With only a scant number of new game releases, 2016 is ending with a whimper rather than a bang. That is unless you’re a fan of Virtual Console offerings, which brings the beloved Mario Kart ...
Read More »Winged Sakura: Demon Civil War review
Last year’s Winged Sakura: Mindy’s Arc blended visual novel exposition and tower defense mechanics, forming an appealing blend of genres. With the release of Winged Sakura: Demon Civil War, the eponymous studio has created a ...
Read More »Moékuri: Adorable + Tactical SRPG review
Game titles typical signal a specific element of a game, whether its tone or subject. But few monikers are as unabashedly expressive as Moékuri: Adorable + Tactical SRPG. Blending cute creature (abbreviated as Moé+kuri) collection ...
Read More »Shantae: Half-Genie Hero review
Not long ago, Kickstarter seemed like a harbinger of hope, shifting funding from the grip of corporations to the desires of consumers. But when a succession of prominent projects failed to meet expectations, the method ...
Read More »New Game Releases: December 22nd-28th, 2016
With the holiday shopping season quickly coming to any end, this week offers a restrained number of new game releases. Yet, look beyond the typical filler destined for Nintendo’s eShop and several remarkable titles can ...
Read More »Bard’s Gold review
Rogue’s gameplay mechanics were far more influential that anyone would have expected. When the Unix based diversion was loaded onto the servers at UC Santa Cruz and UC Berkeley, a constituency of students became captivated, ...
Read More »Xmas Shooting – Scramble!! review
Much like 1996’s Christmas NiGHTS into Dreams extended a holiday-themed remix for SEGA Saturn owners, Orange Juice’s Xmas Shooting – Scramble !! offers a festive offering for PC owning shoot ‘em up fans. Build upon ...
Read More »Guilty Gear Xrd REVELATOR (PC) review
Since the release of Street Fighter II: The World Warrior in 1991, Capcom has enjoyed a protracted command of video game pugilism. But success breeds eager contenders and in 1998, Arc System Works crafted Guilty ...
Read More »Podcast 16-1: Vita Means Life, Don’t You Love Life?
In this year-end wrap up, the crew offers impressions of Heartnomics: Lost Count, Let It Die, and revisits old favorites on the NES Classic Edition. We also devote heaping helping of airtime to our favorite ...
Read More »New Game Releases: December 15th-21st, 2016
From Shantae sauntering onto a number of systems to the next chapter in Telltale’s Walking Dead series, this week offers a number of notable new game releases. For those who don’t appreciate Half-Genie Heroes or ...
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