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Preview: Ar Nosurge (PlayStation 3)

August 22, 2014

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Preview by Matt S. The PlayStation 3 just won’t die. Even as I’m meant to be playing my PlayStation 4 more and more developers continue to produce PlayStation 3 games that I just can’t ignore. I was able to play through the first hour or so of Ar Nosurge recently,…

Review: Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment (Sony PlayStation Vita)

August 22, 2014

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Review by Matt S. We’ve seen plenty of single-player games borrow elements from MMOs in the past, especially in terms of the combat system. However, we haven’t seen that many single-player games try and be an actual solo MMO. Games such as Xenoblade Chronicles and White Knight Chronicles had combat…

Anime Review: Nekomonogatari White (DVD)

August 22, 2014

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Review by Matt S. I must be a sucker for punishment. Immediately after finishing with Bakemonogatari (at least to a level where I feel like I understand it enough to move on), I leap into another anime adaptation of Nisio Isin’s Monogatari series of light novels. Not that I actually…

Review: Chess 2: The Sequel (PC)

August 21, 2014

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Review by Owen S. Chess is a revered game-called-sport, with a place in culture is perhaps unmatched by any other pastime. Champions and ‘grandmasters’ are revered for their intellect. Names such as Bobby Fisher inspire images of greatness. It seeps through popular culture, from characters like Leonard and Sheldon on…

Preview: Wasteland 2 (PC)

August 21, 2014

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Preview by Rob P. I shot a goat today. One minute it was happily munching on some irradiated, post-nuclear scrubland. Then I stole its water bowl, and it attacked me. So I shot it. Bam! No more goat. It’s hardly the worst of videogame crimes, but it continues to gnaw…

Excited for Hanamonogatari? Daisuki’s going to stream it all at once, subbed and free

August 21, 2014

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News by Clark A. Hanamonogatari, the latest arc of Nisio Isin’s Monogatari series, aired on Japanese television last week as one lengthy marathon. English-speaking fans won’t have to wait long at all to catch up on the latest arc, though, and they won’t have to jump through hoops to watch…

Cubemen 2 has a Wii U release date

August 21, 2014

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News by Matt S. One of my favourite tower defence games of all time is Cubemen 2. Players create little… cube men, and then set them around a grid-like environment to protect their flag from invading hordes of enemy cube men. But that’s just one mode. There are actually seven…

Book Review: Brave Story

August 21, 2014

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Review by Matt S. We’ve seen plenty of stories in the past about kids hurling themselves into fantastic adventures in “other worlds.” There’s the obvious examples, such as Alice in Wonderland and The Lion The Witch And The Wardrobe, but it’s a common enough theme that it probably deserves a…

Trailer: Watch Bloodborne in action, be reminded of those Souls games

August 21, 2014

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News by Matt S. The below gameplay of Bloodborne should confirm what everyone already – the game is Demon’s Souls or Dark Souls set in Jack the Ripper’s London. I mean, sure the character has a gun, and sure the violence, gore and horror theme has been turned up to…

Review: LEGO Ninjago: Nindroids (Sony PlayStation Vita)

August 21, 2014

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Review by Brad L. My son is a massive LEGO nerd, and LEGO Ninjago is one of his more favoured LEGO brands. So it was with great excitement on his behalf when I mentioned that I would be reviewing LEGO Ninjago: Nindroids for the PlayStation Vita. Upon booting Nindroids, it…

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