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Since the 2016 release of Monster Hunter: Worlds, the Monster Hunter franchise has become an all-time favourite of mine, being welcomed into a solid community I’ve poured hundreds of hours into. From Worlds itself, to the criminally underappreciated Rise and its expansion Sunbreak. Or the charming spin-offs in Stories and...
Two words I never thought I would say in the same sentence are “bold” and “Sanrio,” so let’s savour this together. Hello Kitty Island Adventure is a very bold statement from Sanrio. The idea of putting out a game that is so clearly inspired by Animal Crossing would be daunting...
Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii. I had to start off this review by simply rewriting the game’s (absurd) title because… well, they ain’t lying. RGG Studio decided to make a freaking pirate game set in the Yakuza / Like a Dragon universe, with as much absurdity and self-awareness...
Most of us have grown up hearing about urban legends, like the man with a hook for a hand terrorizing teenagers trying to make out, or the Loch Ness Monster, or even Polybius, the famed ultra-rare video game that caused migraines and even heart attacks to those who played it....
You know, I am starting to get a bit fed up with roguelikes nowadays. It feels like one is released every other day, rarely featuring a single gameplay or design element that makes it stand out. I’m trying to say that not every roguelike released in the market is going...
When I was 10 years old, Yu-Gi-Oh was my life. For a brief moment in my life, I was addicted to it. I’d get a booster pack every weekend, I’d take my deck to school, I’d duel my friends during recess. The anime would air twice a day on Nickelodeon,...
Ever 17: The Out of Infinity is the next step in Kotaro Uchikoshi’s attempt to frame the importance of life. Life is unique because of how we each experience it. Despite what cynics might imply, every person gets to view, think and feel the way that reality washes over them...
We often look to earlier works to see how an artist has developed. The slide of Picasso’s work as he transitioned from the Blue Period into his Cubism phase showcases a dramatic shift in ideas and manifestations, even as he maintained a common thread of humanity. Sugar Ray’s Lemonade and...
I guess it’s no surprise to anyone, by what I’ve written in my review last year, that I really didn’t like the original Kingdom Come: Deliverance. It wasn’t just because I was tackling a Switch port; I legitimately thought that the original version was a buggy and overly complicated slog...
It’s almost shocking to realise that Sniper Elite as a series has been around for 20 years this October. Between the main series and its zombies themed spin-offs, which I’m sure were not at all inspired by Call of Duty, the new entry Sniper Elite: Resistance makes for a total...
It’s hard to believe that Virtua Fighter 5 is still the latest entry in the ultra mega legendary fighting franchise… and it’s still going to turn 19 this year. Yes. Virtua Fighter 5 came out during the freaking Bush administration. It was groundbreaking for its time, being one of the...
I’ve been on a classics kick for the past couple of months. This is largely in part due to games like Dino Crisis coming back, and Nightdive’s excellent remastering of the flawed, but charming adaptation of John Carpenter’s The Thing. So it feels appropriate that Aspyr are continuing their own...
