It was delayed a month, but nonetheless Dead or Alive Xtreme 3 will be released in just a few short weeks. I’m battening down the hatches against the media response to that one. Actually, in all seriousness, I doubt it will be anywhere near as controversial as that. In a…
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For Christmas this year, I was given a copy of a board game based on the classic collection of fantasy short stories; The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1001 Nights. Which is timely, because I am in the process of re-reading that book, having read it last when I was a…
Read MoreFinal Fantasy fans – and the broader gaming community – have a complex relationship with Final Fantasy X-2. Despite both games in the mini-series being reasonably highly rated games at the time, over the years, Final Fantasy X has been (rightfully) lauded as an absolute classic, while Final Fantasy X-2…
Read MoreWith the recent re-release of Final Fantasy X on the PlayStation 4, I’ve had an excuse to play the game yet again. I’m not quite sure how many times I’ve actually played Final Fantasy X through since my first run on the PlayStation 2, but it’s surely more than a…
Read MoreNow that we’re fully in the swing of the new generation of consoles, the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Wii are starting to fade from mainstream coverage. The (many) classics that those consoles threw up will be remembered as classics, of course. No one will forget about Uncharted, Dark Souls…
Read MoreNote: If that headline doesn’t give it away, there are major spoilers in here. Mass Effect is without a doubt one of the most influential and important franchises to emerge from the last generation of consoles. Across three games players were treated to an epic narrative that featured the highest…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. When the news broke that Hotline Miami 2 was to be banned from sale in Australia, I naturally assumed that there would be a general outcry in condemnation by the gaming community. After all, it was the very definition of censorship, and as offensive as the…
Read MoreArticle by Matt S. The roguelike is one of my favourite RPG sub-genres. From the early days when as a school kid I discovered the free Nethack, right though to my time as a university student when it was all I could afford to play, the classic roguelike was something…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. I think we all knew this would happen. Bayonetta 2, Nintendo’s big “adult” Wii U game release for the year, has become an instant source of controversy for its themes. Polygon’s review exemplifies this controversy best, with the critic broadly panning its approach to gender, and…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. Game Theory is a regular column in which I take the opportunity to take a truly great game, and discuss some of its more philosophical underpinnings which are, to my mind, what truly separates these games from their peers.Please note that the Game Theory columns do…
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