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    The Hundred Year Kingdom Review (Switch)

    THE HUNDRED YEAR KINGDOM REVIEW (SWITCH)   The Hundred Year Kingdom is a simple city-building and resource management sim but on the smallest scale I have ever seen. With the help of a handful of anime Goddesses (inspired by real mythology) you play as The Creator, a kind of...
  • Out of Rupees – So Long 2021… Never Darken Our Doors Again

    Francis & Lucy see off their most productive year for Rupees episodes so far by asking themselves “But at what cost?” Did the Nintendo Indie Direct deliver anything of note? Will Babble Royale save 2022? Plus, of course, a review of the year that was for Nintendo and a...
  • Out of Rupees – October 2021

    Catch-up with all the Nintendo news since the E3 podcast with Francis & Lucy.   Francis has experienced one riddle (or 14) too many, there’s plenty of Pokémon news, Kirby absorbs another dimension and plenty more besides. ~14:50 into the podcast you’ll hear a little bonus surprise.   Enjoy!...
  • Bonfire Peaks Review

    Bonfire Peaks from Corey Martin is an isometric, 3D voxel puzzle game about bidding farewell to your past. As a Sokoban-based puzzler (think of any crate-pushing puzzle you’ve done in a video game; that’s Sokoban), Bonfire Peaks has found a suitable home amongst publisher and co-producer Draknek & Friends’...
  • Tanked Up 283 – It’s A Me, Aadil

    Aadil is back and jumps straight in wanting to discuss the casting for the newly announced Mario movie. Lucy then gives us the rundown on a few games including Teacup, Bonfire Peaks and The Rewinder. Ben has put a few hours into Kena Bridge of Spirits so gives his...
  • Samurai Warriors 5 Review

    Koei Tecmo’s Samurai Warriors 5 is a hack ‘n’ slash experience that is easy to fall in love with. The latest game in the Musou series features beautiful art and character design. The action speaks for itself when you see it in full flow. However, there are a few...
  • An Ode To Bonking

    If you smack them upside the head, with a weapon or some sticks instead,  That’s a bonking.   If you smash them between the eyes, With some furniture laying nearby, That’s a bonking.   If you swing your heavy weight, Round and round ’til they faint, That’s a bonking....
  • Super Bomberman R Online Review

    *This is a guest article written by Cosmic Saboteur. If you enjoy it let us know in all the usual places and we’ll make sure we get him back again soon!* Super Bomberman R Online is the latest release in the Bomberman series. The original game, which was released...
  • Samurai Warriors 5 – Impressions

    My time with Samurai Warriors 5, the latest Musou/Warriors style game from Koei Tecmo’s Omega Force, has been a mostly enjoyable one. At the time of writing I’m 12 hours in, I’ve messed around with a few different modes and characters and completed 4 chapters of Nobunanga’s Path. One...