In 1999, Pokemon Snap made quite the splash. It was a huge departure from the RPGs that came before it, at a time when Pokemon hadn’t really branched out into different genre territories. It was also an interesting twist on the rail shooter genre—though mechanically similar to games like Star …
Let’s get something straight from the outset: Gal*Gun Returns isn’t the perverted game that so many people seem to think it is. It’s not, as often assumed, some bargain bin thing that exists solely for the purpose of titillation. It’s crass and cringeworthy, absolutely—but that’s a very deliberate and pointed …
By Matthew Codd My love of Gal*Gun: Double Peace is no secret. I wrote numerous articles praising its merits, and when New Zealand’s Office and Film and Literature Classification saw fit to ban it, I sought to have the decision appealed (unsuccessfully, sadly). I stand by all that; Double Peace …
I thought I knew what I was getting into with Gal Gun: Double Peace. I was expecting a silly, pervy rail shooter that didn’t take itself too seriously at all, and while that’s certainly what I got, I wasn’t expecting a game that was so clever and subversive in its …
