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January 31st Indie Direct by Indie Asylum

It’s interesting to see how the gaming industry has evolved in recent years. During the 1990s video games were more of a Wild West Medium. The Indie studios of that day such as Naughty Dog and Insomniac Games are now the big boys in the industry. However, it was a much harder time to be an indie developer during the 90s and 2000s. It wasn’t until the early 2010s that indie studios began having…

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It's Cold in Here - Northern War Freezes its Momentum: The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel - Northern War Episode 2 Review

My review of the second episode of Northern War. The link for episode 1:https://colinlacksworld.wordpress.com/2023/01/29/a-war-in-the-north-begins-the-legend-of-heroes-trails-of-cold-steel-northern-war-episode-1-dub-review/

I previously reviewed the first episode here. Read that first, then come back here. I loved the first episode of this anime, but, I don’t care for the second episode. The second episode in this 12 episode anime took such a nose dive it face planted into the North Ambrian salt and stayed stuck there. Not only did the animation quality take a massive dip in terms of fluidity but this episode…

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A War in The North Begins - The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel - Northern War Episode 1 (DUB) - Review

I know the vast majority of people hate dubs. I, however, do not. Today we’re going to look at the first episode of The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel – Northern War. For those that don’t know, the Trails series has had a rather mediocre time of it when it comes to anime, with the Trails in The Sky adaptation scoring mostly negative reviews. So did Northern War break the curse? Let’s find…

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Remakes & Remasters AREN'T A Bad Thing

Remakes & Remasters AREN’T A Bad Thing

A lot of gamers have complained in recent years about the PlayStation 4 and PS5 being full of nothing be remasters and remakes. Others still have complained the gaming industry is creatively bankrupt. This is of course bull crap. Are there a ton of remakes and remasters on the market right now? Yeah, there are. However, for the most part they’re remakes of very old games or they’re newer games…

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Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel NEEDS some MASSIVE Changes

Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel NEEDS some MASSIVE Changes

Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel has been out for almost a year, and it has been mostly successful for Konami. Available for all platforms, Master Duel surpassed 50 million downloads as of three weeks ago. That’s an impressive number of downloads. Part of this is down to the game being free-to-play, when games are free to play they’re going to have higher amounts of people checking it out. However, it has a…

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Reacting to The King of Fighters Season 2 News

Reacting to The King of Fighters Season 2 News

The King of Fighters 15 is quite possibly my Game of The Year. My other Game of The Year candidates? The Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero and Digimon Survive. Neither of which were nominated, which kind of makes the GOTY awards a sham. But we aren’t here to discuss that today, we’re here to discuss the news regarding KOF15 Season 2. (A short video to accompany this essay.) I’m definitely…

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The Dead or Alive Reboot is IMPORTANT

The Dead or Alive Reboot is IMPORTANT

Recently Koei Tecmo and Team Ninja announced they were working on reboots for two of their more venerable franchises. Those being Ninja Gaiden and Dead or Alive. Both entries have been semi-dormant for a while. Dead or Alive 6 came out in 2019 and had a rather shady and sordid history. You can read a review of the game here. The newest Ninja Gaiden was 2014’s Yaiba Ninja Gaiden Z, which received…

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The New Garou / Fatal Fury Should NOT Come Out in 2023

The New Garou / Fatal Fury Should NOT Come Out in 2023

If you’ve been a member of the FGC for a while you’ll know the last few years have been absolutely packed in terms of amazing fighting games ranging from Dragon Ball FighterZ, Multiversus, The King of Fighters 15 etc. We know that 2023 is going to be an absolutely PACKED year for big name fighting games. Two of the biggest fighting game franchises will release long awaited sequels. Those being…

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Garou: Mark of The Wolves - Review - The Best 2D Fighter Ever Made?

Garou: Mark of The Wolves – Review – The Best 2D Fighter Ever Made?

