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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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...