015

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Netflix has recently released in Australia – finally – after a long wait. You’ll want to have a fast connection to the Internet with which to enjoy it in full, but if you’re an iiNet customer you’re in for a good time, because it’s unmetered, and that means you can…

Trailer: The live-action adaptation of Attack on Titan looks good

March 30, 2015

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Attack on Titan has become a major media franchise, with both the manga and anime lighting up sales charts worldwide. So the natural next step was a live-action film, and this one is shaping up well indeed, based on the early trailer, which you can see below. Of course, manga-to-film…

On Life is Strange: Episode 2: The feeling of unease grows

March 30, 2015

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After reviewing the first episode of Life is Strange, I’ve decided not to write another formal review of the episodic series until it’s complete. There’s very little new I can say about the game’s qualities until I’ve seen how the narrative threads come together (try reviewing each chapter of a…

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