Recently I covered in a video review my thoughts on the SNK masterpiece Garou: Mark of The Wolves from 1999. I’m rather late to the game for fighters, in fact I was 22 when I first got into them. It took me until I was 31 to get into the 2D variety. Garou: Mark of The Wolves and The King of Fighters 15 are the sole reasons I got into 2D fighting games. If you want to watch my video on Garou, you…

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Are KOF Dream Matches a Pipe Dream?

Are Dream Matches nothing more than a Pipe Dream?

To date there have been three dream matches in The King of Fighters franchise. Those being KOF98, KOF2002 and KOF12. Of those three titles 98 and 02 are among some of the most beloved fighting games of all time. On the other hand, 12 is not remembered fondly. This is partially down to the amount of cut content, the tiny roster size and the poor online performance. However, the KOF fandom adores…

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The Auto Combo Debate

Sound off on Auto Combos!

I’ve previously covered accessibility in fighting games here and here. It does remain something that fighting game developers do need to consider as accessibility features in gaming are becoming more and more commonplace. One option developers have focused on heavily to improve accessibility is the inclusion of auto combos. Some people have absolutely no issue with their being a part of modern…

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I'm Super Excited for Garou 2 / The Next Fatal Fury

This is one fighting game that's fuelling me to fight! Also, thanks @JonMcBon and @Godo808 for helping me produce the videos!

It has been 23 years since the last Fatal Fury game. It was known as Garou: Mark of The Wolves. It quickly became one of SNK’s biggest games of all time. I’ve played a little bit of Garou and some other SNK fighting games thanks to my Twitch friend JonMcBon. He’s a cool dude I recommend clicking his name and checking him out. Speaking of this new Fatal Fury / Garou game, I made a YouTube video…

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Some Thoughts on the SNK EVO announcements & Some General Thoughts after my first YouTube Video

Just a little content update!

It has been a while since I’ve done one of these. While I do love blogging and it’s a lot of fun, I have had to take a step back and focus on other content creation avenues, which kind of brings us to the point of this post. I’ve put out my first YouTube video. In fact, I have released two. Click here if you want a link to my channel. I have found YouTube a lot of fun so far. Though it surprises…

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Why Accessibility Options in Fighting Games Should Be The MAIN focus of Developers

Why Accessibility Options in Fighting Games Should Be The MAIN focus of Developers

In a previous post I covered how accessibility in fighting games is currently a bit of a buzzword. Because of the nature of fighters, there’s always going to be a barrier of entry. This isn’t inherently a bad thing however. Lots of game genres are inherently inaccessible, which limits the types of gamers who’ll play them. The Souls-like genre for example is notoriously inaccessible, not…

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Mo-Cap potentially started for Insomniac Games' Wolverine

Mo-Cap potentially started for Insomniac Games’ Wolverine

Insomniac Games has been the most prolific PlayStation studio for the PS5 since the console released in late 2020. To date they have released two games for Sony’s now current-gen hardware. They released Spider-Man: Miles Morales with the console when it launched and released Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart in the summer of 2021. They currently have two known projects in the works, Marvel’s Spider-Man…

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Mission: Impossible 7 & 8 Get Titles

Mission: Impossible 7 & 8 Get Titles

Mission: Impossible is a long running film franchise based off the TV series of the same name. The series stars Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt, the main protagonist. The 59-year-old Cruise debuted as Ethan Hunt in 1996. However, it would seem his time in the role is coming to an end. Mission: Impossible 8 is rumoured to be the last entry in the series. So, what are they going to call the penultimate…

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It's a GREAT time to be a Bryan Lee O'Malley fan

It’s a GREAT time to be a Bryan Lee O’Malley fan

You’ll know of Bryan Lee O’Malley even if you don’t recognize the name. The graphic novel artist from Canada made his debut in 2003 with Lost at Sea, but would become a household name amongst video game nerds in 2004 with his most famous piece of work, the Scott Pilgrim series. The books ran from 2004 – 2010. A movie based on the Scott Pilgrim graphic novels also released in 2010. It was a…