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It's been a while since I've put as much thought into a game as I have into No Man's Sky. When I'm playing the game, I find myself engrossed in a sci-fi journey I've always wanted. But once I turn my Playstation off, I question if it really was what…
As technology and tastes progress, so too does the video game design meta. Some genres like the beat 'em up died out as they paved the way for bigger and better versions of the genre (in this case, the character action game); others have suffered greatly as time passed, their...
When you stop and think about how far Adult Swim has come, it’s pretty cool. Back in the day, I witnessed the first broadcast of Adult Swim and fell in love with shows like Sealab 2020. Now, as I wrap up Adult Swim Games’ latest game as a publisher, Headlander, I’m…
When playing I Am Setsuna, Tokyo RPG Factory asks players to take their hand and go on a journey back through time. They seek to evoke memories of treasured games of old and tug on heart strings. At times, this journey can come dangerously close to pulling back that curtain…
I sat quietly at my computer, clicking various icons on my desktop: Adobe Audition, Nvidia Shadowplay, OBS. I was getting ready to stream Megadimension Neptunia VII and save a recording for my youtube channel. At the last moment, I decided I was too tired and decided to postpone the session; however, I…
I crept out to the edge of a cliff; nothing in front of me but open water. The whales and sharks swimming in the background did nothing to calm my nerves. My little submarine seemed so small in comparison to the open ocean before me, and I wasn't sure what…
(Sung to the tune of the main Star Wars theme:) Dum dum dum daah, daah! Da da da daah daah! Da da da daah daah! Da da daah daah! It’s that time again – time for LEGO, Traveller’s Tales and Warner Bros to rub their palms together and see what...
Tactical RPGs are an interesting breed. A combination of carefully plotted player movement considered skill utilization and unique class growth systems. And if the game doesn’t make much of an effort in the way of world-building to draw you in, then the gameplay has to stand on its own. Sometimes,…
The Jailer is the key I was an hour into my first playthrough of Furi. With only a sliver of health remaining, I circled my foe patiently. Any attack could be countered for a killing blow. I had to be careful with each move. As I kept my distance, the…
Spider's recent Action RPG is finally released, but is The Technomancer worth your time? Read to find out!
When Keiji Inafune left Capcom, many felt it spelled the end of Mega Man. For the most part, people were right as Capcom cancelled every Mega Man title that was in production and relegated the Blue Bomber to making cameo appearances in Marvel vs Capcom 3 and Super Smash Bros....
If it’s possible to remember videogames in relation to the time in which they were produced, then the original 2008 title Mirror’s Edge is something of a masterpiece. It introduced a mechanic to the world we’d never seen in a game before; it felt like rediscovering the first-person shooter or...
