Today at 5:00 PM ET/2:00 PM PT, Nintendo will be broadcasting an approximately 40-minute long Nintendo Direct. We don’t know what they’ll be showing off other than “mostly games launching in the first half of 2022,” but we at The … Continue reading Nintendo Direct 2/9/22 Discussion
Note: On June 24, 2021, Square-Enix will be releasing an HD remaster of Legend of Mana. I assume that they will not be screwing with it too much based on its MSRP, but do not take this review as a … Continue reading Legend of Mana Review
2020 has been a good year for video games, and few are as original and frankly strange as Vanillaware’s Thirteen Sentinels: Aegis Rim. A sweeping anime epic and quasi-real-time tactical experience, it defies easy categorization but nevertheless leaves a strong … Continue reading Review: Thirteen Sentinels: Aegis Rim
This is your place to discuss Raised by Wolves Season 1. Spoilers are assumed, so post at your own risk! Continue reading Spoil Sports – Raised by Wolves Season 1
I just completed Persona 5 Royal, and I can confidently say it’s my favorite PS4 game. I loved Persona 5 when it was first released, and I love it more now that Atlus has delivered this new version. It’s a … Continue reading Persona 5 Royal: A Review
Super Mario Maker 2 is out today! To encourage Avocados to showcase their levels, I’m creating this dedicated thread for the game. Feel free to post your Switch Friend Codes and/or level codes. Be sure to share tips, ask questions, … Continue reading Mario Maker 2 Dedicated Thread
Here is the discussion thread for today’s Pokemon Direct. Will we get many details at all about Gen 8? Stay tuned to find out! The broadcast begins at 9 AM EST/6 AM PST. You can watch it at your preferred … Continue reading Pokemon Direct 2/27/2019
You like The X-Files and Stranger Things and the not-racist parts of H.P. Lovecraft’s writings. You’ve heard good things about Mike Mignola’s Hellboy, and you’re willing to give it a shot, but looking it up online you discover there are … Continue reading Getting into the Mignolaverse
Dumped into the February wastes in 2017 to a largely apathetic public, A Cure for Wellness came and went with nary a trace. Those who saw it seemed to find it baffling, or disgusting, or over-long, or all three. For … Continue reading Movie Review: A Cure for Wellness (2017)
A Slow Opening Okami is a strange game. It was one of the final two games to be released by Clover, the celebrated Capcom studio behind classics like Viewtiful Joe and Godhand. Actually, those are all the games that Clover ever made; they were always a niche taste, and when Capcom finally pulled the plug many of the developers moved on to Platinum, where they continue to make similarly high-quality and overlooked niche titles. But I’m getting away from my point, which is that in 2006 Capcom published a beautiful, Zelda-inspired adventure in the twilight days of the PlayStation 2, … Continue reading Okami Retrospective
You know how it goes: everyone loves a new movie, or book, or TV show, and you mean to get to it and join in the conversation, but things come up and you just…don’t. It happens to all of us, … Continue reading Well, It’s New to Me: Pre-2017 Pop Culture You Finally Got Around To
This post includes SPOILERS for Chrono Cross. In 1999, Squaresoft released Chrono Cross, the sequel to the beloved SNES JRPG Chrono Trigger, on the Sony PlayStation. People…kind of hated it. Despite a respectable critical reception, fans have long found it … Continue reading Where Angels Lose Their Way: Chrono Cross and Player Disorientation
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