When Ghost of Tsushima released I was a little skeptical about how great it might be. Sure, Sucker Punch made some open world games, but this was ambitious. Well, it caught me off guard how excellent that game was, and so going into their new release, Ghost of Yōtei, I had some damn high expectations. By some miracle, they managed to meet them! Meet Atsu https://youtu.be/AgTYIkr-GR0 You take the role of Atsu, a chippy young woman who has had a fantastic life. Her whole family was slaughtered as a child, and she got to watch her mother get burnt by…
Author: Blair Loveday
After Final Fantasy, I started having some high hopes for the new Universes Beyond set. The flavour, the art, the set design, the cards mechanics – everything was a home run. Then Magic went back in-universe with Edge of Eternities, which was yet another absolute banger of a set. So surely there had to be an underwhelming set eventually, right? Unfortunately, yes, and we have it now. It’s not bad; it’s not brilliant. Was that a bit negative? It’s a hard line to walk here, as there is a lot to like about the set, and I will go through…
Kirby and the Forgotten Land was a surprise hit for me in 2022. I had dabbled with and enjoyed Kirby plenty enough, but this 3D platformer absolutely sucked me in from start to finish. Well now Kirby and the Forgotten Land is back for Switch 2, and it comes with a Star-Crossed World package. The question is, is it worth the upgrade? Kirby and the Forgotten Land https://youtu.be/Q5peJd37J-k If you haven’t played it yet, Kirby and the Forgotten Land is a banger. You play Kirby, a little pink … thing that loves to eat. Kirby can suck up enemies and…
Lorcana has been going for two years now, or in the case of ANZ, over one year. This has included eight sets of awesome cards and even more awesome art. But now there is a new set in town with a whole lot of reprints and the first case of rotation for this card game. So what does that mean for playing the game, and what is the new set, Fabled, like? What is a rotation? If Lorcana is your first TCG, or the first you have played constructed in, then this may be a new concept to you. In…
Super Robot Wars is a series that has been around for a while. Despite that, I have never even touched one, but an anime crossover tactical RPG sounds so me. So with the latest release, Super Robot Wars Y, I wanted to give it a try! https://youtu.be/QgYi233lr74 The first thing I will touch on is the story, as there is a lot. It starts off with Lelouch from Code Geass getting killed. All hell breaks loose, and the character you chose goes into battle. Quickly they are helped by a Gunam mech, and boom, the tone for the game is…
When you think of shows like Blackadder, you can’t help but be blown away by the brilliant and clever wit and writing. They are ageless in their humour and I can watch Blackadder over and over again. Well, there was another fun little sitcom that started in 2016 from Ben Elton’s brain called Upstart Crow that you need to add to your collection. https://youtu.be/d6Q4Fau3hoY Upstart Crow follows the life of a little-known writer, William Shakespeare. Well, not his life. He’s already a successful playwright, and he is still trying to become famous. It kicks off with Shakespeare’s daughter reading off…
Spy × Family is a fantastic show that I’ve turned around on. I hadn’t totally fallen in love with it until I checked out the movie Spy × Family Code: White. I took my boy to it and loved it. So I tried the show again and yup, now I am a fan. So now this excellent movie is available on Blu-ray, so it was time to check it out again. https://youtu.be/z_j2-Exs8gA If Spy × Family is new to you, it follows a strange family. Loid is a spy who is on a case, but this case requires having a…
As soon as I saw the trailer for Echoes of the End, I was intrigued. It screamed a mid-quality title that was either going to be a janky slog or half-decent. Well, I was not prepared for what the debut title from the Icelandic developer Myrkur Games was going to offer. And for a nice change, not being prepared is for the better. https://youtu.be/HfJ9ub9PdfA Echoes of the End is a 3rd-person action game in a mysterious fantasy world. Here the world has been ravaged by wars, but one nation has hidden away in the mountains behind a ward. The ward…
The Substance might be one of the weirdest movies I have seen in a long time, not for the whole duration but for much of the end. After seeing the end, I had to check out this beauty in 4K for the full treatment, and it was worth it! The first thing I will say is that if you are intrigued by this movie, buy it! I intentionally went in as blind as possible after watching half a trailer, and it was well worth experiencing the whole thing as it unfolds. So the best way to enjoy this movie for…
Going into Flow I had no idea what to expect. I knew it was animated and it won awards, but I figured it was going to be one to watch blind with the kids, and it was well worth it. https://youtu.be/82WW9dVbglI Flow is a beautifully designed movie. It tells the story of a cat during a great flood. It initially deals with some gods chasing it, but as the flood goes up, the cat winds up making its way to higher and higher ground, from the top of its house to the top of statues to some ancient ruins. But…