This episode, the crew offers impressions of Damascus Gear: Operation Tokyo, Freedom Wars, Soul Sacrifice Delta, Monster Hunter 4, Dead or Alive: Last Round, 140, Last Tango, Untrusted, as well as revisits Wild Arms 2. ...
Read More »New Game Releases: March 26th-April 1st, 2015
For the last few years, digital downloads have altered the traditional pricing model for console games, often offering shorter experiences at a reduced price. With the release of two free titles this week, that trend ...
Read More »Gurumin: A Monstrous Adventure review
Like most mainstream media, the primary goal of interactive entertainment is escapism. When the collective weight of work, bills, and relationships congeals into a burdensome load, we have the ability to retreat into meticulously detailed, ...
Read More »Coppelion: The Complete Series review
In media, the apocalyptic context is one of the most remarkable narrative stratagems to scrutinize humanity. Whether catastrophe occurs via George R. Romero’s infestation of zombies, Mad Max’s oil shortage and subsequent collapse of societal ...
Read More »Bladestorm: Nightmare review
Disparagers often state that developer Omega Force’s output represents variations on a single theme. Irrefutably, there’s some truth in that assentation, with a throng of titles (typically, but not always having ‘Warrior’ in the title) ...
Read More »New Game Releases: March 19th-25th, 2015
This week the revelry on the Wii U might finally get started. After attempts at merrymaking on Nintendo’s console fizzled with Sing Party and Wii Party U, it looks like the release of Mario Party ...
Read More »Söldner-X 2: Final Prototype review
With an existence spanning nearly forty years, the shoot ‘em up game (or shmup) has a well-deserved place in the pantheon of gaming. But its status was earned by more than just tenacious longevity. Shooters ...
Read More »The Awakened Fate Ultimatum review
In 2010, NIS America published Z.H.P. Unlosing Ranger VS Darkdeath Evilman, a game that was every bit as eclectic as it name suggested. With Rogue-like mechanics and a storyline teeming with references to classic tokusatsu, ...
Read More »Chronicles of the Going Home Club Premium Edition
Most anime follows a conventional narrative structure, with setup, conflict, and resolution occurring both within an episode, and often, across a larger story arc. But over time the traditional method becomes predictable and stale, thus ...
Read More »New Game Releases: March 12th-18th, 2015
While the Resident Evil series has always contained head-scratching puzzles, up to now they’ve been in-game. With the release of both Resident Evil: Revelations 2 Complete Edition and Resident Evil: Revelations 2 Complete Season, identifying ...
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