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Time to Go Commercial From Fishing Derby for the Atari 2600, SEGA Bass Fishing for the Dreamcast, to Natsume’s Reel Fishing franchise, gaming has a bounty of sport fishing simulations. But here’s the thing: they ...

With a trio of deluxe versions from Gust’s long-running Atelier franchise, and a Switch iteration of the popular match-three, monster collecting title, Puzzle & Dragons, a few of this week’s new releases are rooted in ...

Friends with young children often tell me how exhausting parenting can be. With fatigued voices, I’m frequently reminded how lucky I am to not have any kids of my own. But acquittances with older children ...

Popularized in the early nineties, first-person shooters have enjoyed an immense technological evolution. Visual developments, spearheaded by titles like 2007’s Crysis have led to environments routinely rendered in rich detail. Well-tuned netcode has made it ...

Sure, we’re still slogging through the January doldrums which means a restrained number of new releases. That said, there’s still a few remarkable titles, with a pair of yuri-themed visual novels arriving on Switch as ...

Don’t Try to Pigeonhole This Plot Often, visual novels divulge their approach in the first few minutes. But that’s not the case with Seven Days aka Seven Days with You: The Most Precious Memory in ...

The Pathos of a Mecha Pilot Most mecha games only do a serviceable job of conveying what it’s like to pilot a hulking robot. Sure, the expensive hardware setups of Virtual On: Cyber Troopers and ...

Traditionally, the last week of the year is a meager time for new releases. The final, few remaining calendar days of the twenty-teens seems to validate that trait, with far fewer games than usual. Sure, ...

Traditionally, urban simulators put the focus on buildings, with players often striving for a fruitful balance amidst the residential, industrial, and commercial spaces. Transport Fever 2 takes an altogether different approach, focusing on the spaces ...

Tutturū! Released in 2009, Steins;Gate continues to captivate audiences. Centering on the exploits of teenaged Rintaro Okabe and a band of scientists, the visual novel ingeniously wove elements of science fiction, classic tragedy, and otaku ...