Uncle From Another World dropped onto Netflix last week, promising a somewhat unusual take on contemporary Isekai anime tropes by thrusting my Japanese doppleganger into the story. It is arguably the greatest new anime streaming on any platform right now, with scenes like this dominating the narrative: The above is from the opening episode where […]
Shenmue the Animation was a surprise announcement last year, coming out of a co-production between Crunchy Roll, Adult Swim and Sega. With the first episode hitting streaming services on the 6th of February 2022, it is now an official part of the Shenmue pantheon, a series that contains some of the most ambitious technical achievements […]
The Sega Mega Drive Mini came out around two months ago at the time I’m writing this. It’s been an unexpectedly interesting experience too. While I’ve snapped up and had a great time with the NES Classic and SNES Classic mini consoles, the Sega Mega Drive Mini has presented a unique experience both as a […]
Sonic Mania’s captured a fair share of love on the internet and certainly stole our collective hearts away, leaving a gushing initial playthrough in its wake, but in addition to a great presentation and razor-sharp gameplay, its soundtrack performs an amazing job of revisiting classic tracks and creating new ones to accompany the additional levels […]
I’m genuinely amazing we’ve had two amazing trips back to Sega’s glory years in 2017 – first Wonderboy, now Sonic. The result of an uber-collaboration between Christian Whitehead, Headcannon and PagodaWest Games, Sonic Mania is pure class – or at least the first 40 minutes of gameplay is! It’s so glorious we thought we’d share […]
Altered Beast roared into arcades on Sega’s mighty System 16 arcade platform in 1988 before famously joining the Mega Drive as a pack-in title at launch. The game has copped plenty of criticism over the years for its simple gameplay, but to be honest I’ve got a bit of a soft spot for it. Cutting […]
So I’m a little obsessed with the WonderBoy: The Dragon’s Trap remake on the PS4 (I embarrassingly gushed over it in a previous video), so much so that I’ve put together a quick video going through my thoughts on how to work through the game’s Hard Mode if you’re a bit of an average gamer […]
Gunstar Heroes, one of Treasure’s most revered games, is often lauded for its graphics and astonishingly great gameplay. The first time I ever played the game was in 1993 – Anime Inferno co-founder Inferno and I wheeled our bikes around to our local independent rental haunt, Power Play, and lo-and-behold, there was Gunstar Heroes in […]
Phantasy Star Online 2 is the free-to-play sequel to the iconic console MMORPG juggernaut that rocked the world for all good people who sunk hours of their lives into the game’s original release across the Dreamcast, Gamecube and Xbox. While the sequel has been well-received amongst fans, the lack of an official English release in […]
We were originally hoping to have another magic girl-related video to follow up on the recent Sailor Moon Crystal LE unboxing we posted a few weeks back, but DotEmu were kind enough to unleash Wonderboy – The Dragon’s Trap, the highly anticipated Wonderboy 3 remake developed by Lizardcube, and I did a poor job of […]