Year: 2017

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June 29, 2017

Nanatsu Kaze no Shima Monogatari

For a minority of video game players, the Saturn is fondly remembered as a console with a handful of outstanding …

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June 25, 2017

Jackal

Overhead “run-n-gun” shooting games in the vein of Commando and Ikari Warriors normally take place on foot, though the latter allowed you to commandeer …

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June 16, 2017

Wolfenstein 3D

This entry is part 3 of 9 in the series Wolfenstein

Here’s the bit that the majority of gamers probably remember the most. In 1992, id Software uploaded the shareware episode …

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June 14, 2017

Kaze no Notam

Why do people explore virtual worlds? It’s a question without any one answer, for there are as many answers are …

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June 10, 2017

Gurumin

Parin is a twelve year girl, rambunctious as any other, who is shipped off to spend the summer with her …

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June 10, 2017

MadWorld

MadWorld is a game that detest you. Well, half of it does, but we’ll get back to that a bit …

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June 9, 2017

Ganbare Goemon 2: Kiteretsu Shogun Magginesu

This entry is part 2 of 4 in the series Ganbare Goemon / Mystical Ninja

Kiteretsu Shogun Magginesu, or “The Strange General McGuinness” is a not-so-subtle allusion to Matthew Perry’s visit to Japan in the …

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June 6, 2017

Rabio Lepus

One of the lesser-known games from the arcade renaissance of the late 1980s, Rabio Lepus was developed by V-System (later …

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May 25, 2017

Banner Saga 2, The

This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series Banner Saga

The Banner Saga 2 feels less like a sequel and more like another set of chapters added to the first game. …

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May 18, 2017

Goemon’s Great Adventure

This entry is part 3 of 4 in the series Ganbare Goemon / Mystical Ninja

The subtitle of Goemon’s second N64 game translates to “The Dizzying Journey: A Large Helping of Demons”. It still uses …