A while back, I started playing the Yu-Gi-Oh! card game, and I’ve learned quiet a bit about it in the year or so that’s passed since then. First, I’ve learned that just about any trading card game is going to be expensive to participate in. It’s amazing just how much money it takes to put…
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Sailing Gameplay Revealed for Sea of Stars
More and more it’s looking like classic RPG fans are going to be in for a treat when Sea of Stars launches later this year. Sabotage Studio has been putting out regular updates on the game for a while now, with the latest showing-off players’ ability to sail around the world map.
Getting Back To It: Re-Discovering Fallout 3’s Capital Watesland
It’s been quite a while since I’ve done a “Getting Back To It” entry. In fact, I think the last one was about a year ago now. What can I say, I haven’t really been sitting on a lot of games. That said though, there is actually one game that I’ve been meaning to get…
New Concept Art Shown for The Callisto Protocol
Remember The Callisto Protocol? No? Don’t feel bad if you don’t. It was initially announced almost 2 years ago now, and absolutely nothing new has been discussed or shown since then. The developer behind it is Striking Distance Studios, a relatively new company mostly comprised of former Visceral Games developers. Recently, they shared some new…
Soulsborne After Elden Ring
As frequenters of this blog may know, I wasn’t really a fan of the Soulsborne series until very recently. I’d tried a couple of the games before, but I just didn’t get hooked for whatever reason. After playing through Elden Ring though, that’s changed. Rather than looking at the series passively without much interest, I…
New Screens Sent Out for Sonic Origins
Sonic fans will be in for something of a treat when Sonic Origins releases on June 23rd this year. It’s a collection of the most notable of Sonic’s outings, including: Sonic The Hedgehog 1, Sonic 2, Sonic 3 & Knuckles and Sonic CD. It’s not everything fans would probably like to see in a Sonic…
Silly Scoundrels: Dimitri Lousteau
For my final pick of Silly Scoundrels month, we’re going back to the Sly Cooper series for a look at Dimitri Lousteau. I’m almost certain Dimitri the money-laundering lounge lizard was meant to be a one-off character. Everything about him screams “kooky minor villain,” yet he wound up proving surprisingly popular with the Sly Cooper…
Square Enix President Says Japanese Games Shouldn’t Follow Western Trends
If you’ve been playing games for a while, then you’ve likely noticed how many games wind up feeling the same. Gaming has been this way for decades now, with the majority of releases chasing the latest trends. In the 00’s it was all about military shooters. In the 10’s, battle-royale, souls-likes and open worlds came…
Silly Scoundrels: Dr. Ivo ‘Eggman’ Robotnik
Dr. Robotnik is a baddie hailing all the way back to the era of Sega Genesis vs. Super Nintendo. It’s kind amazing how committed both companies were to their rivalry, with Nintendo boastful “now you’re playing with power” ad line and Sega’s overt “Genesis does what Nintendon’t” tag line. These two giants were out to…
Kingdom Hearts IV is Coming
This news will be a few days old by now, but I really wanted to talk about it a bit. So to get started, Kingdom Hearts is not, in fact, finished. It’s still going and it’s following in the footsteps of Final Fantasy XV now. That is, it’s going to look a bit more realistic….
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