Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony is the latest entry in a series of visual novel games about groups of high school students who are forced to kill each other in order to “graduate” from a sadistic, mysterious academy. There are rules to the killing game, but the most important rule is that the student has to…
Night in the Woods starts on a sour note. Then it piles on more of that bitter flavor day after in-game day of modern malaise and hopelessness. Such is life in the small, supposedly quiet town of Possum Springs. Such is life in thousands of forgotten towns across America. We sense all this through Mae…
When people use the word unique, most of the time they just mean that something is unusual or not the norm. This time, though, I’m using the word unique in its proper context. I really do believe that in a lot of ways, NieR: Automata is one of a kind. From the very first moments…
Mass Effect: Andromeda released last week and while I haven’t yet had the chance to play it for myself, it seems to be an intensely polarising experience, with some critics and fans outright hating it due to the lacklustre animations or boring side quests, while others love it purely because it scratches that particular Sci-Fi…
Content creators on YouTube are a dime a dozen these days, with the internet being completely oversaturated with aspiring Let’s Players, and it is very rare to find someone who can break through the mould. I recently got the chance to speak to (and when I say speak to, I mean exchange emails with) one…
When I was a kid, and even as I grew up, I always had a hard time standing up for myself. And I don’t mean physically, I mean having an opinion and sticking to it. Whether it’s because I had very convincing friends, because I was too anxious to lose them or whether I was…
The recent release of Comcept and Armature Studios’ new action-adventure game ReCore got me thinking about mid-tier games; in the current gaming landscape they are very rare things indeed. A few years ago they would have been the domain of companies like THQ, but no longer. Games seem to come in only three types now:…
So, a few weeks ago, the official Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 Twitter account randomly changed its name to ‘Current Events Aggregate’ and started reporting fake news stories. At first it was a little bemusing, tweeting about fake films and fashion. Then things started getting a bit dark when the account reported “BREAKING NEWS:…
Full disclosure: I don’t watch many horror movies. I don’t deal with them very well, mostly because I’m a big scaredy-cat. So, maybe you won’t find Until Dawn quite as frightening as I did but you’ll probably still enjoy the ride. Until Dawn is set in a creepy lodge atop a snowy mountain, where a…
Jonathan Soltan explains the behind the scenes drama of making MGSV Once in a while, a game like The Last Guardian or Duke Nukem Forever comes along where the story behind the game is almost more interesting than the game itself. I believe Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is one of those games….