A Decade Of Partying Back in the heyday of the Nintendo 64 when couch co-op reigned supreme, a party game was released. It featured classic Nintendo characters and board-game style gameplay interspersed with mini-games. On December 18th, 1998, Mario Party became the first in a long-running series that would inspire joy and frustration among countless…
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Japan is known for putting out a variety of games that range from amazing to morally questionable. One genre that is growing in popularity is otome, which literally translates to “maiden game”. This genre is targeted towards women with a focus on developing a romantic relationship with one of the many male characters. In the…
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A Spider For The Ages Superheroes are all the rage. A constant stream of big-budget movies, television shows and video games satisfy armies of fans who always hunger for more. While it’s difficult to pinpoint exactly what lit the fuse of mainstream superhero-mania, one likely culprit is 2002’s Spider-Man. It broke box-office records, and thrilled…
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Late To The Party Since the days of the original X-BOX, Playstation 2, and Gamecube, Nintendo has been in last place when it comes to online gaming. While Sony and Microsoft were providing online multiplayer experiences nearly two decades ago, Nintendo didn’t offer any internet-based features until the Wii. The Nintendo Switch launched on March…
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Getting closer, but we’re not there yet I’ve been a gamer my entire life. My mom loved games and I definitely inherited that love of play and puzzles from her as early as I can remember. We already had an ATARI 800 when I was born, and my mom made the effort to buy me…
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The Adventure Begins In June 2017, Rebellion Developments, the company that brought us the Sniper Elite series and many other games, announced their next big adventure called Strange Brigade; and a rip-roaring adventure it is. A Tantalizing Tale… Set in the 1930s, players take on the role of one of the Strange Brigade: a group…
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A Little Dragon Goes A Long Way Fans of Harvest Moon have been in a bit of a dry spell. While the game has been re-branded as Story of Seasons, and a different studio has taken over the Harvest Moon title, there hasn’t been much innovation from either. When it was announced that the creator…
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Bring The Beat Back Bandai Namco has been hard at work bringing players games they crave. From Jump Force to the new Soul Calibur, this summer has been quite busy for them. There’s one title, however, that snuck under the radar after a very casual announcement via social media: Taiko no Tatsujin. Many in America…
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Lovely Day For It! When Compulsion Games started a Kickstarter campaign for We Happy Few back in 2015, prospective players were shown a promising vision of a first-person, story-driven game set in a drug-addled dystopian world. A year later, the game became available to supporters via early release. Although, most people have had to wait…
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A Samurai Love Ballad… Giggling under the covers late at night. A passionate evening with a lover? Well, something like that. Otome (Maiden in English) games are a romantic escape from the mundane. I started playing these RPGs while going through a difficult divorce. The idea of being a charming, beautiful girl while handsome, interesting…
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