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Game Over - David Sheff


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Game Over - David Sheff, 1993

434 pages

By now, the story of the rise and... plateau... of Nintendo has been well-trod, with numerous web, magazine, and podcast articles covering various aspects. All inevitably draw upon the research covered in 'Game Over', one of the earliest and most in-depth...

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Collar x Malice (psvita)


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Released: July 2017 Time to complete: ~35 hrs

Another otome (i.e. targetted at women) visual novel, in this one the female protagonist, a police officer, is assaulted and 'collared' by an unknown assailant and forced to investigate a series of terrorist attacks. The scenario is pretty interesting,...

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Unholy Night (SNES)


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Release Date: July 2017

Can you believe it? A fighting game for the Super Nintendo released in 2017. I sure can't, and I've got a copy. Why can't I believe it? Because it's totally unfit for release. Look past the choppy gameplay, unfinished UI (2 player mode dumps you back to the main menu after...

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Jackie Chan in Fists of Fire (arcade)


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Release Date: 1995

Ah, the mid-90s fighting game - who wasn't stealing from both Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat? What do we have in this one? Digitised actors and fatalities, what a surprise.

But it plays far more fluidly and "Street Fighter"-like than a Mortal Kombat game, however in this cas...

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Dangan Ronpa V3 (PS Vita)


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Release date: September 2017 Time to complete: ~35 hrs

Another entry in the Visual Novel series - see my other reviews for previous games. This one is certainly divisive - the characters, story, and minigames all have their strong fans and detractors. The scenario is full of Dangan Ronpa tropes, t...

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