Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer is not a typical Animal Crossing game. I cannot stress this enough. If you go into Happy Home Designer expecting a sequel to New Leaf, you’re going to be extremely disappointed. For reference, I rolled the credits in about ten hours. Yes, I actually saw the credits in an Animal Crossing game. It was quite strange. There’s still a ...
Read More »Persona 4: Dancing All Night Review – Step On Up
The Shin Megami Tensei: Persona series has a high standard to uphold. The core games of the series have all been incredibly solid RPGs, and even the fighting spin-off games have been fantastic. Needless to say, expectations for Persona 4: Dancing All Night are pretty high. Don’t worry, though – Dancing All Night not only meets those expectations, but smashes them completely and ...
Read More »Super Mario Maker Review
Super Mario Maker is exciting. Anyone who has ever enjoyed a Super Mario title has wanted to create their own Super Mario course. You’ve probably imagined tons of them. I can’t count the number of times I’ve played through a Mario course and thought, “what if… [insert random game design idea here]?” Sure, you could draw it out or use one ...
Read More »Persona 5 Delayed to 2016
Persona 5 is one of the most highly anticipated games in development, and for good reason: the series is absolutely fantastic. Ever since Persona 4 was released in 2008, fans have been waiting for the follow-up. Originally announced for release towards the end of 2015, developer ATLUS has announced that the game will instead be released in Japan and the Americas in ...
Read More »Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai DX Review – Killer Kawaii
Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai DX is, at its core, a rhythm game. However, it manages to be much more. Project Mirai DX is, all at once, a fashion game, a home design game, a choreography creator, a musical instrument, a reversi game, a rebirth of Puyo Puyo (or, if you prefer, Puyo Pop), an alarm clock (yes, really), a music video compilation, and ...
Read More »Legacy of the Void Gets an Official Release Date and Debuts Opening Cinematic
The final chapter in StarCraft 2’s Xel’naga story arc, Legacy of the Void, just received an official release date. Blizzard revealed the news in a live Twitch feed that debuted this morning. And here’s the good news, Blizzard’s latest addition to the StarCraft franchise will be arriving sooner rather than later. StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void will be available to everyone ...
Read More »Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls Review
Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls is the latest release in Spike Chunsoft’s Danganronpa series, which has been warmly received by both critics and gamers. The first two games in the series are visual novels that focus heavily on puzzles, mystery, adventure, investigation, and dark, intense themes. Another Episode ditches the traditional visual novel style in favor of a third person shooter. Now, ...
Read More »Dungeon Travelers 2 Review – A Rough Trip
It’s surprising that Dungeon Travelers 2: The Royal Library and the Monster Seal made it outside of Japan, since most of its predecessors are unknown to anyone but the most hardcore fans of Japanese game publisher Aquaplus (or the developer Leaf). In 1997, Aquaplus released To Heart, a visual novel targeted exclusively at adults. In 2004, To Heart 2 released to a larger ...
Read More »Total War: Warhammer First Cinematic Trailer Revealed
Fans of Warhammer, unite! The long awaited Total War: Warhammer game is on its way, and to celebrate that fact, we’ve finally gotten a cinematic trailer. The trailer features Emperor Karl Franz leading a massive army against a whole lot of Orcs, and it looks really, really cool. There are a few nitpicks here and there (and that’s coming from ...
Read More »Treyarch Unveils Call of Duty “Shadows of Evil” Zombies Trailer
When Call of Duty: Ghosts was released, gamers saw a departure from the beloved zombie mini-game, and were instead introduced to an episodic adventure of aliens. While Extinction had it’s own intriguing story-line, some wondered if the franchise would reintroduce the undead. Then Advanced Warfare was released, and much to everyone’s delight the Exo Survival Easter egg on Riot confirmed that zombies were making a ...
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