Video by Matt S. World of Tanks recently celebrated a major milestone: Ten years! People have been playing tank battles for a decade now, and in celebration of that World of Tanks Blitz has been released to Nintendo Switch. It’s a good game – one of my favourite military-themed games…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. I’m a bit late with coverage of this one because it’s such a massive game, but Pathfinder: Kingmaker recently launched on PlayStation 4, and I do love this game. As someone who very much grew up with Baldur’s Gate, Icewind Dale, and other titles, Pathfinder is…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. It’s so easy to dismiss Nexomon: Extinction as a simple Pokemon clone. It looks like it might be one, but as it turns out, the game has a personality and style all of its own… and it’s *excellent.* In this video, I discuss the qualities that…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. NISA recently released a console version of Giraffe and Annika – a wholesome little heartfelt game indeed. Unfortunately, it was subject to a lot of criticism around it being “short” and “simple”. It’s odd, because video games are the one art form where “short” is considered…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. A new game from the creator behind Senran Kagura launched this week, so of course there is commentary around fan service floating out there. The thing is, while we often attribute “fan service” to mean fleshy anime games, bikini DLC and the like, outside of games…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. I really think 13 Sentinels will be one of my favourite games. Vanillaware’s latest is a brilliant blend of art, apocalypse, time travel, science fiction, character narrative and tower defence… and somehow, for wearing all those hats (and then more) it’s all cohesive. For this preview…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. 2K Games has a new golf game just out, and it’s really enjoyable (check back at DDNet for the review later today). One thing I have noticed about golf games, however, is that the good ones tend to age really, really well. For example, there’s a…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. Aokana – Four Rhythms Across the Blue makes its way to Nintendo Switch this week, and it’s an excellent port of an excellent VN. One thing that is notable about the game’s console port is that it has lost the adult scenes that were a big…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. The sequel to Death End re;Quest 2 is a game that I have been looking forward to a great deal. The original was an amazing mix of high-tension thriller and fanservicey JRPG, and this new game looked like it would be upping the odds on either…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. I never did own a Neo Geo Pocket Color, but on the strength of the two fighting game ports that have just landed on Nintendo Switch: Samurai Shodown! 2 and King Of Fighters R2, I really wish I did, because this humble little handheld showed just…
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