April 2017 - Hey Poor Player

Persona 5’s Teenage Characters Move the Medium Forward

The best teens in games don’t feel like teens in games. Video Games have something of an association with teenagers. Though the game-loving teens of the nineties have by now grown into the game-loving adults of the present day, gaming is still seen as a predominantly youthful hobby. As…

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III Review (PC)

Oh, thank the Emperor – it’s actually good. Dawn of War III is the best Warhammer 40K game ever made. Not because it’s absolutely the best game to ever bear the Warhammer 40K name – everyone has their own opinion on what that is, and I’m not here to…

Prey Opening Hour Preview – Yu Must Escape

Will you be the hunter or the hunted? After some fuss with the release of the Prey demo on the PlayStation store, I finally had the chance to boot it up Thursday morning. Prey’s opening hour puts the player in control of Morgan Yu as they discover the…

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Shovel Knight: Specter Of Torment Review (PC)

Fortunately not yet another example of shovelware. Over the years, the indie scene has dished out a number of what I like to call “8-bit-likes”: platform games with high difficulty levels and a signature NES look. However, while many of these games are good at emulating the form of…

Vita JRPG The Caligula Effect Delayed in Europe

FuRyu’s upcoming Vita RPG The Caligula Effect sees slight European delay Those in Europe hoping to get their hands on ATLUS’ upcoming Vita RPG The Caligula Effect next week will have to wait a little longer. The publisher announced today that the game’s release has been delayed. Originally slated…

Second Opinion: Let’s Admit That Other M Wasn’t That Bad

A great game that’s remembered solely for its few missteps. This is not a series about games you haven’t heard of. This is a series about games EVERYONE has heard of. Games that everyone has an opinion on, regardless of whether they’ve played them or not. Games whose actual…