Our favorite gaming cosplay from FanimeCon 2023
Check out some of our favorite gaming-related cosplay from FanimeCon in San Jose, CA!
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Patrick Sounds Off: How FFVII Remake and Rebirth Won Me Over
by Patrick MifflinIt’s pretty well established at this point that Final Fantasy VII Remake isn’t actually an attempt to replace the badly-aged 1997 release with a fresh coat of paint, but is rather a very ambitious spinoff that starts out in a…
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“Dordogne” Review
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13 Jun 2023
At a time where so many games demand our attention, titles should really be special these days to get that attention. It’s a little rough on the edges, but Dordogne accomplishes just that.
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Patrick Sounds Off: Gameplay is King. No Exceptions.
A certain omission from my upcoming Top Ten JRPGs list invites a deeper conversation about battle system design philosophy, so I’ll break the ice.
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“Star Wars Jedi: Survivor” Review
by Alex QuevedoEveryone’s favorite is back: BD-1, babyyyyyyy. Oh, and Cal Kestis, the Mantis, and the others, too. Star Wars Jedi: Survivor brings back Cal and his crew (kind of) for a new adventure that mixes in some of Star Wars’ latest…
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Patrick Sounds Off: It Got Yoshi-P, Too…
Just like Hajime Tabata’s “Final Fantasy Disease” comments, it’s hard to take Naoki Yoshida’s statements about the JRPG genre label entirely in good faith, given the circumstances…
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Patrick Sounds Off: What I Really Think of Sega Dreamcast
There’s no question the Dreamcast was a great system, but does the whole postmortem deification of it strike anyone else as a bit creepy?
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“Horizon Forbidden West: The Burning Shores” Review
The Ginger Avenger returns! Horizon Forbidden West has come out with a DLC offering to get you back behind the bows of Aloy. Let’s dive into what this is all about and whether it’s worth the time venturing into the…
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Patrick Sounds Off: Sega’s Evo Choke
Sega may never get as big an opportunity to announce Virtua Fighter 6 in front of unified FGC attention as they had at Evo Japan. That they failed to do so is maddening.
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“GrimGrimoire OnceMore” Review
by Brandon PerkinsBack when I first played Odin Sphere in 2007 (holy crap am I old), I was floored by the amazing visuals, challenging Action-RPG gameplay, and incredible writing. Sadly, that game was a niche hit at best and didn’t really get…
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“The Super Mario Bros. Movie” Review
It’s insane realizing that it’s been over 40 years since Mario Bros. burst onto the arcade scene before eventually taking the world by storm again with the launch of Super Mario Bros. just two years after that. Let me put…
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A Conversation About Live Music in Games, and the “Crystalline Resonance: Final Fantasy Piano Concert Tour”
Last month, Square Enix wrapped up their “Crystalline Resonance: Final Fantasy Piano Concert Tour.” We unfortunately weren’t able to attend the show nearest to any of our territories due to previous engagements, but we were granted a quick moment with…
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