Interview by Matt S. Ahead of me was a castle that needed capturing. A few battalions of my army’s soldiers were already trying to clamber up the walls using ladders, while leaders barked out orders and a battering ram made its way slowly to the castle gate. Rather than participate…
Read MoreInterview by Matt S. The dungeon crawler genre has been around since the very foundations of the RPG. Most of us older people have fond memories of playing through the Wizardry and Might & Magic games of the ‘80s and ‘90s, and indeed the early dungeon crawlers featured prominently in…
Read MoreInterview by Matt S. Atelier Lydie & Suelle: The Alchemists and the Mysterious Paintings is the first Atelier game in which there are dual protagonists of the same gender. We’ve had plenty of Atelier games with a single female lead, and the occasional Atelier with a male and female working…
Read MoreArticle by Matt S. And that’s a wrap. Another year, another Tokyo Game Show. As per usual there was plenty of commentary on social media about how the lack of new game announcements made the show a “poor” one, but being there on the floor, I’ve got a very different…
Read MorePhoto gallery by Matt S. Tokyo Game Show is one of the few events around the world that still allows “booth babes” – for companies to hire men and women to dress up (or down, as the case might be), and promote the games on the booth, either by cosplaying…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. So Tokyo Game Show 2017 has started, and I’ve got plenty to say about it, which I will in the coming days (if not weeks). But in terms of immediate observations, one of the things that really struck me is how effective some nations through Asia…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. The organiseers of Tokyo Game Show have unveiled the official art and theme of TGS2017, and, unsurprisingly for anyone who has been following entertainment trends throughout Asia, VR and AR is going to be placed front and centre. Related reading: My thoughts from TGS 2016. The…
Read MoreInterview by Matt S. God Wars: Future Past is going to be one of the most important tactical JRPGs that you’ll ever play. Not because it’s going to do anything particularly innovative with the way it plays – because it’s explicitly aiming to be as traditional as the genre comes…
Read MoreTourism by Matt S. One of the features of Tokyo Game Show over the years has been the booth ‘babes,’ or women and men that are dressed up in costume (or, often, dressed down to as little as possible) in order to manage the booths, help players get into the…
Read MoreTourism by Matt S. One of the features of Tokyo Game Show over the years has been the booth ‘babes,’ or women and men that are dressed up in costume (or, often, dressed down to as little as possible) in order to manage the booths, help players get into the…
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