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From the Archives: Wandering the World
I’ve asked this question before in our visual novel column, but it bears repeating: why do we play? The answer is different for everyone, even between fans of the same type of game. Some enjoy JRPGs...
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Mega Drive Essentials: Burning Force
One of the best things about the Mega Drive — and one of the aspects that makes it a system so enjoyable to revisit — is the prevalence of unabashedly arcade-style games — and indeed arcade ports — in...
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An Open Letter to Kenichiro Takaki, Marvelous Games and All Producers of...
A recent article published by PlayStation Lifestyle suggested that Senran Kagura creator Kenichiro Takaki has considered toning down the fanservice elements of his most famous series. Speaking with the...
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Nekopara: The Story Begins
And so we come to Nekopara vol. 1, the first of this series of popular eroge, and the beginning of a worldwide phenomenon. Except that’s not quite accurate; while Nekopara vol. 1 was indeed the first...
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Fate/GO: The Joy of the Grind
Since starting to play Fate/Grand Order, I’ve cleared the prologue story chapter and moved into the next Singularity… but from thereon I haven’t made a great deal of progress in the narrative. The...
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Nekopara: A Day in the Life of Some Cats
The concept of the “fandisc” is a curiously Japanese phenomenon that allows fans to engage with their favourite works in alternative ways, and for creators to celebrate the success of a work without...
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From the Archives: A Square Sequel
Final Fantasy is probably one of the best-known names in the JRPG genre. And yet even within this long-running series there are titles which have had more attention than others. Everyone can vouch for...
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Granblue Fantasy: Spotlight on Lyria
Granblue Fantasy is filled with an enormous variety of awesome characters, most of whom are playable characters that can be drawn in the gacha. From the very outset, though, you have two faithful...
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How Video Games Might Have Saved My Life
With today’s news about the suicide of Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington, I thought now might be a good time to reshare a very personal piece I wrote a while back on my now-defunct personal blog....
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Mega Drive Essentials: Fatal Labyrinth
Roguelikes have been around for many years now, but in recent years we’ve seen an explosion in popularity of more accessible games that present a friendlier face to this notoriously obtuse genre....
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GAMERS! The Feel-Good Anime of the Summer
Less than five minutes after the first episode of GAMERS! started, I had a broad grin on my face. This, it was abundantly clear, was a show put together by people who understood gaming. People who...
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Puzzler Essentials: Starsweep
Although the abstract nature of the puzzle game genre makes it theoretically possible to make a game out of pretty much anything, we tend to see a lot of the same sort of thing. In particular, over the...
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Nekopara: Honesty is the Best Policy
Honesty is the best policy, as the idiom has it. And the further you delve into the Nekopara series, the more it becomes clear that this enjoyable series of visual novels is designed with this...
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Shmup Essentials: Ghost Blade HD
Those with a longstanding interest in the worldwide shoot ’em up scene may well be familiar with German developer Hucast Games. A developer primarily known for helping resurrect Sega’s defunct...
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Nekopara: Staying True to Yourself
As the Nekopara series has progressed, it’s clear that Sayori and the rest of the team at Nekoworks have become more comfortable and confident with these characters. With each new installment, the...
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MoeGamer 2.5, and Plans for the Future
MoeGamer turned three years old back at the end of April, and this April also marked a year since the launch of “MoeGamer 2.0”, the current format of the site featuring monthly Cover Games. You may...
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Outrun 2006: Gone, But Not Forgotten
Ah, OutRun. The quintessential “Sega blue sky” series… and one that has kind of fallen by the wayside a bit since the expiry of Sega’s license with Ferrari. After listening to a bit of the soundtrack...
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VR and the Third Coming of Lightgun Shooters
Light-gun shooters are, as you’ll know if you read the Gal*Gun Double Peace coverage from last year, a venerable genre, dating back to the very earliest electronic games. They are, however, also a...
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Stormblood: Introduction
Square Enix’s second Final Fantasy MMORPG is a big success now, having just enjoyed the release of its second expansion pack, but things weren’t always so rosy. In fact, the story of how Final Fantasy...
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PS2 Essentials: Demolition Girl/The Daibijin
One of the most interesting phenomena of the early PlayStation eras was D3 Publisher’s “Simple Series”, a range of low-budget — and budget-priced — titles produced by a wide variety of external...
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