Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba -To the Hashira Training- Impressions
Written by Salvador Mateos
Attention Demon Slayer (Kimetsu no Yaiba) fans! Your long-awaited return to the next season of the highly anticipated series is just around the corner. Get ready to witness the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba -To the Hashira Training- movie, arriving in North American theaters today! Before you rush off to catch this non-traditional film, allow me to share some insights from an advanced screening experience.
With many different farming sim games on the rise like Animal Crossing, Harvest Moon, Rune Factory, and many others, it's not surprising that other companies would like to take on the challenge of making the next great farming sim. Fae Farm is the newest cozy farming sim from the developers at Phoenix Labs and is sure to turn some heads.
The Art of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Artbook Review)
Written by Dawn Lam
The Art of Demon Slayer: the Anime Volume One includes countless memorable scenes from the first arc of the anime (26 episodes). Fans of the series should check out this art book and relive notable scenes from the show. This book is a collection of illustrations produced by ufotable for the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba anime between June 2018 and March 2020.
Atelier Marie Remake: The Alchemist of Salburg (Switch) Review
Written by Ken Dubois
The Atelier series has been around for decades and is still a widely popular game as of recently. Atelier Marie Remake: The Alchemist of Salburg is one of the older titles that brings the series back to its roots with enhanced graphics and quality-of-life improvements for a more modern experience.
Like others, I have immersed myself in the world of Animal Crossing during the pandemic, finding solace and joy in its slice-of-life gameplay and charming characters. So, when news of Hello Kitty Island Adventures broke, a game that seemed to bear a striking resemblance to Animal Crossing but with the addition of beloved Sanrio characters, I was excited but skeptical at the same time. Find out if Hello Kitty Island Adventure lives up to the Animal Crossing legacy.
Director Makoto Shinkai who brought us films, The Place Promised in Our Early Days, 5 Centimeters per Second, Your Name, and Weathering with You now brings us Suzume. The film is about a girl named Suzume who lost her mother at a young age in a natural disaster in Japan, now 17 years old, she meets a young man who travels around Japan closing magical doors. If they are not closed, they will release natural disasters all over Japan. Suzume joins him on his journey and finds answers along the way to questions and feelings she has been hiding. No spoilers ahead, so keep reading.
As a kid from the 80’s I have always enjoyed the old-school run-and-gun genre of games with their fast paced action and fun characters. Spidersaurs looks to resurrect the nostalgia of a run-and-gun game inspired by old Saturday morning cartoons and the ever-popular Contra series.
Four years after the original release of indie game developer Grace Bruxner's The Haunted Island, a Frog Detective Game, Frog Detective 3 works as a cute and decently satisfying conclusion to the series. With nearly double the length of the first game, gamers once again get to don their trench coat and return to the adventures of their favorite amphibious detective. This time to investigate the case of the missing hats in Cowboy Country.
There’s perhaps no anime more iconic worldwide than the Dragon Ball series. With this year’s new Dragon Ball movie finally out, Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero serves as a reminder as to why the show has remained so popular for so long, longer even than the tropes it helped to create.
If you’re familiar with the work of Masaaki Yuasa, you’ll know that no matter what your expectations are beforehand, you’re bound to be off. This can be said for his newest work, Inu-Oh, an animated rock opera that follows Biwa, a blind musician, and Inu-Oh, a dancer with abnormal physical attributes.
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Souls. In and outside the realm of video games, that word would conjure up vastly different imagery. In our domain, it has become synonymous with one of the most unforgiving franchises in gaming history; so when a game brands itself as a “souls-like” game, naturally it will turn some heads and attract some challenge seekers. Lost Epic draws our attention not only with its offer of a challenge, but its beautiful anime-esque art style will pull in even those who shy away from adventure.
It should come as no surprise to anyone that adding a cat to almost anything on the internet is sure to garner more upvotes, likes, thumbs ups, or whatever internet point system is in vogue at the time. Likewise, former Ubisoft developers and BlueTwelve Studio founders, Koola and Viv were definitely onto something with the cat-centric Stray, which has garnered attention with its feline protagonist amidst the backdrop of a dystopian city. While many would jump at the opportunity to have the orange tabby of Stray as their companion, it may not immediately be clear how fun it would be to explore the city as the unclaimed felid.
Oftentimes, when games tout a one-man development team, it is used as little more than a marketing scheme or to preemptively excuse the title’s shortcomings. In the case of Bright Memory: Infinite, an FPS action title from rookie developer Zeng Xian Cheng and studio FYQD, it comes across as a shocker that will grab any gamers’ attention with the game’s beautiful textures and exciting gameplay.
The story of Neon White follows a group of assassins from Hell called Neons who are sent to heaven to compete with other demon slayers for the chance to stay in Heaven forever. The main protagonist White has lost his memory and doesn't remember anything from his past life.