Earthlock is a very interesting game in the sense it is a western made JRPG. It takes many Western sensibilities and makes them into a very good JRPG that is fun to play and sits right alongside the likes of Lost Sphear and I am Setsuna as a shining example of the genre on the Switch.
Originally release as Earthlock: Festival Of Magic on Steam and Wii U this is a vastly updated version that the developers have made as a tribute to JRPGs of yesteryear.
I recently met for a chat with George Perkins of Super Rare Games a UK based distributor of rare indie titles similar to Limited Run Games. I met up with him at EGX Rezzed and we had a chat about the company, how everything had been going, and the future.
You can find them and their current releases Human: Fall Flat and "The Flame in the Flood" at Super Rare Games
Mulaka is an action adventure game set in Mexico based around the generally unknown culture of the Tarahumara people (Native Mexicans from northern Mexico). The game is rich with story and culture surrounding the people;s culture as well as their mythology but sadly the actual game itself does not quite live up to the excellent setting of the game itself.
So I started making a video review but then quickly realised a video review of Badass Babes was going to be 5 minutes of censored logos… so here we are.
From the off Bad Ass Babes has got to be one of the rudest, sexualised and crudest games I have ever played but I have got to be honest it is strangely compelling.
The FMV genre has seen a bit of a resurgence over the last few years with the excellent Her Story and Contradiction both standing as head runners of the new age of FMV gaming. Enter Press X to Not Die a relatively short interactive movie FMV game that tries to stand up in a still relatively uncrowded genre.
Senran Kagura Peach Ball is an easy game to describe in that it is a mature anime pinball game but getting across what this game really is is a bit of a tricky one.
Back in January there were reports that the visual novel "Judgment 7: Our World Is Ended" was being released for Nintendo Switch and that it was also coming to the West.
If you played the original back in the 90s upon loading up Toe Jam & Earl: Back in the Groove you are instantly hit with a flood of nostalgia as you feel like you are picking up right where you