Video Games
Dating Adzuken – Amber’s Magic Shop
As I’ve begun to learn my preferences and have learned to recognize signs of what I’d rather avoid, it has become more difficult to find dating sims that fit my criteria. I feel like I’ve […]
2017
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Review – Dandy Dungeon: Legend of Brave Yamada
For his part in creating my beloved Chulip, Yoshiro Kimura has earned a lot of goodwill from me. As such, I’ve been happily lapping up the games produced by his new studio, Onion games. However, […]
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Review – Yomawari: Midnight Shadows
I can’t claim to have been impressed by Yomawari: Night Alone during my recent playthrough, though I do confess that its story and aesthetic at least left an impact. That’s generally why I still play […]
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Review – Coffee Crisis
The beat-’em-up genre is one of the simplest formulas in gaming. During the early 90’s, following the release of Final Fight in the arcades, the genre exploded and found itself host to all manner of […]
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Review – Never Stop Sneakin’
I have a pretty severe distaste for Metal Gear Solid, but I will readily admit that it is stylish, which is probably a big factor in its lasting popularity. It copied its MSX predecessors’ palette […]
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Game Complaint Department’s Game of the Year 2017
2017 may very well have been the best year in video games since 1998 saw the release of several landmark titles like Half-Life, Star Craft, and Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. While the year […]
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Review – The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
The original Legend of Zelda is one of the earliest games I remember experiencing, and the one I often cite as my gateway into the hobby. It’s a landmark title for me. For most of […]
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Review – Super Mario Odyssey
The Mario series has gone everywhere; from single-screen arcade games, to super, to lands, to worlds, to… 64’s and sunshines. Anecdotally, a lot of people were wondering where Mario could possibly go after Super Mario […]
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Review – Star Fox 2
The only thing I ever remember seeing about Star Fox 2 back in the Super Nintendo days was an ad in Nintendo Power showing a stand-in box and logo. That was enough to get me […]
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Review – Cuphead
I, like many people, was taken in initially by Cuphead’s art style. Capturing the look of animation’s golden era, with comma eyes and rubbery limbs, it has a distinct look that elevates it above many […]