You may recall we did some fiddling around with the game at GDC 2018, but Team Gotham’s Solo has set sail into release. While the game does look like The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, it plays nothing like that. In fact, truth be told, it feels like…
Laguna Levine
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Laguna Levine is the illegitimate son of famous explorer Toma Levine, disowned for forsaking the family tradition of moustaches to join Team Beards. That's fine though, since both are translated into the same word in Japan, Laguna's current home country.
Laguna Levine
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It’s no secret I have a love affair with Earthbound/Mother series inspired games, and Japanese cult classic Yume Nikki isn’t an exception. I haven’t actually finished the original game, but I’ve delved into plenty of videos, lore, and fan theories over the years. Enough to have formed opinions…
Laguna Levine
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Seeing Team Gotham‘s Solo for the first time immediately draws comparisons to Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker. Reading about it however, made it seem more like Undertale, if the player was romantically involved with the antagonist. Except that in Solo, there’s no combat. At all. While kind…
Laguna Levine
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I don’t often play rhythm games. I used to play the drums before my carpal tunnel got in the way, so you’d think these would click with me more, but aside from mini-games, they don’t. However, I was a bit surprised at how difficult it…
Laguna Levine
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Out for PC/Steam and Playstation 4, GNOG feels like a pop-up book with an AR component. Players select a module (heads of the theme you’re looking like, reminding me of Might Max/Polly Pocket) that opens up like a pop-up storybook with achievement flags. You click and pull…
Laguna Levine
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From the makers of Diaries of a Spaceport Janitor comes There Might Be Ponds, a cute but uniquely odd game at IndieCade 2017. Initially seeming like a harmless adventure of girl finding a weird but cute garden while searching for a pond, the game’s uniqueness will hit you as…
Laguna Levine
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Cosmic Top Secret sounds kind of wild but felt, well, familiar. You play as an adult who finds out your dad has kind of a secret past he won’t tell you about unless you can show him you know enough about what was going on…
Laguna Levine
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I wasn’t sure what to expect with Where the Water Tastes Like Wine (previous coverage). I knew it was going to be story based with multiple endings and stories to uncover, but I figured there’d be combat still, a series of pictures, maybe a simple overworld UI where…
Laguna Levine
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IndieCade2017 was held the same week as Blade Runner 2049, and oddly enough, it was also crammed with not-so-utopian sci-fi worlds. Most are funny and use interesting tech, like Virtual Virtual Reality, but some are more traditional with a twist, like OneShot. In honor of both, here’s a look…
Laguna Levine
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The first time I saw YIIK: A Postmodern RPG, I felt excited and a little worried. I’ve previously mentioned both my love of the Earthbound/Mother series and severe doubt that anyone could list it as a reference and make something worthy of mentioning its name. After Undertale and…
Laguna Levine
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I’m not going to lie: until the Microsoft E3 2017 press conference, I’d nearly forgotten that Ooblets was a thing. I vaguely recalled the game being inspired by Animal Crossing, Pokemon, and Harvest Moon. All titles I appreciate, and two of which I managed to get horribly…
Laguna Levine
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The list of Earthbound inspired games is growing, with En House Studios continuing the trend with fourth wall breaking, existentially themed GLITCHED. In GLITCHED, the player, assisted by a fictional game company, tries to enjoy a game about a modern day boy leaving home for the…
Laguna Levine
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I’ve been on a GLITCHED binge, even though it’s just a demo. I’m already a fan, absolutely rabid about the game. I haven’t figured out everything about it yet, but enough that, well, you’ll be seeing a few articles about it in the coming days. As I’m…
Laguna Levine
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Reliable sources have recently mentioned that Chris Roberts’ Cloud Imperium Games has some big additions headed for the third-person aspect of Star Citizen that may surprise and titillate sci-fi and horror fans alike. IllFonic, the company that originally worked on creating the shooter aspect of the game,…
Laguna Levine
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The Video Games Live Level 5 game music album’s Kickstarter is less than a day old as of this writing and well over 60% funded, with 49 days left to go. For those who’ve never heard of the CD and concert series, Video Games Live is…
Laguna Levine
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Undertale‘s official merchandise distributor, Fangamer.com, has just updated their available swag. We knew there’d be new shirts, but the tarot cards pre-orders for Undertale figurines were a welcomed surprise, along with the long awaited Toriel Plush. Interestingly enough, for $1, there’s an “enhanced version.” While it may sound…
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