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Crunchyroll revs up English subtitles for Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s

March 2, 2015

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Sitting back and watching a couple Yu-Gi-Oh! episodes with English subtitles sounds easy enough. After all, it’s an anime based on one of the most popular trading card games in the world. Heck, the franchise is so omnipresent that it spawned spin-offs that collectively span over 700 episodes, rivaling the likes…

Review: Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late (Sony PlayStation 3)

March 2, 2015

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Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late hurts my hands to play, and I’m not entirely sure it’s worth it. The latest 2D brawler from French Bread and Arc System Works is fast, furious, and complex to a fault, and whether that is a good thing depends greatly on just how many of…

Gadget Review: Steel Nightmare Custom PlayStation 4 Controller

March 1, 2015

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Anyone serious about their games spends a lot of time and money on trying to bring out the best in our experiences. This applies to the latest and greatest consoles, headsets, televisions, ambient lighting and of course controllers. After all, the controller is our one tangible connection to the games…

The games of March; Gear up for the Japanese game invasion

February 27, 2015

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Another month, another pile of games to add to the pile of stuff we’ll probably never get around to finishing. March 2015’s release schedule is especially strong, especially for fans of Japanese games. This month we kick things off with Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters, a mix of visual novel and…

Anime Impressions: Absolute Duo

February 27, 2015

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Every season of anime comes with its requisite ecchi and harem shows and Absolute Duo fits both bills rather nicely. So far it has presented a few notable tweaks to the formulas of genres that I feel have become oversaturated in recent years, which should appease the fans of the…

Review: Rugby 15 (Microsoft Xbox One)

February 26, 2015

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Oh Rugby 15… how I so wanted to like you. Rugby is a sport that I feel needs more attention, as it is a sport that is ripe for a video game adaptation – it is both fast and aggressive. Rugby 15 is the first attempt to take the sport…

Review: Hand of Fate (Sony PlayStation 4)

February 26, 2015

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Hand of Fate, by Defiant Development, shows how fundamentally illogical the Australian government was to pull the Interactive Games Fund. The game is a truly wonderful experience that would not have been possible without that funding, and it saddens me deeply that we might be missing out on future titles…

DLC Review: Zen Pinball 2: Iron & Steel (Sony PlayStation 4)

February 26, 2015

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Zen Pinball 2 seems destined to hang around forever. Years after the original tables were released, Zen Studios can continued to support it with more tables in the form of DLC, with everything from licensed properties (Marvel, Star Wars, South Park) through to original creations. There are dozens tables in…

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February 26, 2015

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What can someone say about a standalone downloadable release based upon a mini-game available in a pre-existing retail title? Things I tend to look for in these cases are how much the developer has added to the original experience in order to make a worthwhile title. Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker…

Good news, folks! Dragon Quest Heroes confirmed for the west!

February 25, 2015

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Dragon Quest Heroes, being developed by Square Enix in collaboration with Koei Tecmo and Dynasty Warriors-creator Omega Force, is certainly one of the most exciting looking PlayStation 4 exclusive releases on the horizon. But with it being Dragon Quest, people were unsure whether it would be getting a western release.…

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