Review by Matt S. These days, I spend most of my time railing against the obsession that this industry has with content and game length. I don’t believe that it’s relevant to the quality or value of a game, and if we’re going to see games as…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. You do exactly what the box says in Space Commander: War and Trade. You trade stuff, and you go to war. In space. Where you’re a commander. The problem is that space is meant to be this big, open… universe… of adventure and promise and Space…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. “But optimism dribbles away when horror repeats.” I have no idea how good Tim Reed’s novel, Spider from the Well, is, but I came across this quote from that novel when researching Returnal, and I think it’s a perfect encapsulation of that game. Returnal is a…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. It’s not often you’ll find a game (or series) that you’re absolutely terrible at, but can still appreciate and enjoy. I do have one such series. Monster Hunter. I’ve always struggled to wrap my head around Capcom’s epic boss battle simulation, but I’ve also always appreciated…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron was one of the real artsy games of the PlayStation 3/Xbox 360 era. In that it was wildly beautiful and thematically rich… and sold peanuts. That didn’t stop it from gaining a niche following though… and indeed I even remember…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Over the last few years, the last vestiges of “the console wars” being anything more than pathetic capitalist sycophancy have washed away. The various players within the industry work together with increasing frequency, and where once there was a point to having a preferred console (because…
Read MoreReview by Brad L. SHMUPs, vertically-scrolling shoot ‘em ups, “bullet hells,” or whatever else you might want to call them are things that I would usually rather just avoid. As my body gathers up the years and my reflexes start to wane, the idea of fast-paced shoot ‘em ups, dying…
Read MoreReview by Trent P. Immortals Fenyx Rising is a key new property for Ubisoft. Developed by Ubisoft Quebec, the title is a distinct action-adventure game in a style that sits neatly within Ubisoft’s comfort zone, and that’s not an inherently bad thing, though you know what you’re getting right from…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. At the start of the week, I reviewed the latest in the Call of Duty series; a flaming piece of nationalist trash set during the Cold War. I’ll wrap this week up with a review of games that I wish represented the FPS genre; the Serious…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Nintendo and Koei Tecmo are on to a good thing as partners. After years of successfully bringing the Musou (Warriors) framework to various anime licensed tie-ins, Koei got the chance to work on one of Nintendo’s most sacred properties, producing Hyrule Warriors. That game delivered in…
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