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“You got kids? Sounds rough.” Hugh Williams asks his colleague Nicholas No Last Name, who promptly replies, “Nah. I wouldn’t trade it for a thing.” Parenthood is at the core of Pragmata, a game that boasts an innovative and engaging combat system, but a narrative so sparse, shallow, and repetitive that it makes us long for the next moment our …

Orange cats are Jellicle cats. I could could happily ramble about the nature of a Jellicle cat for hours, and explain how they can fly on a broomstick to places far distant or sing, in more than one key, duets by Rossini and waltzes by Strauss, or even more importantly, how Jellicle cats can, would, and do, but suffice it …

Beware: this review contains psychic spoilers that will be sent straight into your mind. Through a psychic technique called “reading.” It’s late at night when Pierre, the purist, flies over to Retro Studios headquarters, looking for some executive to drink. To his dismay, however, he finds no one there but some tired programmers and artists working overtime, who are people …

The JRPG that began it all, establishing the tropes and structure of the genre, the first Dragon Quest has just received a substantial new coat of paint with this HD remake that presents a by-the-books, but very charming story with an intriguing combat system that is fun precisely because of its apparent unfairness. We play as the descendant of the …

All good foxes know that chaos reigns. And when talking about the aesthetics of chaos, there’s one important word – a crucial concept, really – that must be discussed beforehand. A technical, deeply academic, almost inscrutable term that can confound even the analytical German mind of Theodor Adorno, who (an AI told me, so it must be true), gasped in …

Luigi’s Mansion, a launch title for the GameCube back in 2001, still holds up today as a quirky little game: it excels in its whimsy and charm, creating a playful horror atmosphere that is a perfect match for its funny protagonist. However, the entire experience can become a little repetitive by the end, thanks to an incredibly rigid structure that …

Oh, Lara Croft, you’re always looking for a lost city, chasing the ghost of your dead father while being hunted by secret organizations. You never rest. In Rise of the Tomb Raider, you’re still doing your thing, as the game builds upon the foundations of its predecessor, with a more carefully written story – where your journey is not at odds …

Charles, the snob, and Bob, the cynic, are FaceTiming together: Charles is walking down the sunny streets of Thebes, thousands of years ago, after a hearty breakfast in a famous local cafe, using his iPhone 16 Pro Max, while Bob is at home (where else) alone at night, after a couple of strong drinks and doomscrolling on Twitter for an …

Have you ever had the pleasure of hearing an artist talk in length about their work? Listening while they go on for hours about the tiniest of stuff, explaining how complicated it was to make those little things work within their original vision, how painstakingly hard it was to create a small bit you didn’t even pay proper attention to, …

With a fascinating story that, unfortunately, far overstays its welcome, Bravely Default is a good JRPG that tries to revitalize its classic genre by offering a less frustrating gameplay experience. The game opens with a great tragedy in the world of Luxendarc. After a terrible earthquake, the small village of Norende disappears from the map, giving way to a gigantic …