No More Heroes III (NMH3) is one of the best action games I have ever played. An absolute treat for long-time fans of the series and newcomers alike. It’s stylish, gratuitous, fun, and hilarious. If you haven’t played it yet, you…
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Video Game Fables review – Deconstructed Dungeons
I love it when my media is clever and deconstructionist, passing commentary on what has come before while building something new; see Watchmen, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, or anything else Alan Moore has written in the past 30 years. That…
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Microsoft aren’t making a monopoly by buying Activision, they’re protecting one
It’s been interesting watching the fallout from Microsoft’s recent spending spree, There’s been a lot of hot takes, and I’m starting to think a lot of them can’t see the wood for the trees. Fans of many old, long-forgotten franchises…
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SNK vs Capcom Card Fighters’ Clash review – Need, need, need, got
The Neo Geo Pocket Colour was one of those handhelds I thought looked neat but never had the cash or time to get one. So seeing SNK bring back some of the short-lived handheld’s best titles to the Switch has…
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New Nintendo Indie World Showcase tomorrow
Nintendo has announced that their next indie world showcase will air tomorrow, August 11th, at 6pm CEST, that’s 5pm for us lot in Blighty. The presentation will feature roughly 20 minutes of information on upcoming indie titles for the Nintendo…
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Super Crush KO (Switch) Review: Knock Out!
Super Crush KO Vertex Pop created one of the best indy Switch launch titles a couple of years ago: Graceful Explosion Machine. It was a colorful rapid-fire space shoot-um-up that tested players reflexes and put Vertex Pop on the map….
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Fantasy Strike (Switch) Review: Strike Out
Fantasy Strike is the brainchild of David Sirlin, the designer behind Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo HD Remix. The thought behind the design is to focus on strategy rather than rote button memorization and muscle memory. It’s wrapped in a…
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Tiny Metal: Full Metal Rumble (Switch) review: Rusty Around the Edges
In 2017 AREA 35 Inc. released the original Tiny Metal to middling reviews and little success. It was a different time for the Switch, what was a trickle of software in ’17 has grown into a flood of amazing games…
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Masquerada: Song of Shadows (Switch) Review: Nobody cared who I was, till I put on the mask
Masquerada: song of shadows looks enticing at first glance. It’s got a beautiful art style and a wonderful cast of voice actors at its disposal. It’s unfortunate then that a game with so much promise, handcrafted by a team of…
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Super Blood Hockey (Switch) Review: Suicide Pass
Super Blood Hockey by the one person development (studio?) (team?) Loren Lemcke is a fun little title for the Nintendo Switch. It’s a game that draws a lot of inspiration from the old super dodgeball series in a number of…
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City of Brass (Switch Review): Needs a good polish
City of Brass follows a similar pattern to many independent games released these days; developers on a hit game break off and form their own studio to start an ambitious project with great ideas behind it. Unfortunately for the team…
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