New Pokémon plushes let you easily hold Pikachu, Sprigatito

Author: Tom Brown
Categories: News, Merchandise

Alas, despite scientific advancements we’re still unable to physically hold adorable Pokémon in our arms. Thankfully we’re still getting plenty of merch to fill the void, though, and this latest release from Takara Tomy is tailor made for hugs. The company’s new “Hold me!” plushes feature Pikachu and Sprigatito and…

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Happy Fire Mother-kami day, everyone!

Categories: News, Retro

4/20 is a day with a multitude of very dank meanings, but in the world of video games, it’s the anniversary of some very notable and influential titles indeed – which is to say, it’s once again Fire Mother-kami day, wherein we celebrate the anniversaries of Fire Emblem, Mother 3,…

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Impressions: DNF Duel is a flashy fighter with promise on Switch

Author: Bryan Finch
Categories: Switch

There’s a long and storied history of turning existing game franchises into competitive and exciting fighting games. The visual novel Tsukihime becomes Melty Blood, for instance. That tradition is alive and well with ArcSys’s latest, DNF Duel. Based on the long-running and massively popular Korean online beat-’em-up Dungeon Fighter Online,…

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Shadows Over Loathing brings eldritch silliness to Switch

Author: Tom Brown
Categories: News, Switch

From the makers of Kingdom of Loathing and West of Loathing comes yet another goofy monochrome RPG that sends up genre tropes – featuring cosmic horrors, mobsters and monsters, and quite a bit of irreverence is Shadows Over Loathing (a play on Shadows Over Innsmouth), announced during yesterday’s Indie World…

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