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Delightful art and an intriguing blend of genres just might cast a spell on you. Many early tower defense games had stretches of downtime. After strategically placing turrets, you’d often sit back and watch as ...

Sixteen years later, the magic is still there. Vanillaware’s games have remarkable longevity. Now and again, I’ll revisit 2009’s Muramasa: The Demon Blade, soaking up its mixture of ukiyo-e and 70’s anime-influenced visuals as well ...

The sixteen-bit mecha classic receives the premium M2 treatment.  1992’s Assault Suits Valken was one of the first games to truly capture the sensation of piloting a hulking mecha. Across a succession of seven stages, ...

The sword gets revenge on the pen and even the gun. Alice Gear Aegis’ mechanized maidens wield overpowered melee weapons undermining the virtues of battle and banter in CS Concerto of Simulatrix. Gacha game spin-offs ...

Released 16 years ago, there’s a significant amount of Record of Agarest War that feels creaky. But beneath it, there’s a sense of ambition and unprecedented scale, that merges turn-based combat and dating sim into ...

Tamagotchi-style care for the last member of humanity provides a stirring stimulus for Void Terrarium 2’s dungeon crawling. Released amidst a tempestuous pandemic, 2020’s void tRrLM(); //Void Terrarium envisioned a setting that embodied melancholic isolation. Catastrophically, ...

Prepare to be Tickled Pink Typically, thirtieth birthdays can be a bit somber. There’s the nagging worry that the prime of life is now in your rear-view mirror, replaced by the dour realities of adulthood. ...

The Diminutive ’80s Ninja Gets the All-Star Treatment The Diminutive ’80s Ninja Gets the All-Star Treatment Modern remakes of last century’s games don’t always succeed. For every Cotton Reboot! or Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap ...

The best air simulation on Switch doesn’t let you in the cockpit What is the concept? Following in the contrails of Sonic Powered’s 3DS-based air traffic simulations, I Am an Air Traffic Controller AIRPORT HERO HANEDA ...

Journeying through the crevices of Hell looks nice, but lacks balance. What is the game’s concept? While attractively animated, Helvetii’s introduction is rooted in flowery prose (“corruption spread from him like ichor from a wound”), ...