Review by Matt S. I have been waiting 22 years for a new Pokémon Snap. That Nintendo 64 original was a brilliant example of pure, unadulterated, quality game design, and it’s crazy that Nintendo has gone through multiple generations of consoles that are absolutely perfect for games based around photography…
Read MoreThe roguelike is a hot topic again, thanks to the “AAA”-roguelike, Returnal, exclusive to PlayStation 5. We chat about that this month on the podcast. We also have a good chat about photography in games, thanks to New Pokemon Snap bringing out the wildlife photographer in us… and then we…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. The Nintendo Switch is off to a flying start in 2021, but one of the most exciting games of all is surely New Pokemon Snap. We have been waiting for a sequel to the Nintendo 64 fan favourite for many years now, and it’s finally happening.…
Read MoreRetro reflections by Matt S. It’s the Pokemon “clone” that deserves so much more than what it gets. For whatever reason, Dragon Quest Monsters (or, at times, Dragon Warrior Monsters) is one of Square Enix’s most inconsistent properties, despite being so very good. Perhaps even better than Game Freak’s thing…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. If I were to ask everyone reading this to raise their hands if they are thoroughly sick of the roguelike genre being appropriated by indie developers to replace the joy of finely crafted levels in favour of randomised “endless” content, I would imagine that most people…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Just earlier this week I created a list of ten JRPGs to look forward to in 2020, with the note that there is, no doubt, going to be many more coming to get very excited for that haven’t even been announced yet. And here’s proof: Pokémon Mystery…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I’ve been playing Pokemon for 21 years. I figured that out because Pokemon Blue and Red was released in Australia in 1998, and I was an early adopter. Before it was even popular here my brothers and I were collecting and battling the critters like crazy.…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. A fair few months ago, a trailer for the upcoming Sonic film was released… and it looked terrible. So terrible, in fact, that the entire Internet seemed to blow up at the creators, who rapidly announced that they were going to go right back to the…
Read MoreThis podcast was recorded two weeks ago, ahead of Matt heading off to Japan for TGS, but we’ve picked some pretty timeless topics that will never die for your listening pleasure. Game reviews: should they be objective (why this one won’t just die is beyond us)? Also Pokemon! And Matt…
Read MoreOn this week’s episode, we have a talk about the surprise announcement that Kojima’s Death Stranging will release this year, in November. There was a new trailer for it, and Alan and Matt get into a bit of verbal fisticuffs over whether Kojima’s all he’s cracked up to be. We…
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