The dead-eyed NPC has been the butt of endless jokes and memes for pretty much as long as 3D games have been around. When playing big-time open-world RPGs, you spend most of your time talking to digital faces. Whether that’s in Deus Ex, Skyrim, or even The Witcher 3, if the NPC talking to you […]
The Capra Demon Is The Best Boss In Dark Souls
2011’s Dark Souls is no stranger to killer bosses. Four Kings, Ornstein and Smough, lovable spider mommy Quelaag… these not only rank among the best Souls fights, but they’re arguably some of the best boss encounters of all time. But for all of the amazing fights in that first entry, one in particular always sticks […]
Skylanders Went Too Hard, But A Comeback Could Succeed
19The toys-to-life genre was a short-lived fad that blew up in the mid-2010s and has since burned out almost completely. Disney Infinity, Lego Dimensions, and Starlink: Battle for Atlas were all launched and discontinued within the same five year period. Leading the pack, without question, was Activision’s Spyro-led action platformer, Skylanders. Skylanders was a victim of […]
I Finally Uninstalled Marvel’s Avengers And Now I Have Intense FOMO
I never finished Marvel’s Avengers’ main story, despite the fact I genuinely enjoyed the bits I played through. There were a lot of other games coming out around the time it launched, and it was hard to reconcile my mandatory 50 hours a week replaying Persona 5 Royal with games I wasn’t planning on writing […]
The Biggest Stories Of The Week (January 4-10)
The past week feels like we’re living in a video game, a bad one. I probably could have used that line at the start of every news wrap-up over the past year, and I might just copy/paste it for the following weeks. It’s a safe bet that it will still apply. The biggest stories of […]
Minish Cap Is 16 Years Old Today And It’s Still Woefully Underappreciated
The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap originally launched for the GameBoy Advance on January 10, 2005. That’s today but 16 years ago, for anyone who has been a bit mixed up with dates since the 500th day of March 2020. Anyway, I’ve just had a look at Minish Cap and it’s rocking a Fall […]
You Can’t Fool Me Toriyama: That Dragon Quest Boss Is Just Piccolo With A Beard
Akira Toriyama is the creator of Dragon Ball, which makes him one of the most important figures in the history of anime and manga. He is the creator of the second best-selling manga of all time, and its anime adaptation was the gateway to Japanese animation for many kids who grew up in the early ’00s. […]
Why These Anime Series Should Be Turned Into Video Games
There’s been a lot written about video games that should be turned into anime, but not as much about the great anime that are deserving of their own video games. Countless anime have already been made into games, but there are still a few gems that we haven’t seen yet that would function incredibly as […]
Sayonara Wild Hearts Review: Dream pop synesthesia in a portable package
Wild hearts never die! Developed by Simogo, the indie studio you can never quite pin down, their latest project is the neon euphoria-fest that is Sayonara Wild Hearts. A banger-laden album delivered through the medium of video games, Sayonara doesn’t hide its clever emotional narrative and let the music speak for itself, which really would […]
REVIEW – The Walking Dead Definitive Edition is simply essential
Well, a complete overhaul of the graphical style of each season makes The Walking Dead Definitive Edition a worthy purchase in its own right. The altered ‘graphic black’ art-style pays homage to the comic books that kick-started The Walking Dead franchise, although fans can revert to the original style if they prefer. The Walking Dead […]