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Waifu Wednesday: Clea Glaive
Everyone’s sure to have a favourite from among Death end re;Quest’s all-female cast. And I imagine a popular choice will be Clea. A great example of how the game sets and subverts expectation with...
View ArticleAtari ST A to Z: Airball
There are some games in which it feels absolutely impossible to get anywhere meaningful… but where you still feel you’re having a good time regardless. One such example is Airball for the Atari ST, a...
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Shmup Essentials: Exzeal
Triangle Service is not exactly what you’d call a household name in the shoot ’em up sector, but over the years they’ve been quietly beavering away to produce some enjoyable, addictive games. Probably...
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New Game Plus: Vultures-B-Gone
Our “second playthrough” adventures in the world of Atelier Rorona DX continue, this time with an important pest control job! It seems the Nearby Forest has been infested with vultures, and Rorona is...
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Delving Into Dynasty Warriors 8 Xtreme Legends Definitive Edition – #6
After a little time away from the game, I’ve been spending my lunchtimes at work hacking and slashing my way through Ambition Mode in Dynasty Warriors 8 Xtreme Legends Definitive Edition on Nintendo...
View ArticleAtari A to Z Flashback: Atari Football
Well, I knew this time would come. Not only do I have to tackle a sports game again, but a sports game that only supports two players at once! Fortunately, while I may not have any friends, I did...
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I’m officially on holiday! Well, from the day job, anyway. That means you can expect lots of fun things around here and over on YouTube over the course of the next couple of weeks and beyond. Hoorah! I...
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Sunday Shooting: Eschatos
After beating Split/Second, I thought it might be nice to take a little break from arcade racers and explore another of my passions: shoot ’em ups. And so we have Sunday Shooting, a new series in which...
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The MoeGamer Podcast: Episode 19 – Best of Battling
Good afternoon! Welcome, once again, to The MoeGamer Podcast, featuring a pair of shamelessly pants-free games enthusiasts: myself, and the good Mr Chris Caskie of MrGilderPixels. The MoeGamer Podcast...
View ArticleAtari A to Z: Gridrunner
It’s time to pay another visit to the strange and wonderful world of Jeff Minter… albeit with one of his least strange games. It may not be particularly peculiar compared to some of his other work, but...
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Puzzler Essentials: Take It Easy
I don’t play a lot of games on my phone these days, because a lot of them are touchscreen-controlled garbage, bad knockoffs of games that I didn’t really want to play in the first place or...
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Warriors Wednesday: Gender Roles
In today’s Warriors Wednesday, Ginchiyo Tachibana struts her stuff and proves exactly why she is known as the Goddess of Lightning! Fighting alongside Xingcai and Zhao Yun in the first side mission of...
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Waifu Wednesday: Lucil Filarete
Death end re;Quest’s cast, like many other Compile Heart ensembles, is designed in such a way that pretty much everyone will find someone who appeals to them. If you’re the type who likes the kind of...
View ArticleAtari ST A to Z: Batman – The Movie
A well-known name in the 16-bit home computer era here in Europe was Ocean Software. Ocean had many strings to their bow, but one of their most reliable sources of income was movie tie-in games, many...
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OMG Zombies: In The Middle of a Chain Reaction
Prejudice is an ugly thing, but it’s important to acknowledge it when you allow it to affect you. Consequently, dear reader, I don’t mind admitting that when I was presented with the opportunity to...
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New Game Plus: Mel Kishida Loves Stinky Feet
As with Wednesday’s Warriors Wednesday video, I thought I’d make an effort to drop in some vaguely interesting factoids into my video intros. As such, today you will learn that yes, indeed, Atelier...
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Death end re;Quest: Down the Rabbit Hole
Death end re;Quest, in keeping with the rest of Compile Heart’s Galapagos RPG project, is an ambitious and rather unusual affair from a narrative perspective. The setup for the game is pure isekai, but...
View ArticleAtari A to Z Flashback: Gravitar
We all know “harder than Dark Souls” is a cliche today. If you really want to show your hipster retro gaming cred, describe something as being “harder than Gravitar”. Gravitar is indeed monstrously...
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Sunday Shooting: Judgement Silversword
If you enjoyed Eschatos, which we looked at last weekend, you’ll enjoy its spiritual precursor, Judgement Silversword. Originally developed as a “homebrew” title for the WonderSwan Color WonderWitch...
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Another week comes to a close! I hope you’ve all been having a lovely time. I’ve definitely been having a lovely time as I haven’t been at my day job. Holidays are great. Anyway. Being on holiday from...
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