1989’s SimCity was an irrefutable work of genius. Although a game built around the idea of urban development might have sounded tedious in description, designating industrial, commercial, and residential areas was as approachable as it ...
Read More »New Game Releases: July 20th-26th, 2017
Just when it seemed that physical releases were drying up amidst the summer sun, comes a barrage of disk and cartridge-based titles. On the Switch, Splatoon 2 and Fate/EXTELLA: The Umbral Star cases will be ...
Read More »Fallen Legion: Sins of an Empire review
Like many Otaku-Americans, my upbringing had a strong Japanese influence- with video games, manga, and tokusatsu occupying the bulk of my recreational hours amidst the 80’s and 90’s. Moments along the way pointed to a ...
Read More »Tangledeep (PC) preview
Across the last decade, gamers have been inundated with Rogue-likes. Some like Shiren the Wanderer, Touhou Genso Wanderer and Cladun Returns: This is Sengoku are exceptional entries, each offering their own adept and distinctive take ...
Read More »Iron Crypticle review
As titles like Robotron: 2084, Smash TV, and the sum of the Geometry Wars series have demonstrated, the twin-stick shooter can be a wholly immersive experience. Eluding hordes of encroaching enemies, while simultaneously snatching bonuses ...
Read More »New Game Releases: July 13th-19th, 2017
Save for the retail appearance of Aerea, a music themed, role-playing game, every other release will arrive digitally, saving players a trip to the store or at least the mailbox. While that’s been the growing ...
Read More »Symphonic Rain review
Popularized by works like Key’s Kanon and Air, as well as Circus’ Da Capo, nakige (meaning a “crying game”) is a common sub-genre in the visual novel medium. But despite the melodramatic moniker, there are ...
Read More »HYPERCHARGE: Unboxed preview
Last year’s release of New Retro Arcade: Neon permitted players to organize their own virtual arcades, setting up emulation across rows of simulated cabinets. The problem was setting up these environments could be challenging- goading ...
Read More »New Game Releases: July 6th-12th, 2017
Here’s something you don’t often see on the schedule of new game releases: a title intended for a system released twenty-six years ago. Yes, this week California-based publisher Retroism puts out Unholy Night: The Darkness ...
Read More »Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls review
All too often gaming franchises can grow overly comfortable, churning out a procession of sequels that compliantly follow in the footsteps of their predecessor. Certainly, the Danganronpa series could have followed this prudent blueprint, with ...
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