Video Games - Issue 62

Sep 4, 2026

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Video games media issue centered on playful, critical coverage of major franchises and game culture. Highlights include an article on Castlevania’s erstwhile creator, Konami classics curated from its golden age, and multiple reviews covering ideas like post-human first-person adventure-satire, bullet hell, time-travel narrative puzzlers, and rhythm-based dungeon crawling. Additional sections deliver news, developer spotlights, and retrospectives on recreating the 1980s and SNK’s fighters.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryStory & Novel

FormatPDF

Pages116

Reading Time2 h 59 min

AccessFree to download

Attract mode

The Last Worker

Interface

SCATHE

Eternal Threads

Soundfall

News

Incoming

Castlevania

Konami classics

Recreating the 1980s

SNK’s fighters

Steve McNeil

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FAQs

What is featured in this issue besides game reviews?

It includes sections like News and Incoming for timely commentary on game happenings, plus spotlights such as Steve McNeil and developer-focused content like Castlevania and SNK’s fighters.

Which major theme is highlighted by the article “The Last Worker”?

It’s presented as a post-human future, framed as a first-person adventure-satire.

What kinds of game categories are covered across the issue?

The contents span bullet hell (SCATHE), narrative time travel with gameplay grounded in saving lives (Eternal Threads), and rhythm-based dungeon crawling (Soundfall).

Sep 4, 2026

Uploaded by Pentious