Some might tell you the Nintendo 3DS is on its last legs. But when a platform receives a roster of new releases as good as this week’s offerings, an argument could be made that the ...
Read More »Epistory – Typing Chronicles review
Confrontation in games takes many forms. Fighting games require the ability to predict an opponent’s next move, instantly responding with a fury of quarter-circle gyrations and successions of complex button presses. While role-playing games often ...
Read More »Q&A With Trillion Director Masahiro Yamamoto
Although you’ve fought tough bosses before, few are as durable and daunting as the protagonist of Trillion: God of Destruction, the eponymous villain who has no less than a 1,000,000,000,000 hit points. Just before the ...
Read More »Forced Showdown review
Conceptually, games built by combining multiple genres offer the possibility for innovation. There’s a chance that the components will intermingle stylishly, providing synergistic dividends and a sense of novelty. But there’s also the possibility that ...
Read More »Stikbold! A Dodgeball Adventure review
Periodically, titles like TowerFall, Nidhogg, and Paperbound remind us that some of gaming’s most blissful moments stem from local multiplayer sessions. It’s a message that’s reaffirmed by the PlayStation 4 and Steam release of Stikbold! ...
Read More »New Game Releases: April 7th-13th, 2016
Software-based sadism returns, with the release of Dark Souls III across eighth-generation consoles and PCs, extending another Everest-sized mountain of challenge toward players. For those seeking less exhausting, but no less nauseating treks, there’s always ...
Read More »Chronicles of Teddy: Harmony of Exidus review
As game worlds have grown, so has the push to provide players with guidance. But occasionally, instruction can border on the overt, diminishing the thrill of exploration and discovery that can make play feel so ...
Read More »Japanese Rail Sim 3D Journey in Suburbs #2, #3, and #4
Travel to Japan and an appreciation for rail transit is inevitable. Whether you’re traveling in a sleeper car between Ueno to Aomori, taking the Shinkansen (bullet train) to race between Tokyo and Kyoto, or just ...
Read More »New Game Releases: March 31st-April 6th, 2016
No April fooling, the first batch of virtual reality titles are here, with games for both the Oculus Rift and the HTC Vive arriving on Steam this week. For those who didn’t put place a ...
Read More »Nights of Azure review
Gust’s oeuvre is filled with gentle artistry. Across the Atelier franchise, protagonists go on inspirational journeys of self-actualization, mastering the venerable craft of alchemy in an effort to prevent impending tragedy. In the Ar Tonelico ...
Read More »