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J Stars Victory VS + English Release Preview

Trent Cannon Archive, Previews, TC

It seems like only yesterday I was talking about my undying love of anime. The over the top action. The occasionally insulting fan service. The plots that don’t give two red cents if you understand them or not. I’m a fan of all of it because, most of the time, anime doesn’t care about pulling its punches. Sometimes literally, when you get into the Shonen style animes that are the subject of upcoming fighting game J-Stars Victory VS+. Which, if you shout it loud enough, sounds like an attack from some animes so it is oddly appropriate. Read more …

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Dragonball Xenoverse Preview

Trent Cannon Previews, TC

There are certain things that I have been waiting for in unbridled anticipation for many years now. The opportunity to wander into a lab experiment and gain superpowers. The inevitable moment when I abuse said superpowers for either personal gain or practical jokes. That moment of realisation that I have become a supervillain and, actually, I’m okay with that. But there is something that I’ve been waiting for even longer than all that: the chance to play an original and new story in a Dragonball Z video game.

One of these things will be coming to pass next month. I will give you a moment to decide which one. Read more …

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Persona Q Review

Trent Cannon DS, Reviews, TC

In the world of JRPGs, it used to be that, if you wanted a great game, you need look no further than the Square Enix release schedule. So many classics of the genre can be found in their back catalogue of games that it is easy to forget that, for the last 18 years, someone else has been making the best JRPG series out there. I’m talking, of course, about Atlus’ Shin Megami Tensei: Persona series, and though it has sometimes had a rocky road to release here in the west (The first half of Persona 2 wasn’t actually released in North America until 2011, 12 years after it hit Japan), last week the latest entry, Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth, hit European shelves and it has completely absorbed my life since. Read more …

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Trent’s Musical Adventure – Part Two

Trent Cannon Editorials, Reviews, TC, TeamZ1G

Picture the inside of the Royal Albert Hall in London, home of second largest pipe organ in Europe and a venue that has played hosts to the finest operas and symphonies in existence today. You sit down and watch the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra enter, followed by the London Voices, one of the best vocal groups in the country. The lights dim and a tense number plays, complete with ominous Latin music from the chorus. Suddenly, however, you pick up a single word from the singers, a word that feels so out of place in this beautiful and storied venue.

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Trent’s Musical Adventure – Part One

Trent Cannon Editorials, Reviews, TC, TeamZ1G

Okay, folks. Confession time. I feel like I need to come clean about something that might colour your perception of me. I’m am a great champion of JRPGs. I started playing them when I was seven years old and my step-dad would let me play the sprite in Secret of Mana and have played almost every major release in the genre ever since. From the SNES days before Square Enix was a thing through the PS1 and PS2 eras when the cut scenes were pre-rendered and everything from hair to sleeves had a sharp edge all the way to today’s releases (and rereleases in a lot of cases). I have been more effeminate teenage boys than a police internet sting operation. I have saved more fictional worlds than Green Lantern. I love the weird and wonderful genre, but there is a dark secret I harbour. Read more …

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Payday 2 John Wick DLC Released

Trent Cannon Archive, PC, TC

Payday 2 is an interesting one for me. It’s not my usual fare; it has guns instead of swords and explosives instead of magic and I haven’t gotten massively into a first person shooter since the days cramped around a tiny TV playing Goldeneye with my brother and sister. Still, the PAYDAY series has a certain appeal to me, letting me indulge in a bit of modern day devilry without having to commit too heavily learning all the intricate details of the game or hear twelve year olds talk about all the things they’d like to do with my mother. The cooperative aspect of it sets it apart from most games in the genre, allowing for a lot of fun tactics. When playing with others over the internet, it does have that “Its better that I don’t know you. Just do the job and go home” kind of feel. So, now that the new John Wick DLC has dropped as part of Payday’s Crimefest celebration, now is as good a time as any to pick up this title and try my hand at it again. Read more …