Rhythm Heaven: The Best + does a pretty good job of living up to its name. Rhythm Heaven: The Best + is the newest game in Nintendo’s long-running Rhythm Heaven music game series. But the moment you boot up Rhythm Heaven: The Best +, you’re confronted by a glaring new addition: Unlike the past three…
With all the world building and character introductions out of the way, it’s finally time to reveal some mysteries and get the adventure on its way. [Note: This post contains spoilers for Dreamfall Chapters books one and two.] Compared to the previous two books, Dreamfall Chapters: Book Three: Realms is rather linear. There are far…
The second season of Knights of Sidonia really should be renamed: “I Can’t Believe My Giant Half-Monster Mecha Girlfriend Is This Cute.” [This review contains major spoilers for the first season of Knights of Sidonia (and minor spoilers for the second season). For a non-spoiler look at the anime, check out our review of the…
A Persona 4-themed music game? Alright, people. Let’s rock out! Update: Stream complete! Check out the nearly four hours at the link below. Persona 4: Dancing All Night Stream Recorded Persona 4: Dancing All Night was released in Japan for the PlayStation Vita on June 25, 2015. It will be released in the US on…
Oh, you thought the story of one of 2013’s best anime was over? Boy, were you wrong. Beyond the Boundary: I’ll Be Here: Future Arc is the second Beyond the Boundary film. But while the first was a recap film, Future Arc continues the story, tying up all the loose ends you probably didn’t even…
The Persona 4 dancing game came out in Japan this past Thursday. A new trailer for Persona 5 came with it. Sure, more than a bit of the footage in this new trailer is also in the old one, but I for one am excited for each and every glimpse I get at this game.…
Want to know my dirty little secret? I’ve never played a Fire Emblem game. So let’s fix that by playing some of the newest game in the series, Fire Emblem Fates: Conquest Update: The stream is done but if you want to see it, you can click the video below for 3 and a half…
The first thing I said when Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie ended was “Wow, that actually makes Arise better in retrospect.” When you get down to it, The New Movie is not so much a sequel to Arise as it is the end of Arise. The characters complete their given arcs and the…
Sword Art Online: Lost Song is the newest game based on the hit anime/novel series Sword Art Online. And while it plays better than its predecessors, the plot leaves more than a bit to be desired. When booting up the game for the first time, fans of the series who have not played the previous…
Dear Nintendo: Thank you for taking pity on my poor arrhythmic soul. I love the Rhythm Heaven series of games. The musical mini-games are fantasticand a joy to play. And while I am fantastic at some (and not so much so at others), I can usually at least pass any given song on my first…
Over the course of 2013 and 2014, four hour-long Ghost in the Shell: Arise episodes were released in theaters. This past anime season, these were broken up into eight episodes—along with an extra two new episodes that continue the story—in Ghost in the Shell: Arise: Alternative Architecture. The result is a mess. Alternative Architecture is…
The normal levels in the Rhythm Heaven series are good, but it’s the Remix Stages that make the games great. The Rhythm Heaven games are essentially musical mini-game collections. But unlike most music games, you aren’t playing music per se. Rather you are pushing buttons in time with the beat based on the aural cues…
I’ve heard Summer-Colored High School compared to everything from Skyrim to GTA. But really, while playing it, it feels more like Metal Gear—only instead of stealthily killing people, you’re stealthily taking panty shots. Warning: This post includes NSFW content. I mean, think about it, you enter an area with an unsuspecting target. Sneak around using…
Rhythm Heaven the Best + is full of cute Nintendo musical mini-games—and one surprisingly depressing one. At first sight, it doesn’t seem so sad. After all, it’s just a blue bear holding two sacks of groceries—one full of doughnuts and the other full of cake. But then he starts eating—popping cake and doughnuts up into…
Sword Art Online focuses almost exclusively on its hero, Kirito—and when it doesn’t, it tends to follow the main female lead, Asuna. But what happens to all the other characters when Kirito and Asuna are busy with the main story? The answer is this manga: Sword Art Online: Girls’ Operations The first volume of Girls’…
In the past we have taken looks at two of the three big Japanese smartphone titles: Puzzle & Dragon and Monster Strike. Now it’s time to take on the third: Disney’s Tsum Tsum Released in Japan in January 2014 (and July of that year in the US), Tsum Tsum is based on the Disney stuffed…
I’ve played a lot of music games in my day, but none do I love more than the Rhythm Heaven games. So join me as The Up All Night Stream plays the brand new Rhythm Heaven: The Best + and let me show you why. Update: Stream Complete! But you can see it in its…
Xenoblade Chronicles X is a massive game—and one I am still not even close to finishing. However, with over 70 hours of gameplay under my belt, I think I am finally ready to tell you what this game is all about. Sometime in the near future, two alien races battle near Earth. Recognizing that the…
Log Horizon’s first season ends with a bang. Everything is coming to a head with a looming war that is certain to change the face of the video game world where our heroes have found themselves trapped. Then comes the second season, and all that build-up is largely forgotten. [Note: This article contains spoilers for…
As well as some new faces. Previous games Sword Art Online: Infinity Moment and Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment required you to play as series protagonist Kirito—though you could customize his avatar in the latter. All the other popular characters were relegated to AI-controlled party members. However, in the new game, Sword Art Online: Lost…
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