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There’s no denying that JRPG’s are one of my favourite video game genres. They’ve earned that spot thanks to their ability to tell long yet gripping stories, because they’re normally packed with deep and interesting characters and because many of them have an anime inspired art direction, which is one key aspect that draws me in, due to my love … Read More

7 years on from the release of Borderlands 2, and after a lot of cries from the fans asking when it was coming, Gearbox and 2K have finally unleashed Borderlands 3 so that everyone can jump back in and get their dose of mayhem fueled looter-shooter action. While it doesn’t attempt to change up the gameplay formula the series is … Read More

There’s something about the LEGO games that I’ve always found really fun and satisfying. It could be that it allows us to play with some of our favourite figures, reliving our childhoods but just in video game form or perhaps it’s their quirky recreations of the stories and worlds from our favourite franchises. Back in late 2015, the LEGO games … Read More

In this day and age, when you say the words horror manga, only one name springs to mind. And that is the very talented and twisted Junji Ito. For over 30 years, Ito has created dark and grotesque stories that have a habit of sticking with you long after you’ve read them. Many of his stories manage to do this … Read More

After being revealed during Nintendo’s E3 showing in 2018, Daemon X Machina caught the attention of many people when it showed of it’s fast paced mech shooter gameplay. I remember being instantly interested, being an anime fan, it looked like it could be the Gundam or Code Geass game I’d always wanted. But although the mech gameplay is a lot … Read More

There have been no shortage of Final Fantasy remasters and ports in recently. But even with 7, 9 , X, X-2 and 12 hitting the Nintendo Switch, PS4 and PC in recent years, fans were very loud about one missing and very popular entry. Final Fantasy 8. After launching on the original PlayStation back in 1999, it wouldn’t be released … Read More

A couple months after the release of part 1, Madman has now released the second and final part of the Darling in the FranXX. It was great to see the end of the adventure that studios Cloverworks and Trigger brought to life. This batch of episodes continues to develop Darling in the FranXX’s great characters and world but ultimately fails … Read More

Choose your own adventure games are all the rage right now. Many different developers are using the framework across many different story genres to give players a deeper level of immersion and interactivity with the stories they’re being told. One that does things a little differently though is the debut game from Flavourworks that was stealth dropped during this years’ … Read More

Eight years on from the original release of Catherine on the PS3 and Xbox 360, it seems ATLUS knows that people still love the world and characters that were created and it appears they’re happy to give us more of it all these years later. Earlier this year, the original game made it’s way to the PC for the first … Read More

Just like their movie counterparts, horror video games of recent years have been hit or miss affairs. Many either trying to capitilise on the release of a related film, being a VR title packed with cheap jump-scares or telling a story within a world that isn’t developed, leading to a shallow experience. There are of course some great horror experiences … Read More