1986’s The Legend of Zelda established one of gaming’s essential formulas, where a succession of puzzle-filled dungeons steadily supplied the tools that players would need to advance. At its core, Zelda (and Metroid, which contextualized ...
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Across the span of eighteen light novels, eight manga adaptations, and twenty-five episodes of anime, Sword Art Online has extended an enthralling exploration of game technology. Set in 2022, the work focuses on a device ...
Read More »New Game Releases: November 10th-16th, 2016
With an Assassin’s Creed anthology and sequels in the Dishonored and Watch Dogs franchises, November is trotting out a number of heavy hitters. Customary for this time of the Holiday shopping season, the simultaneous release ...
Read More »Trillion: God of Destruction (PC) review
While overlooked by scientists, the tenets of Darwinism have slowly crept into video games. In real life, numerous insects have developed a resistance toward pesticide, or as Cope’s Rule suggests- a collection of different species ...
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Here’s a situation that happens all too regularly: group of friends are coming over for a game of Madden NFL, but you either lack an adequate number of controllers. Or the controllers you do have ...
Read More »Xanadu Next review
Xanadu Next’s narrative economy is evidenced across the game’s prologue. Here, players find a trio of characters, making their way across a massive lake shrouded in thick fog. Exposition is mostly handled by a boatman ...
Read More »New Game Releases: November 3rd-9th, 2016
Following Battlefield 1 and Titanfall 2, this week’s release of Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare represents the concluding entry in this shopping season’s trinity of multi-player driven shooters. While some have speculated that EA’s cannibalized ...
Read More »BlazBlue: Central Fiction review
When a prospective opponent would interrupt a Street Fighter II match, the game enthusiastically proclaimed, “Here comes a new challenger”. Although the seminal title helped establish fighting game doctrine, competition transcended the crowds of pugnacious ...
Read More »Creepy Castle review
While older consoles regularly receive commemoration, eight-bit computers don’t always get the recognition they deserve. Owning a Commodore or Atari personal computer during the Eighties permitted owners to peek into the future- revealing several qualities ...
Read More »Nobunaga’s Ambition: Sphere of Influence – Ascension
With a franchise that spans thirty years and includes fourteen main iterations, Nobunaga’s Ambition’s vitality and variety nearly matches the qualities of the man who inspired Koei’s prolific series. While known primarily for his determination ...
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