List by Matt S. Well, I have been saving this little list up. The thing is… I don’t have anything to write right now. There are some big reviews coming later in the week, but between COVID-19, the fact that a Monday here means a non-working Sunday in the main…
Read MoreList by Matt S. It has been a terrible, terrible year to date. In Australia it has been a rolling nightmare of record, devastating bushfires… and then we’ve all shared the experience that is COVID-19. The video games we’ve been playing have been pretty good, though. It’s not exactly a…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. The original Game Boy was my first console, and I loved it to death (literally, my original Game Boy died after endless hours of use). My entire preference for the handheld gaming experience probably has something to do with loving that original Game Boy that much.…
Read MoreList by Harvard L. It’s common knowledge that ever since the jump button was invented, video games as a medium leapt forward in an enormous bound of progress. Also, they became art. Real art. While many games have claimed to “reinvent” the jump, it’s clear that the technique has a…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. The Game Boy Color is one of my favourite consoles of all time. Sure it’s primitive by today’s standards, but some of the creativity that was on display as developers worked around the limitations are truly inspired. And it’s very nostalgic for me. It was a…
Read MoreList by Matt S. With the Switch being on the market for a few years now, and having proven to be a darling with developers of all sizes, there are a lot of games on there. A lot. Thousands, in fact. And with that comes some great stories. People generally…
Read MoreList by Matt S. It’s been a while since we did a Friday Ten, but I figured that since we’re all self isolating, now would be a good time to highlight some games to play that you may well have missed previously. Unfortunately there are more than a few releases…
Read MoreList by Matt S. The Nintendo Switch is the ideal device for visual novels. Lightweight as a handheld, it’s easy to carry everywhere. It’s also got a lovely, big screen, which makes it perfect for displaying the gorgeous art that you generally see in a good visual novel, and allows…
Read MoreList by Matt S. I know that we’re only eight days into 2020, but I’m making the prediction, here and now, that it’s going to be one of the best years for the JRPG genre. With so many games as yet unannounced, I still really struggled to pull this list…
Read MoreList by Matt S. It’s hard to believe, but today is the last day of the decade (HAPPY NEW YEAR!), and it should go without saying that a lot has happened in video games over that last ten years. Just think: at the start of the decade people were playing…
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