CategoriesNews Gaming“I wanna take you for a riiiide.” As a kid, I grew intimately familiar with the bouncy theme song for Marvel vs. Capcom 2. I’m sure most everyone has a story about this game, and here’s mine: my family could not afford a babysitter, despite the fact that my parents worked from sunrise to well […]
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CategoriesNews GamingImage: Atlus Much of Metaphor: ReFantazio’s structure seems evocative of the modern Persona games. This includes the party’s journey, with each member going through an “awakening,” similar to how Joker and the rest of the Phantom Thieves do when they acquire supernatural powers. In Metaphor, these awakenings happen when they gain their Archetype ability, a […]
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CategoriesNews GamingThe next installment in Konami’s Metal Gear Solid Master Collection has yet to be officially confirmed or announced, even as fans find evidence of it and reports surface of its existence. So it’s weird that Konami is still playing coy about Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots and other games getting new ports. […]
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CategoriesNews GamingOne of the most confounding things about video games is how they often tell stories that are clearly meant to be real-world allegories rather than escapist fantasies, but are still often framed as such by the companies that make them. After playing four hours of Metaphor: ReFantazio, the upcoming fantasy RPG from the minds behind […]
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CategoriesNews GamingAdmittedly, I’m not the fighting game savant at this site, or even in my own circle of friends. Crucially, I think everyone plays more of this genre than myself, though I was a bit of a fighting game fiend growing up. That lack of experience didn’t impede me when it came to last year’s Street […]
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CategoriesNews GamingImage: Konami Why must good things always happen to other people? While today’s joint Nintendo Direct and Indie World showcase was full of amazing updates on existing games and announcements of new projects—like a Trails in the Sky remake—one of the best announcements of the day only aired in Japan. Konami’s seminal dating sim, Tokimeki […]
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CategoriesNews GamingJust in time for the upcoming Metal Gear Solid 3 remake, First 4 Figures is now taking pre-orders for its large statue recreating the iconic salute seen toward the end of the original game. Advertisement Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater was first announced back in May 2023. It’s a big, fancy remake of the […]
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CategoriesNews GamingMonster Hunter Wilds is going big. After months of trailers, teases, and hands-off looks at it, the upcoming title had its big blowout, complete with a playable Gamescom demo and a round of previews I was invited to. After about 90 minutes with some of the game’s opening hunts, I’m pretty confident Monster Hunter Wilds […]
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CategoriesNews GamingAtelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories & the Envisioned Land – Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase Atelier Yumia, the next entry in the Atelier series, was announced during the Nintendo Direct. Based on the short reveal trailer, the game’s big theme seems to be memory as we see the titular Yumia monologue about the importance of […]
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CategoriesNews GamingThe stinger is one of the most interesting scenes in the whole trailer. We see Carrey also playing Gerald Robotnik. In the games, Gerald is long gone by the time Shadow reawakens and attempts to destroy the world. Here, we see both grandfather and grandson meet and hug it out. Gerald was the secret villain […]
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