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The PS1 lived a long and fruitful life. But even as it started to look a little like Bilbo in Return of the King, it was still pumping out games as the PS2 whirred into gear. Fair warning: some of them are the video game equivalent of my reaction ...

You love failing, but slightly less each time? Well, friends, you're going to want to check out some of the best roguelikes out there. For the sake of variety, no Hades, Dead Cells, Vampire Survivors, Balatro or Slay The Spire. We've talked about ...

As a child, I would often describe myself as being imaginative, but fairly talentless. I enjoyed drawing, but wasn't a very good artist. I enjoyed reading, but I wasn't particularly good at writing. I really would've loved to make music, but had no . ...

Have 100 hours to burn? Want to get fully immersed in a game, while also knowing you can wander off to get some toast whenever you want? Well, friend, these are the turn-based RPGs that will completely take over your life. It's no secret. Atelier ...

When you think of cultural impact over time versus actual lifespan, few handhelds can match the Game Boy Advance. It wasn't around for long, but Nintendo's little purple or tribal wonder won over plenty of hearts thanks to banger games like these. .. ...

The N64 can proudly boast a very healthy handful of the best games of all time. It's a console that changed games forever. But, just like a lot of early 3D adopters, it had a bunch of games that didn't adapt well back then, and they surely don't hold ...

Those who know their JRPG history will know that Dragon Quest I helped lay down the foundations for the genre's future, mainly by streamlining ideas from popular western RPGs at the time. But what if JRPGs didn't go down that route? Akatoshi Kawazu's ...

Time to feel old, boys -- it's been 35 years since Predator 2 hit cinemas. To some, this marks three and a half decades since what some consider the "worst" Predator movie was released, but to anyone holding that opinion, you couldn't be more wrong. ...

The PS1's got a big old library that's many thousands strong. The actual number seems to change depending on where you look, but there's definitely more than like 12 games in its catalogue. With so many games, there are bound to be some that even we ...

As well as providing possibly the only place in the world that you should watch Bulletproof Monk, the PlayStation Portable was quite brilliant for RPGs. Heavy hitters like Final Fantasy, Disgaea and Persona were all well repped on the little wonder, ...