Psycho Circus…. I’m not gonna lie, I was so excited about this remake, that I went back and reread the book, and watched the old made for tv movie of Stephen King’s It. I wanted that familiar feeling of being back in Derry when I watched this re-imagining, so I came prepared. I am going […]
Turn Based Strategy at its- nowhere to be found! Have you by chance played a gem called Valkyria Chronicles? Because if you haven’t, and you enjoy turn based strategy games, you owe it to yourself to play it. I rank it right up there with Final Fantasy Tactics. From the hand drawn cell shaded characters, […]
A deserving Collector’s Edition With the newly announced Secret of Mana remake coming, some of us wondered about a possible collector’s edition due to the Mana anniversary timing that went along with this news. Well, here it is. It is up on the SquareEnix Japan store, for around $150(US). A bit pricey, but one […]
This is not a drill! If you could hear my screaming voice after the remake announcement while reading this, you might be partially deaf now. Thankfully, I will just try to convey my joy via this article that you will be reading with your eyes. I mean, I could try to turn the brightness up […]
Action and storytelling at its finest Yoko Taro(Drakengard, Nier) and Platinum Games(Bayonetta, Vanquish) have teamed up, and decided that the sequel to Nier should have all the stylized action to go along with some fantastic storytelling. Throw in a great art direction and soundtrack, and you get a game that is easily in the running […]
A final review after the early impressions. Well my friends, the time has come and passed, and Ala Mhigo has been liberated. This is the second expansion for Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn, and it could easily be its own Final Fantasy(FF) game. I will also note that this is the first time I […]
Monkey Islan…er.. Maniac Mansi…umm.. Thimbleweed Park! Thimbleweed Park is a huge love letter to the old point and click adventure days back when the term gigabyte was something that seemed like a dream far off. But Ron Gilbert and Gary Winnick knew exactly what to do, and that was make Maniac Mansion. This game started […]
2017 So Far….. Alright Dashcancel friends, I think I want to start up a little segment called Game Dash. Here’s how it works- Since we are getting ready to go into the latter half of 2017, I thought I would write about some of the games 2017 has graced(or shamed) us with already, in a […]
Alright folks, it’s confession time. I have never really played a MMORPG. There, I said it. Sure, I played Phantasy Star Online on Dreamcast back in the day, and even dabbled in Everquest because all my friends were playing it. But I would always put them down because I had a mental wall put up […]
After watching Microsoft’s press conference Chris and EJ sat down and shared some quick thoughts about some of the things they saw and how it did or didn’t hit their feels. Xbox One X Reveal EJ: The design ended up being very similar (if not basically the same) as the dev kit minus the display […]
