There’s little excuse as to why consummate gamers don’t have a scholarly understanding of Romance of the Three Kingdoms. After eight main adaptions of as well as five additional expansions, Luo Guanzhong’s intermingling of the ...
Read More »New Game Releases: March 5th-11th, 2015
Whether gamers feel that the Vita is the holy grail of portables or a missed opportunity, they have to credit Sony for popularizing the cross-buy system. In an environment where hardware manufactures tussle for even ...
Read More »Excave review
Between Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers and the Etrain Odyssey series, the 3DS has a number of quality, turn-based dungeon crawlers. But real-time exploration and creature elimination on the portable is a bit ...
Read More »Dead or Alive 5: Last Round review
Remarkably, Dead or Alive 5: Last Round is best symbolized by the title’s two, quasi-new, playable characters. Originally, a boss from the franchise’s inaugural entry, Raidou, points to Dead or Alive’s adherence to tradition. At ...
Read More »Sailor Moon Season 1 DVD review
For anime aficionados, there are several significant works that serve as historical turning points for the medium. One early, essential exemplar is 1963’s Astro Boy, a title which boosted the global influence of Japanese animation. ...
Read More »Jungle Rumble: Freedom, Happiness, and Bananas review
One of the more common design philosophies in contemporary gaming can be found in the mash-up. Take two or more stagnant genres, mix them together- and with a bit of creative inspiration and programming prowess, ...
Read More »Hyperdevotion Noire: Goddess Black Heart review
Mirroring the moniker of their parent company, Idea Factory, developer Compile Heart has been consistently proficient when it comes to conceptualization. Record of Agarest War introduced an intriguing “Soul Breed” system into the SRPG genre, ...
Read More »New Game Releases for the Week of February 25th, 2015
Yes, it’s official: Nintendo has gone bananas. No, were not talking about how the company is handling the release of Amiibos, although that is certainly eccentric. Instead, we’re referencing the release of six classic Donkey ...
Read More »htoL#NiQ: The Firefly Diary review
While Nippon Ichi has enjoyed sustained success with the Disgaea franchise, the Gifu-based publisher/developer has often struggled to cultivate another hit. Sure, Spike Chunsoft’s Danganronpa games has earned critical and commercial acclaim and NIS America ...
Read More »Ace Combat Assault Horizon Legacy+ review
Since the Nintendo 3DS’ launch in 2011, the portable has amassed a prolific library of games. And while the role-playing, platforming, fighting, and racing genres have each earned a substantial number of entries, aeronautical antagonism ...
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