Category: Top Story
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Review: MeiQ: Labyrinth of Death (Sony PlayStation Vita)
MeiQ: Labyrinth of Death Publisher: Idea Factory Developer: Compile Heart Genre: Dungeon Crawling RPG Release Date: 09/13/16 Dungeon crawling RPGs of any sort have always been an acquired taste among gamers, even at the best of times. Synonymously difficult, vague, and grind heavy, most developers will design a dungeon crawler with these characteristics as a…
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Review: Dreamfall Chapters – Book Five: Redux (PC)
Dreamfall Chapters – Book Five: Redux Developer: Red Thread Games Publisher: Red Thread Games Genre: Adventure Release Date: 06/17/2016 Here we are at last, the end of this long journey. The Longest Journey came out in 1999, Dreamfall: The Longest Journey came out in 2006, and then we didn’t see another entry in this series…
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Neo Kobe Pizza – On the Science of Mass Effect Part One (w/Zeke R.)
Welcome back for another episode of Neo Kobe Pizza, Diehard GameFAN’s weekly topical podcast! This week, we jump into the first part of a two-part discussion on the science of Mass Effect. The first part deals with the positive aspects of how Mass Effect handles its science, including its discussions on FTL travel and physics…
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Review: The Final Station (PC)
A fun, atmospheric, that is missing only a few things to be truly great.
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Neo Kobe Pizza – On MOBAs and Competitive Gaming (w/Greg Johnson)
Welcome back for another episode of Neo Kobe Pizza, Diehard GameFAN’s weekly topical podcast! This week, we talk about the recent expansion of competitive online, E-Sports ready games in the PC and console marketplaces, and whether the current expansion of such games is ultimately sustainable or if the flood may damage the market long-term. We…
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Review: The Warlock of Firetop Mountain (PC)
The Warlock of Firetop Mountain Publisher: Tin Man Games Developer: Tin Man Games Genre: Adventure/RPG Release Date: 08/31/2016 Steven Jackson and Ian Livingstone’s popular 1980’s gamebook series is no stranger to the video game world. A DS adaptation was released in 2009, and I myself reviewed a different PS3/PSP version in 2011. This time, Tin…
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Review: Deadlight: Director’s Cut (Sony PlayStation 4)
Deadlight: Director’s Cut Publisher: Deep Silver Developer: Tequila Works Genre: Action Release Date: 07/21/16 I first played through Deadlight when it was originally released in July of 2012, back when it was exclusive to the Xbox 360 and Windows platforms as part of Microsoft’s “Summer of Games”. Four years later, here we are with the…
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Review: Hatsune Miku: Project Diva X (Sony PlayStation Vita)
Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA X Publisher: Sega Developer: Sega Genre: Rhythm Release Date: 08/30/2016 (Note: As of this writing, the concert editor mode is not available on PSN. The mode is part of the game, but must be downloaded separately. Therefore, it will not be included in this review until it becomes available; it will…
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Neo Kobe Pizza – On Sega’s History of Missteps with JRPGs (w/Robert Hubbs)
Welcome back for another episode of Neo Kobe Pizza, Diehard GameFAN’s weekly topical podcast! This week, we talk about the history of Sega JRPGs, from Phantasy Star to Valkyria Chronicles and most everything in between, as well as Sega’s failings to convince the Western marketplace to invest in their games to the extent of Square…
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Review: Muv-Luv (PC)
A romantic comedy and a war drama packaged together makes a good deal for visual novel fans.
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Review: Shiren The Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate (Sony PlayStation Vita)
Shiren The Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate Genre: Roguelike Developer: Spike Chunsoft Publisher: Aksys Release Date: 07/26/16 If you’re a fan of roguelikes, you’re almost certainly acquainted with Shiren the Wanderer in some fashion, but if you’re not, or you’re the sort of person who’s most acquainted with the simpler…
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Review: A.W. Phoenix Festa (Sony PlayStation Vita)
The whole is only slightly greater than the sum of its parts.
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Review: The King of Fighters XIV (Sony PlayStation IV)
The King of Fighters XIV Genre: Fighting Developer: SNK Playmore Publisher: Atlus Release Date: 08/23/16 It’s kind of surprising that it’s been almost five years since we’ve seen a new King of Fighters title released into the market; when the game was originally released back in 1994, under the clever moniker of The King of…
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Neo Kobe Pizza – On Pokemon Ghostbusters w/ML Kennedy
Welcome back for another episode of Neo Kobe Pizza, Diehard GameFAN’s weekly topical podcast! This week, we talk about the idea of taking the framework of Pokemon GO and applying the Ghostbusters franchise to the game. This includes discussions on the franchises and our exposure to them, the core and expanded ideas of how to…
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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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Review: Bear With Me – Episode One (PC)
Bear With Me Publisher: Exordium Games Developer: Exordium Games Genre: 2D Point-and-Click Adventure Release Date: 08/08/2016 Y’know, there’s something about the idea of an episodic noir adventure game about a girl and her bear that just says, “Play me.” So I popped in the Steam key for Bear With Me by Exordium Games and gave it a whirl. What I…
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The Golden d6, Issue #5
The Golden d6, Issue #5 Publisher: Sprue Grey Toy Soldiers Page Count: 55 Cost: $4.57 Release Date; 07/06/2016 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com I go through phases with my hobbies. I tend to cycle between video games, pen and paper RPGs and miniature wargaming as my activities of choice. Currently I’m on miniatures (primarily Warhammer and…
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Tabletop Review: Castles & Crusades: Expanding Classes
Castles & Crusades: Expanding Classes Publisher: Troll Lord Games Page Count: 26 Cost $6.99 (Digital)/$9.99 (Physical) Release Date: 08/09/2016 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com Oh, no. This is not what you think. I’m not back writing full-time. Rather this is my birthday week and while I have a lot of free time this week, I don’t…
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Neo Kobe Pizza – On Ludonarrative Dissonance w/Matt Yaeger
Welcome back for another episode of Neo Kobe Pizza, Diehard GameFAN’s weekly topical podcast! This week, we talk about Ludonarrative Dissonance, and whether it’s something that developers are largely failing at or making great strides to improve. We also touch on discussions surrounding known “offenders” in the genre, including Bioshock and most Ubisoft and Naughty…
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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…