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  • Review: Neverwinter (Sony Playstation 4)

    Neverwinter Genre: MMORPG Developer: Cryptic Studios Publisher: Perfect World Entertainment Release Date: 07/19/16 If you’re not the sort of person who follows along with this sort of thing, I feel I should mention right off the bat that there are a lot of free-to-play MMORPGs available on the market today. There are entire companies devoted…

  • Neo Kobe Pizza Episode Four: On DLC and Microtransactions

    Welcome back for another episode of Neo Kobe Pizza, Diehard GameFAN’s weekly topical podcast! This week, we talk about DLC and Microtransactions, specifically their perception in the marketplace, cases where they’re successful and fail, and games that base their business model on releasing a limited client with offers of consistent support via long-term free (or…

  • Neo Kobe Pizza Episode Three: On being a Francophone Gamer w/Guy Desmarais

    Welcome back for another episode of Neo Kobe Pizza, Diehard GameFAN’s weekly topical podcast! This week, we talk about what it’s like to grow up as a Francophone (French Speaking) gamer in a country (Canada) where games were, until recently, mostly released in English. We also discuss Canadian and US cultures, experience differences, and whose…

  • Review: Adventures of Mana (Sony PlayStation Vita)

    Final Fantasy Adventure returns.

  • Neo Kobe Pizza Episode Two: On the Souls series w/J. Rose

    Welcome back for another episode of Neo Kobe Pizza, Diehard GameFAN’s weekly topical podcast! This week, we talk about the Souls Series, discussing the entries in the franchise, our impressions of the best and worst entries, and what makes the games unique, for better or worse. Hosted by Mark B Writing, featuring J. Rose. NOTE:…

  • Review: Odin Sphere Leifthrasir (Sony Playstation 4)

    Odins Sphere Leifthrasir Publisher: Sega/Atlas Developer: VanillaWare Genre: action/adventure/RPG Release Date: 06/07/2016 When Odin Sphere was originally released in 2007 on the PlayStation 2, I was excited from the moment it was announced and followed its development consistently all the way through to its final release. When it came out I dove right in, and…

  • Neo Kobe Pizza Episode One: On Persona 5 w/Aaron Sirois

    Welcome to the first episode of Neo Kobe Pizza, Diehard GameFAN’s new weekly topical podcast! Unlike the Diehard GameCAST, which is a three (or more) person casual podcast featuring multiple discussions on current events, Neo Kobe Pizza is a single-topic, two person podcast, featuring Mark B. and a rotating guest based on the topic of…

  • Review: Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Special Edition (Nintendo Wii U)

    Also known as Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem.

  • Review: Resette’s Prescription ~Book of memory, Swaying scale~ (PC)

    Resette’s Prescription ~Book of memory, Swaying scale Publisher: Sekai Project Developer: Liz-Arts Genre: 2D Point-and-Click Adventure Release Date: 05/30/2016 Resette’s Prescription has an interesting premise: you play as Resette, a girl who can enter people’s hearts. You and your cat, Gaede, are attempting to make it through a forest when you come across a sleeping boy,…

  • Review: Selenon Rising Episode 1 (PC)

    Selenon Rising Episode 1 Developer: Fastermind Games Publisher: Sekai Project Genre: Visual Novel Release Date: 04/29/2016 I’m always up for a good murder mystery and visual novel (even better when the two combine), and I tend to devour games like Ace Attorney, Dangan Ronpa and Cing’s works. Upon hearing this game described as a mix…

  • Review: Cherry Tree High Girls’ Fight (PC)

    RNG runs this game whether you train well or not.

  • Review: Fairy Fencer F: Advent Dark Force (Sony Playstation 4)

    Fairy Fencer F: Advent Dark Force Genre: RPG Developer: Compile Heart Publisher: Idea Factory Release Date: 07/26/16 Normally, when a remake of an existing game comes out, if I’ve reviewed the original, I tend to copy over the original information, italicized, and spell out the new information in normal text, or use the original as…

  • Review: Asdivine Hearts (Nintendo Wii-U)

    Asdivine Hearts Publisher: Kemco Developer: Kemco / EXE Create Genre: RPG Release Date: 04/14/16 The company Kemco has been developing and publishing games for pretty much as long as I’ve been playing them. From their ports of the original MacVenture games Deja Vu, Shadowgate and The Uninvited on NES, to several under the radar, but…

  • Review: Kirby: Planet Robobot (Nintendo 3DS)

    Another fantastic game in a fantastic franchise.

  • Review: Pac-Man 256 (Sony Playstation 4)

    Pac-Man 256 Genre: Puzzle/Runner Developer: Hipster Whale Publisher: Bandai Namco Games Release Date: 06/21/16 Way back when Pac-Man first turned into a phenomenon in the arcade scene, there was a glitch in the game (due to the technological limits of the time) that eventually became something of an infamous game glitch: Level 256. Since the…

  • Review: Dreamfall Chapters – Book 4: Revelations (PC)

    Dreamfall Chapters – Book Four: Revelations Developer: Red Thread Games Publisher: Red Thread Games Genre: Adventure Release Date: 12/04/2015 With this penultimate chapter comes some answers, though naturally the rest will come in the final book. Like any good penultimate chapter, it progresses and ties up some of the plot threads woven by the previous…

  • Review: Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End (Sony PlayStation 4)

    Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End Publisher: Sony Developer: Naughty Dog Genre: action/adventure Release Date: 05/10/2016 In Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End, Nathan Drake and friends come to the end of their story. Is this final tale more of the same to satisfy fans of the series? Or is it something different that can bring in…

  • 10 Thoughts on… the 7th Dragon III: Code VFO Demo (Nintendo 3DS)

    What a time to be alive as a gamer, am I right? Fifteen years ago you never had any idea what might make its way out of Japan and into the US marketplace, and niche RPGs, while they did make their way into the market, were hardly commonplace, especially from larger publishers. Today, we’re getting…

  • Review: SteamWorld Heist (Sony PlayStation 4/Vita)

    A fantastic turn-based strategy game from top to bottom.

  • Review: Melty Blood: Actress Again Current Code (PC)

    Melty Blood: Actress Again Current Code Genre: Fighting Developer: Ecole/French Bread Publisher: Arc System Works Release Date: 04/19/16 Seven years ago, Melty Blood: Actress Again came out on the Playstation 2, and on a whim, I decided to import it, because I was on a huge fighting game kick at the time. Knowing that the…