Category: Features
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Unboxing Cthulhu Wars Onslaught Two!
Two and a half years ago, I did an unboxing of the original Cthulhu Wars. It was massive. Becayse I purchased nearly everything, there wasn’t much for me to come back for with Sandy Petersen’s second Kickstarter. I could have picked up the stuff from Wave One I didn’t grab the first time around, like…
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Unboxing the Reaper Bones III Kickstarter (Reaper Miniatures)
Nearly two years ago, Reaper Miniatures launched their third “Bones” Kickstarter. Reaper Bones are for low cost miniatures that are made out of a material that doesn’t need priming. They are almost always a single piece (save for the larger Bones figures), so gluing is rarely needed. I was one of the 13,465 backers that…
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Unboxing: Disgaea 5 Complete Limited Edition (Nintendo Switch)
Today marks the official release of Disgaea 5 Complete for the Nintendo Switch. However, those that purchased the Limited Edition direct from Nippon Ichi got theirs a little early. I decided to do an unboxing for you so that you can see what all you get in this edition. They have VERY FEW COPIES LEFT,…
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Diehard GameFAN Presents: Unboxing Dark Souls: The Board Game
While the board game side of things has almost exclusively been Alex’s domain on the site for a long while, due to a significant amount of changes that have come into my life as of late, I’ve begun exploring the idea of getting into the hobby myself a bit. While I’m absolutely not the sort…
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Unboxing of Tales of Berseria Collector’s Edition
I’ve shrunk my collector’s edition spending in recent months for a number of different reasons, but not the least of which is that the sets as a whole don’t offer much in the way of value relative to what is being charged for them. The Tales of series is one in which I’ve kept up…
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Unboxing of World of Final Fantasy Collector’s Edition
Since its announcement, World of Final Fantasy has pretty much lived in the shadows. It debuted to a rather muffled response from the public and was forgotten about until its release date was finally unveiled. Previously, it would’ve landed the month after Final Fantasy XV, which likely would have overshadowed any potential fanfare it may…
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Book Review: Dishonored: The Corroded Man
A promising build up to the new game for fans.
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Check it Out: Altruistic Gifts
While I was at Gen Con this weekend, we stopped at an interesting booth. What caught my eye was actually a clock in the shape of a Hylian shield. My kind of place, I thought to myself. I looked around the booth and saw many other things that caught my eye, including props, dice towers,…
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Bandai Namco Press Event Recap: Tekken 7, God Eater 2, Tales of Berseria and more!
There aren’t a whole lot of game companies who go out of their way to hold events geared toward getting a bunch of journalists together to try out games on the east coast these days, so I honestly enjoy that Bandai Namco is one of those companies. I’m not afraid to admit that it’s fun…
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Diehard GameFAN Presents: Unboxing the Tokyo Mirage Sessions Special Edition
Man, Atlus has been all-in with the Megaten Special Editions in the past few years, haven’t they? Between the Special Editions for Persona Q and Persona 4 Dancing All Night (both the US release and the crazy Japanese release), they’ve been on a roll, and the announced Persona 5 Special Edition looks like it’s trying…
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Unboxing: Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition
At last, our long, international nightmare is over. People all over the world are starting to receive the physical copies of Call of Cthulhu, 7th Edition nearly three years after the original Kickstarter began and two and a half years past the original release date. Hell, I’ve had the digital version of most of what’s…
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10 Thoughts On… Grand Kingdom Beta (Sony PlayStation 4)
Since its announcement, there was something about Grand Kingdom that had caught my eye, almost as if there was something familiar about it. It wasn’t until later that I learned it shares a director with Grand Knights History, a Vanillaware title originally slated to be localized in the west by XSEED Games before its eventual…
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Unboxing: Lost Patrol – Death in the Jungle (Warhammer 40,000/Warhammer 40K)
So…I certainly wasn’t expecting this to arrive today. When I saw we had a review package to arrive, I assumed it was a video game, the physical copies of Call of Cthulhu, 7th Edition that just shipped out (we’ll unbox that as well, don’t worry) or faux Oldhammer pieces from Diehard Miniatures (no relation to…
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10 Thoughts On… Final Fantasy XV: Platinum Demo (Sony PlayStation 4)
What makes a good demo? Is it having content not found in the actual game no matter how inconsequential it may be? Perhaps slicing out the best piece of the game and having players experience that? Or maybe the simple approach of just having them play the beginning of the game and prompt a purchase…
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10 Thoughts on… Valkyria Chronicles Remastered (Sony Playstation 4)
It hardly feels like it’s been eight years since the original release of Valkyria Chronicles on the Playstation 3, partly because the game felt like a transcendent game at the time of release, and partly because it still feels fresh and different even now. The combination of strategic play and active movement is one that…
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Battle of the Beta Tests: Overwatch vs Battleborn
Gearbox and Blizzard have been in something of a dead heat over the past few months over their upcoming FPS MOBAs Battleborn and Overwatch, respectively, to the point that both games are even releasing in the same month (Battleborn at the beginning of May, Overwatch at the end). While it’s clear both companies likely came…
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Bravely Second: End Layer Collector’s Edition Unboxing
Bravely Second: End Layer is the much anticipated sequel to Bravely Default, a game which was on some staffers’ top ten lists for 2014. Bravely Second released today, alongside a Collector’s Edition. I took a break from my grad school studies to pick up my preorder of a perfect example of what Collector’s Editions should be. Someone on…
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10 Thoughts on… Prison Architect (Microsoft Xbox One)
Prison Architect is a game that’s constantly popping up in my discovery queue on Steam for one reason or another, so when the game was announced for release on the Xbox One my interest was piqued. I’ve always been a fan of building and management simulators, from SimCity to Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis to Theme…
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10 Thoughts on… Stranger of Sword City (Sony Playstation Vita)
Experience Inc. came out of nowhere in the US in 2013 with the surprisingly solid Demon Gaze, a dungeon crawling RPG featuring some very strong and unique elements. It was a bit over the top in its aesthetic (IE there were lots of boobs), but it managed to stand on its own as a game…
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Unboxing: Deathwatch: Overkill (Warhammer 40,000)
On February 27th, Games Workshop releases its newest Warhammer themed board game with Deathwatch: Overkill. Similar to the 2014 re-release of Space Hulk, Deathwatch: Overkill pits a squad of Space Marines against an army of Tyranids. Of course, instead of Blood Ravens, this time around the Space Marines are the Deathwatch, a crew of warriors…