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This place changes a person. There’s no doubting it. You may enter your family’s estate as relatively sane, but before a single quest is fin...

At what point does a videogame, so unabashedly influenced and clearly defined by what’s come before it, cease to be a homage and simply beco...

Can we still call visual novels niche? Virtue’s Last Reward and Danganronpa, both similarly arriving in Europe on Sony’s PS Vita, would sugg...

With Nintendo currently holding a firm grip on the Monster Hunter series, those without a Nintendo console must surely feel left out, especi...

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From its onset, Alone with You paints a picture of doom and gloom. You are the only remaining human left on a planet. Your only connection t...

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