David McNamara
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A glowing world filled with riches, a satisfyingly dense combat experience, and a whole lot of crafting await in Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key, the final adventure in Koei Tecmo’s trilogy focused on plucky alchemist Ryza.
The grass feels wet and cool on your back. Dappled sunlight dances across your closed eyelids as a light breeze sighs gently. You breathe, deeply, inhaling the rich scent of earth and tasting the hint of blossom on the back of your tongue. Exhaling, you make a point of recording...
Lustrous, shiny, irresistible loot. The siren’s call of the treasure chest has long enchanted gamers, to the point where the infamous mimic remains their accursed Achilles’ heel. Combining this obsession over plundered spoils with one of the most iconic and oldest RPG franchises has given birth to Dragon Quest Treasures,...
Pick up your hat, your badge, and the keys to your paddy wagon – it’s policing time. After entering Early Access in 2021, Police Simulator: Patrol Officers is ready to release on PC and consoles. Promising a realistic experience of life as a police officer in a typical American city,...
Tinykin
Our world is simply massive. Huge cities filled with millions of people; vast, sprawling deserts teeming with life; endless oceans stretching away under infinite skies. Caught up in the minutiae of our little lives, it can be easy to forget just how small we are. It follows, then, that the...
There’s nothing quite as powerful as a child’s imagination. Lost in Play is an adventure game that takes the creativity and energy of playtime and peppers it with all the charm of a polished animated cartoon. With visuals inspired by shows like Gravity Falls, a colourful cast of wacky characters,...
Glimmering in streaks of peach fire, the sun sinks lazily beyond the horizon, ceding the last remaining bastions of its shine from a desolate battlefield. A piper, flanked by two filthy, battle-weary companions raises an instrument to his lips and begins to play a low, wistful melody. As the melancholic...
Shine bright! It’s time to explore the vast Velua Region in Coromon, a new monster-taming RPG from Netherlands-based developers TRAGsoft. Boasting over 100 unique monster designs and citing gameplay inspiration from Pokémon, Golden Sun, and Zelda, this pixelated adventure promises a nostalgic romp with a modern twist – and what...
The nineties were a truly wild time. Tips were frosted, denim was doubled, and the Spice Girls versus Backstreet Boys debate tore classrooms apart across the world. This era of chaos gave birth to the oddity that is the Monster Rancher franchise, a creature-collecting series focused on breeding and battling...
Back in 2005, the benign, cel-shaded face of one Dr. Kawashima decried the degenerative effects of time on humanity’s mental agility. His solution was the Brain Training series for Nintendo DS which popularised the concept of testing one’s brain daily to keep neurons firing freshly. The original title sparked a...
No fitness game can exist in a vacuum. There’s an established body of weight loss, strength training, and resistance-building software that resists traditional gaming industry trends and often the pull of linear time. Titles from the early 2000s share more than just surface-level elements with modern releases, continuing to sell...
Warm up your sword arm and prepare for adventure in The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD for Nintendo Switch, a remaster of the 2011 title for the Wii. This is a traditional Zelda game through and through, complete with an overworld to explore, puzzles to solve, and dungeons to...
