Review

Revisiting the golden era of arcade gaming Across a fifteen-year period between 1986 and 2001, VISCO Corporation created 38 arcade games. What’s remarkable about this span isn’t just how prolific the Kyoto-based developer was. It’s ...

Revenge is rising to the top of this murderous, motorcycling-rising, mama coyote’s to-do list. Once again, humanity has wiped itself out in Laika: Aged Through Blood’s dystopia. But instead of a quaint story about the ...

Smashing just isn’t as fun as it used to be. 1981’s Astrosmash is one of the irrefutable gems in the Intellivision library. Created by John Sohl, the game delivered an engaging combination of Space Invaders ...

Testing Positive for Magic the Gathering Influences During the late 1990s, franchises like Madden, NFL Gameday, and NFL Quarterback Club were in an impassioned rivalry to become the reigning football simulation. While this struggle for ...

The closest thing to WarioWare on PC costs less than ten bucks? The WarioWare formula has proved to be remarkably elusive. Nintendo R&D1’s first two outings, 2003’s WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgames! and WarioWare, Inc.: Mega ...

Dash a lot to save Camelot Arthurian legend has provided a foundation for countless films, with its gallant knights, enchanted sword, and battle-ready king. But some of the better adaptations have taken enthusiastic liberties with ...

The foundations for a decent action-driven dungeon crawl are undermined by several glaring balancing blemishes. Although the marketing makes no mention of it, Silent Hope is a spin-off that’s two degrees removed from its source ...

“Let’s play Master and Servant!” Undoubtedly, Type-Moon’s Fate franchise is a multimedia powerhouse. Originally conceived as a visual novel by writer Kinoko Nasu and illustrator Takashi Takeuchi in 2004, the property would spawn numerous spin-offs ...

Rise and grind, doods! Disgaea 7 restores the franchise’s grid-based glory. Disgaea 6: Defiance of Destiny truly lived up to its feisty subtitle. Notably, the game abandoned its captivating spritework, shifting to three-dimensional, polygonal characters. ...

Ys-e Does It Entries in Nihon Falcom’s Trails franchises habitually deliver complex storylines brimming with geopolitical intrigue. Since the property is comprised of multiple sub-series, characters routinely appear across successive entries. Some of the enjoyment ...