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Anime Review: Toradora! Complete Series (Blu-Ray)

August 4, 2014

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Review by Clark A. Toradora is a romantic comedy with an endgame that is seldom in question after the first fistful of episodes. Against this handicap, the writers managed to tell an intelligent, multifaceted tale that enriches the premise to the point where the outcome will be the last thing…

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August 4, 2014

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News by Jedediah H. Nintendo’s former Head of Digital Content and Development, Dan Adelman, who spent 9 years advocating – identifying and releasing indie games like BIT.TRIP to major consoles long before doing so was a fashionable industry practice – on behalf of independent developers, has left Nintendo, and plans…

Anime Impressions: Blue Spring Ride

August 4, 2014

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Impressions by Clark A. Oftentimes when childhood friends reunite in an anime, at least one party has changed to a comedic degree. Blue Spring Ride (Ao Haru Ride) takes a more realistic approach to the situation, however. While its plot is obviously embellished to flow well and elicit emotional responses…

Review: The Walking Dead: Season 2, Episode 4: Amid the Ruins (Microsoft Xbox 360)

August 4, 2014

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Review by Nick H. Telltale Games have a habit of creating penultimate episodes to their adventure games that leave me underwhelmed, but put me in a position where I’m excited for the final chapter. This was how I felt about the second-to-last episode during season one of The Walking Dead,…

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August 4, 2014

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News by Matt S. In what should be a textbook case for why websites should refrain from copy/ pasting news from other websites without verifying the information first, the reports of Studio Ghibli’s death have been greatly exaggerated. The “announcement” that the famed animation studio behind Totoro, Mononoke and Spirited…

Review: Rogue Legacy (Sony PlayStation 4)

August 3, 2014

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Review by Matt S. It says it right in the title: this game is a roguelike. That means player death, more player death, and then for a bit of variety, some more player death. Now with most roguelikes, when a character dies it’s simply back to the start of the…

The Friday 10: Ten quotes from my favourite female characters of my youth

August 1, 2014

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List by Jedediah H. Everyone likes a top-10 list. They’re a bit of fun, and always good for discussion. And so every so often we pull together a “top 10” list. These are here for fun and laughs – we’re not pretending that we’re the authority of good games taste…

Review: Might & Magic Duel of Champions Forgotten Wars (Sony PlayStation 3)

August 1, 2014

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Review by Matt S. Ubisoft’s Might & Magic Duel of Champions has successfully carved out a niche for itself in the highly competitive digital Collectible Card Game (CCG) space. For years now iPad and PC owners have been competing with one another in heated battles with this game, and it…

Review: The Swapper (Sony Playstation 3)

August 1, 2014

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Review by Jedediah H. Even though science fiction tends to scream a cautionary tale when portraying and playfully examining the ethical and biotechnological aspects of cloning, I find the concept, the ethical and philosophical arguments, and the science to be fascinating. To imagine that, possibly in the not-to-distant future, I…

DLC Review: Dark Souls 2: Crown of the Sunken King (PC)

July 31, 2014

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Review by Nick H. Having braved the oppressive world of Dark Souls II more than once now, the promise of more death and discovery in the Crown of the Sunken King DLC beckoned to my warrior. That call was not unlike a siren’s song, promising his demise while teasing new…

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