The Persona series has always dealt with heavy themes, including psychological issues. Persona 4 Golden even includes a series of lectures on Karl Jung's work in the field. However, a couple of weeks into playing...

p { text-indent: 0pt; }   Starting a new RPG series can be overwhelming, what with all the new fighting mechanics to learn and items to wrap your head around. Combine that with a slice-of-life, dating sim component and it...

  Pet ownership is fraught nowadays with ethical and practical problems. The favouring of apartment living over purchasing acres of land means the Dobermans and Great Danes of yesteryear no longer have a place in the average famil...

  The release of Persona 5 has been soured ever so slightly by Atlus' old-fashioned decision to block direct streaming through the PlayStation 4. They have even gone a step further, putting out an official statement...

  On Tuesday, Persona 5 will finally see a release in North American and PAL regions. Given that the game has been subject to lengthy delays, and released to much fanfare in Japan last year, the levels of anticipation ha...

  As far back as releases such as Carmageddon and the original Grand Theft Auto game, the link between videogame violence and violent tendencies in real life has been heavily disputed. Figures like Jack Thompson have even bro...

  Everybody likes a good zombie game, but I can say with confidence that nobody likes a good zombie. They make all kinds of uncomfortable groaning noises, smell of rotting flesh and show a general disdain for personal space. Lucki...

  Since YouTube burst onto the multimedia scene in February 2005, it has slowly developed into a haven for various different types of videos about gaming culture. It runs the gamut from joke videos, serious criticism, previews and...

  Upon arriving home from a hard day at work or sat in lectures, sometimes you just want to kick back and play a ton of your favourite video games. However, hunger pangs might strike at the exact same time. Managing your inve...

  Generally speaking, death within a video game is seen as an event to be avoided at all costs because it brings with it a "Game Over" screen. It is refreshing, therefore, to encounter a game which scrutinises the topic of de...

  The day of reckoning is almost upon us: Resident Evil 7 will be unleashed, gurning and shrieking, onto the games market tomorrow. The reviews coming out this afternoon after the embargo was lifted suggest that the game...

  He's one of the greats in game composition, who has (very arguably) moved onto lower quality titles in later years. Renowned for his memorable work on the Silent Hill soundtracks - with the notable exception of Downpou...

  Everyone knows that a decent soundtrack can be the icing on the cake of an excellent game, and likewise that a memorable soundtrack can be enjoyable as its own experience. There are plenty of classical scores that have foun...

  The West is waiting patiently for the April release of Persona 5 to the PS3 and PS4, with new and seasoned fans alike putting in their pre-orders. The Shin Megami Tensei series has been schooling gamers in folklor...

  There were reports earlier this week that Valve may be ordered by an Australian federal court to pay $3 million in damages as a result of illegal return policies on games. This refers to when the Steam refund policy wa...

A couple of days ago, We Happy Few was released on Steam and XBox One; it attracted a lot of attention because of its familiar but still attention-grabbing themes, such as survival horror and 1960s dystopia elements. Comparisons were d...

My history with Nintendo consoles is admittedly rather mixed. My first home consoles were the Sega MegaDrive and the PS1; I had never even picked up an NES or an SNES gamepad until I attended a retro gaming event in December last year,...

I was at a party last weekend for Evo 2016, and I was scrolling through my Facebook feed while watching the Twitch stream. I came across an article reporting that an Argentinian programmer was putting together a from-scratch version of...

For various reasons, such as ease of marketability or the amount of funds a publishing company has access to, physical games aren't always released in every region. Most people will think back to the myriad games that have only ever se...

As gaming becomes a cultural pursuit that passes through the decades and comes to be studied as a cultural phenomenon, exactly like music and film, more attention is being paid to the question of how exactly people's gaming tastes deve...

Shin Megami Tensei season is in full swing, what with the US and European release on SMT x Fire Emblem game Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE on the 24th June. Most fans of the series are also on tenterhooks waiting for the release of Persona ...