As someone who's already put over 300 hours into the cultural phenomenon that is Animal Crossing: New Horizons since release and still manages to find plenty to do each day, it's not as though it's lacking in content. With that said, New Horizons is missing certain features from past games, and with datamines and an [...]
If you've been absolutely obsessed with Animal Crossing: New Horizons like we have, you know about visitors: animals who don't inhabit your island but come on occasion to provide a service for the day. With the exception of K.K. Slider and Daisy Mae (who arrive each Saturday and Sunday respectively and won't be ranked here), they [...]
I was catching butterflies for Blathers, a loquacious owl who had just moved to my island, when I got a call from my boss. “Hey, so, as you might have heard, the Governor ordered us to close the store. So ah, unfortunately, this does mean that we will have to lay you off at this [...]
Today, we're excited to premiere the new music video from English yacht pop/soft music singer-songwriter Medium Soft, "I'm Fine, I Lied". Living in the slums, Medium Soft's music is all about escapism, drifting away to a more comfortable, peaceful, almost luxurious place using the modest means of a toy nylon string guitar, some light percussion, [...]
Welcome to the very first Itch.io Spotlight! Think of this feature as a companion to the Bandcamp Roulette pieces; here, I’ll be taking a look at weird, fantastical, and under-the-radar releases on itch.io, the premier creator-centric video game marketplace. Of course, video games are a lot harder to write about in a timely fashion than [...]
Today, we're thrilled to premiere the newest single from Philadelphia bassist and producer Carter Fox, "Sidewinder". "Sidewinder" comes from Fox's upcoming Minecraft-inspired project Cartercraft, following the title track, "Cavediver", "Nethergate", and "Zombies in the Forest". An avid gamer, Fox describes the track as an invitation for the listener "to chill out, sit back, relax [...]
While another famed Nintendo franchise takes center stage on its launch day today, that doesn't mean we can't bask in a little Zelda love as well. Today, we have the pleasure of sharing with you James V's art rock interpretation of iconic Zelda tune "Saria's Song". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ljqe4Nj7nBA Also known as the 'Lost Woods [...]
amusingmusings is a feature from Counterzine contributor, Secat, that riffs and digresses on recent, exciting releases in music, games, television, movies, and more. Today’s amusingmusings covers the new game CROSSNIQ+, released on October 4th for PC and Nintendo Switch. *** >A conversation with one of the many small ants in my car about CROSSNIQ+. secat: [...]
Catherine: Full Body Studio Zero (Atlus) Back in 2011, developer Atlus released Catherine, the unique and innovative brainchild of dream team Katsura Hashino (direction and scenario), Yuichiro Tanaka (scenario), Shigenori Soejima (art) and Shoji Meguro (music). Known primarily for their work on the Persona series, Catherine stands as the outlier, or the black sheep, among their games [...]
