If there was one word I could use to describe Maquette it would be “twee.” This game is twee as hell. It is saccharine, it is overly sentimental, it is the game equivalent of a mawkish independent movie about romance. It might as well have been called 500 Days Of Summer: The Video Game. Only […]
Planet Coaster Console Vintage & World’s Fair Pack: Different Focuses That Work Well Together
Frontier’s theme park simulator Planet Coaster: Console Edition has brought rollercoasters and thrill rides to console players by reimagining the popular Planet Coaster and adapting it for controller use. It includes a brand new interface, rebuilt to be more intuitive and easier to manage without a keyboard and mouse, although using one is an option. […]
Valheim Player Recreates Whiterun From Skyrim In-Game
Valheim is a charming survival game that allows players to transform themselves into Vikings as they explore a vast and beautiful open-world. While the game is deceptively simple when looking at aspects like character creation and building, this adventure has so much more to offer than what meets the eye. It also gives players a […]
Here’s How A Modder Added Genderbent Kiryu To Yakuza
Kazuma Kiryu may be one of the most beloved video game protagonists of all time, but there are plenty of people out there who wish they had the option to customize him a bit. In all six Yakuza games prior to Like A Dragon – which introduces a new protagonist, Ichiban Kasuga – Kiryu is […]
5 Ways Elden Ring Reminds Us Of Winds Of Winter (And 5 It Doesn’t)
Elden Ring is a video game that we know pretty much nothing about, but we can make some assumptions. For example, it’s almost certainly going to be a video game. It will probably be playable on PS5. I reckon you can bet on it including a sword you can swing at enemies. Then there’s Winds […]
Attack On Titan Episode #71 Is Showing Us How Easily Patriotism Can Swing Into Fascism
For the longest time, Attack on Titan’s theme songs have felt like patriotic national anthems for a country that doesn’t exist. The first theme, Feuerroter Pfeil und Bogen, has that classic scream of “Jaeger!” as Scouts fly and slash at invading titans. Flugel der Freiheit makes me want to stand up and chant. And Shinzou […]
Spider-Man: Miles Morales Offers A Solution To Open World Fatigue
The open world genre is one of the most divisive in gaming right now. Triple-A games seem to be set on continuously pushing the abilities of current technology by making their worlds bigger, their to-do list more drawn out, their runtimes longer. It seems like every time a major open world franchise announces that its […]
The Dragon Age 4 Trailer Might Have Revealed Crossover Classes And Hardly Anyone Noticed
In wake of the news that Dragon Age 4 would no longer be a service game and would now be entirely single player, I rewatched the trailer with renewed anticipation. In doing so, I noticed a detail that has struck me as odd the first time around, and it seems like the Dragon Age die […]
The 3DS Is Ten Years Old, And We Should All Miss It
It has been ten years since the launch of the Nintendo 3DS, and for a while I thought I wouldn’t mourn it, but it turns out I have. According to Nintendo’s website, the last first-party 3DS game released was Kirby’s Extra Epic Yarn back in early 2019. It’s pretty safe to say that the 3DS […]
Object Pokemon Are Creative, Actually
It’s the 25th anniversary of Pokemon, a time to celebrate the menagerie of colorful creatures. Or, if you’re a lot of fans, a time to celebrate only the original 151 and the Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl remakes. For despite its continued success, Pokemon is a series based on nostalgia. And nostalgia can color fans’ […]