March 2021 seems to be a quiet month for video games, but there are some highlights to look forward to; one looks like a fever dream led by long-time Sonic the Hedgehog producer Yuji Naka. It Takes Two Josef Fares, better known as the “F**k the Oscars” guy from The Game Awards, is back with […]
Pokemon Is Great Because You Can Never Catch ‘Em All
The core theme of Pokemon is ‘gotta catch ‘em all’, but that has never actually been possible in a single game. Even leaving aside that the Pokedex grows year on year and the games don’t have the memory to house all of the old ones alongside a bunch of new ones, this issue goes back […]
Pokemon Legends Arceus, The Feudal Sinnoh Spin-Off, Could Be Pokemon’s Rogue One – AKA The Best Star Wars Movie
Pokemon has been doing the same thing for far too long and has somehow managed to get away with it. I know we all complain when unadventurous sequels are turned out and nonsense like #BoycottPokemon trends for a few days whenever we get a ‘meh’ reveal, but we all go and buy it anyway. New […]
Pokemon Brilliant Diamond And Shining Pearl Are Bringing Back The Underground
The Underground was always one of my favourite parts about Gen 4, so it’s safe to say that I’m absolutely delighted to see that it’s being brought back for Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl. If you tuned into today’s Pokemon 25 presentation, you’ll probably already know that Nintendo is remaking Pokemon Diamond and Pearl […]
Open World Pokemon Is Weird And Scary To Me
I have adored Pokemon since the anime series first debuted on UK TV. I jumped in after about eight episodes had aired, and it became a part of my daily ritual before heading to school for years. I was crazy about Pokemon, to the point where I basically only played the Pokemon games, the anime […]
The Pokémon Trading Card Game just keeps selling out
Movies, concerts, and travelling have yet to return to our daily lives, but Pokémon is holding strong during the current pandemic. Opening a pack of Pokémon cards and shifting past the commons in search of a new shiny holographic rare offers a special type of dopamine rush that goes back to 1999, the year the […]
Bravely Default 2 review: Bigger screen, few improvements
There’s nothing worse than a sequel that can’t outshine its predecessor. Bravely Default was praised as a creative remixing of RPG elements when it launched on Nintendo 3DS. There was an innovative job system where classes were as easy to change as your outfit. Rethought turn order allowed players to bank or spend actions for […]
Forget Chimera Ants, Hunter x Hunter’s Final Arc Is Its Best One
I’m a firm believer that Hunter x Hunter (2011) has no bad episodes – except for episode six, which simply does not exist. Anyway, the ridiculously high quality of every episode means that pretty much every single Hunter x Hunter arc is exceptional in its own right. The Hunter’s Exam adroitly introduces us to our […]
This Week’s Indie Game Releases (February 21-27)
It’s time to say goodbye to the final full week of February, but not before closing out the month by highlighting some solid indie titles that are launching before March rolls around. Here are our picks for this week in indie games, February 21-27. Rogue Heroes: Ruins of Tasos – February 23 (PC, Switch) Rogue […]
The essential games for getting through the rest of winter as quickly as possible
The winter of 2020 and 2021 has absolutely sucked for large parts of the world. It’s cold, it gets dark early, it’s unsafe to see friends and family in many cases, and many of us were already acutely restless before winter began. And it’s unlikely that things will improve in a practical way for most […]