JRPGs are a comfort food, and few game-makers have a better handle on that feeling than those behind The Cruel King and the Great Hero. What’s more positive than a bedtime story, after all?
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Nintendo Switch Games To Play In July 2022
The portability of the Nintendo Switch makes it great for summertime gaming outdoors. Check out these new Switch games coming in July 2022
Dead Man’s Rest (Review)
Dead Man’s Rest is a Western visual novel in every sense of the term, from its practical writing to a hearty steeping of cowboy flavor.
Tinderblox: A Pocket-Sized Game Review
Tinderblox caught my eye as “a tabletop game that fits in your pocket”. Building off classic bar games with a modern sensibility, this is one that’s easy to keep on-hand.
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[Keywords] Alter Ego and Likeness
Holy cannoli do people love getting pedantic about definitions online. For example: what even is a manga?
Alter Ego should absolutely be called a manga – it’s just hard to pinpoint *why* that is.
IGN Expo 2022: Games You Can Play Right Now
In the void left by E3 this year, many organizations have stepped in to try and fill in the gap. One of the biggest of these was IGN. On June 10th, IGN hosted two events to showcase upcoming games: the IGN Summer of Games Expo and the Freedom Games Showcase. The great...
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[Keywords] Culdcept Revolt and Power Curves
Plenty have documented the details of exactly why Monopoly is a quantifiably bad board game by design. Culdcept Revolt borrows all those same building blocks – so how is it that I actually enjoy playing this game
Nintendo Switch Game to Play in June
Happy Pride Month, everybody! When you're not out celebrating the you that you are or watching the plethora of gaming announcements heading our way, here are some games to settle in and play on the Nintendo Swtich! Silt - June 1...
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[Keywords] Rescue Rangers and Formula
If I told you that a Danger Mouse movie was coming out next week, you’d probably be able to picture it already. There’s a bit of a song-and-dance to these nowadays, from the CGI recreation and audience-surrogate everyman to the stunt-casted villain.
But luckily, the Rescue Rangers dodged that particular bullet. Mostly.
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[Keywords] Planetes and Anthology
currently available for streaming.
Science fiction thrives on the anthology format. Pick any of the “classics” from a hat – Star Trek, The Dandelion Girl, Asimov’s I, Robot – and it’s a better-than-even chance that the stories don’t take longer than fifty pages or forty-two minutes to tell. There’s a lot to be said for how a tight, focused episode can really drill down on a single idea.
And precious few series wield the strengths of both quite as well as Planetes.
