Archive | September 2015

Review: Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain

MGSVThere are certain things you can expect from a Metal Gear Solid game, or at least I thought you could until now. Five games in and many of the conventions that have defined Heido Kjoima’s iconic series are notably different in his latest title. But different doesn’t mean bad – and the focus on sharp mechanics and unique open world missions creates an astoundingly deep, involving experience with plenty of immersive new traits.

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Review: Blood Blockade Battlefront

Blood Blockade BattlefrontA space time rift has opened up over New York and the city is now co-inhabited by aliens and humans. This is the premise of Blood Blockade Battlefront, and it’s a set up that works well for delivering the endlessly strange and bizarre encounters that the anime powers through in its twelve episode run. This introduction to Hellsalem’s Lot is a fast-paced and exciting journey into a unique world, and makes for the most compelling anime I’ve seen in quite a while.

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Dracula’s Cave is two years old

birthdayIt’s bad when you forget your own birthday right? Last week Dracula’s Cave turned two, and although I’m a little late to the party hopefully there’s still time for a quick celebration.

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