The director behind ICO and Shadow of the Colossus believes the days of creating new and innovative gameplay mechanics “has already passed”. In an interview with To a T and Karamari Damacy creator Keita Takahashi earlier this year, Fumito Ueda praised To a T, commending Takahashi for “not relying on unique gameplay mechanics”. Talking to Denfaminicogamer, Ueda said he called …
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Pac-Man has always been at home within mazes full of enemies trying to kill you, so the move to a Metroidvania doesn’t feel like that big of a leap. Having said that, Shadow Labyrinth takes Bandai Namco’s 45-year-old mascot in a wild new direction, placing him in a dark, sci-fi world that the casual onlooker may not realise is related …
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Early risers will get a rare opportunity to see something extraordinary in the early hours of July 18 — the dark shadow of Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, sweeping across the planet’s cloud tops. Once every 15 years, Saturn‘s tilted orbit brings its iconic rings — and Titan‘s orbital path — into an edge-on alignment with Earth. This event, known as …
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Shadow Labyrinth didn’t make the best first impression, though I’m not talking about the game itself. The concept of a gritty reboot of Pac-Man first reared its strange head in Secret Level, an anthology that turned notable video games into animated shorts that mostly felt like extended commercials. And that’s exactly what the episode “Circle,” which reimagined Pac-Man as a …
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