Voice of Dissent #5 – …Then You Start Playing It
I shift gears, moving away from Suikoden in order to turn my discontent toward one of my favorite targets from over the years: Final Fantasy VIII. How can this not be good?
Read moreI shift gears, moving away from Suikoden in order to turn my discontent toward one of my favorite targets from over the years: Final Fantasy VIII. How can this not be good?
Read moreI play through the Lepant recruitment story and wrap up my thoughts on the early Suikoden games, as well as why their simple gameplay rubs me the wrong way.
Read moreIn this week’s episode: Patrick, Brandon and myself are joined by an old friend. Theresa Samons was once part of the old GameAddicts team, and we’re glad to have her back! Too bad we have so much depressing news to…
Read moreThe character action genre is largely considered to be the genre form of Capcom’s Devil May Cry. During the genre’s formative years, however, Sega’s Overworks studio had a different idea of how it should work. Check out Shinobi’s 15 Minutes…
Read moreNihon Falcom’s profile has skyrocketed on this side of the Pacific in recent years, with the Ys series in full resurgence and the Trails in the Sky brand finally making The Legend of Heroes a household name. Meanwhile, Brandish is…
Read moreThis week, Filippo finally discovers Transistor, Patrick fixes all of Sega’s problems, and Brandon shows us a cool Transmedia project we ought to keep an eye on. That and more, coming up.
Read moreIn celebration of next week’s release of the Resogun Defenders expansion on PS4 next week, Housemarque took the opportunity to add some big new features to Resogun to give their fans a new way to play the game in the…
Read moreWe played a bit of Apotheon, which came out last week for the PS4 and PC/Steam. Apotheon is a side-scrolling action game with an incredibly striking art style that is set in Ancient Greece, where the Gods have forsaken your…
Read moreWe take a look at the new beta for Battlefield Hardline’s multiplayer mode, which features two new modes that were not in the “Alpha” that we played last summer around E3 2014. The first is a version of conquest called…
Read moreOn this week’s show: Joystiq is gone but not gone. Nintendo confuses us, and Atlus celebrates Persona! That and more, coming up!
Read moreI continue through Suikoden, helping myself to a heaping dose of EXP in my new digs even before properly settling in.
Read moreThis week, Brandon is back with us. We talk about comics, fighting games, and the unfortunate demise of one of the net’s best gaming sites.
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