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Waifu Wednesday: Veola
One of the my favourite characters in Atelier Iris: Eternal Mana is Veola, the seemingly rather standoffish owner of the magic shop in Kavoc. Veola’s sidequest is technically optional, but like most of...
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Atari ST A to Z: Wicked
Wicked is a great game that I used to really like when I was younger… even if it did freak me out a bit. An occult-themed strategic shooter with horror elements, Wicked is a seriously unusual and...
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Happy Birthday, PlayStation 2
Sony’s PlayStation 2 was a landmark console for both the games industry at large — and for many individuals of a certain age, too. The console turned 20 years old on March 4, 2020 — assuming we’re...
View ArticleFinal Fantasy Marathon: OHKO – Final Fantasy II #10
One of the issues people have with Final Fantasy II is that its progression system can make it a little tricky to determine what “level” you are. This means it can be quite easy to go into a new...
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Sol Divide: Blast of the Titans
While Psikyo could have easily stuck to being a heavily armed one-trick pony with the success and popularity of Strikers 1945 and its two sequels, the company decided to branch out and get a bit...
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Atelier Iris: Eternal Mana – Narrative, Themes and Characterisation
This post is one chapter of a MegaFeature! << First | < Prev. | Next > | Next Game >> | Last >> Atelier Iris: Eternal Mana is something of an outlier in the Atelier series as a...
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Atari A to Z Flashback: Concentration
A lot of early Atari 2600 games (or, sorry, “Atari Video Computer System”, as it was called back then) were adaptations of games that could be played on the tabletop. The convenience of playing them on...
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Morning everyone! Sorry this is a day late once again, but it was a busy ol’ weekend recording and editing podcasts, as well as getting various bits and pieces in order. I have a couple of days off...
View ArticleBonus Listening: OCP Multitap Podcast – Gun Gun Pixies
A double whammy of listening enjoyment for your pleasure today. A little while back, Ben “Oculin” Yoder of One Controller Port was kind enough to invite me along to talk about Shade’s Gun Gun Pixies....
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The MoeGamer Podcast, Episode 35: New Age of Beatdowns
Welcome back to the MoeGamer Podcast! Today we’re continuing our discussion from last time, so please give a warm welcome to… err, me, and, of course, Chris Caskie of MrGilderPixels! The MoeGamer...
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Madoris R: The House That Switch Built
There’s an assumption among certain quarters of the gaming community these days that for a game to be “good” it needs to be technically impressive, it needs to be challenging and it needs to have...
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Atari A to Z: Deathchase XE
A popular thing for modern programmers of retro systems to do is to make new ports of games that previously remained confined to a specific platform. Such is the case with Deathchase XE, a 2013 entry...
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Teki & Nick’s Mixtape Quest Adventure: A Journey Through Classic Music
It’s been a while since we did a MoeGamer Music post, but having been presented with the ideal opportunity to put something interesting together, who was I to turn that down? Nick Dwyer, curator of the...
View ArticleWarriors Wednesday: The Young Dragon – Warriors All-Stars #21
Clearing the game in Warriors All-Stars once unlocks the hardest difficulty: Chaos Mode. In Chaos Mode, you’re presented with high-level, tough enemies but offered the possibility of better drops, plus...
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Atari ST A to Z: Xenon 2 – Megablast
Possibly the most ’90s game of all-time, The Bitmap Brothers’ Xenon 2: Megablast is a classic shoot ’em up with a solid Atari ST port. Okay, we don’t get to enjoy the full digital strains of Bomb The...
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Dragon Blaze: Strikers 1495
As we’ve already seen with the three Strikers 1945 titles, Psikyo is a developer that is more than happy to make incremental improvements to a formula rather than radically inventing things with each...
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The Music of Atelier, Vol. 1: Atelier Iris – Eternal Mana
This post is one chapter of a MegaFeature! << First | < Prev. | Next > | Next Game >> | Last >> The Atelier series has some wonderful music, and provides many examples of Gust’s...
View ArticleFinal Fantasy Marathon: Ultimania – Final Fantasy II #11
Today’s Final Fantasy II adventure sees Firion and friends continuing their ascent up the Mysidian Tower, one-shotting bosses along the way. At the tower’s peak, the elusive Ultima Tome, source of a...
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Atari A to Z Flashback: Countermeasure
Today’s title from Atari Flashback Classics is one of the few genuine exclusives for the Atari 5200: it’s Countermeasure! Countermeasure is an interesting strategic shooter in which you navigate a...
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Hello everyone, and welcome to the conclusion of another week. I hope you don’t have the zombie plague, and that if you have found yourself self-isolated, you have plenty of things to keep yourself...
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