Review by Matt S. One of the first things that I realised when I started playing Nostalgic Train was that I haven’t actually played any Japanese “walking simulators” before. Not that I can remember having played, at any rate. It’s a genre that seems to have either spoken to western…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. It’s not quite the announcement of a new Dynasty Warriors that I think all of us fans are itching for right now, but Koei Tecmo has produced a really neat trailer that gives us a flashback to all the Dynasty Warriors series… right back to those…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Visual novels that are deeply rooted in some kind of bittersweet nostalgia are dime a dozen. Japanese culture itself is a deeply nostalgic one (to this day the country struggles to resolve its respect for tradition with its love of progress), and there’s an abiding fixation…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Pantsu Hunter wants you to believe that it’s offering a nostalgic trip back to your youth. As its very description reads: “Share a heart-to-heart talk, watch a movie together, take a bath, remove a computer virus, help a girl in a tough spot and – if…
Read MoreReview by Trent P. In recent years there has been something of a trend of indies creating games that look and feel like the most retro of retro handheld games – the old Game Boy, monochrome titles. Clearly, a lot of developers entered the industry with fond memories of playing…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Nostalgia’s a tricky beast. Not only do you need to tap into the memories and emotional response that people have to the thing you’re waxing nostalgic about, but you need to do so in a way that doesn’t also capture all its problems. And when you…
Read MoreReview by Ginny W. Let’s get a disclaimer out of the way: this review was written by someone who adored Super Mario Sunshine and Banjo-Kazooie. It’s also incredibly likely that A Hat in Time appears to have been conceived explicitly for the people sitting neatly in the nostalgia-heavy, old-timey intersection…
Read MoreReview by Lindsay M. My introduction to Marvel comic characters was in my late teens. I grew up with a single mom and a younger sister, and I didn’t have any exposure in childhood as many do. Sure, I had heard of Spider-man, but in all honesty that was the…
Read MoreReview by Brad L. Philosopher George Santayana once mused “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” I swear Santayana somehow predicted Double Dragon IV. A myriad of games looking to replicate the glory days of the Nintendo Entertainment System have come and come again, like a…
Read MoreReview by Lindsay M. There is quite a long list of things that make me happy when I reminisce about them, and near the top is handheld video games. I’m not talking Nintendo, nor Sony; no, I am referring to those handheld games that held a grand total of one…
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