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GAYME GUIDE
with JOSH JAQUEZ AND STEVEN H. GARCIA
By Josh Jaquez
Before his death, Leon Fou Bartfort was an average office worker with an overbearing sister. One day she forces him to finish a dating sim game for her, when he blacks-out, falls down some stairs, and dies. He wakes up and realizes that he is now in the world of the dating game he just beat. This is the beginning of Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games Is Tough for Mobs or Otomegē Sekai wa Mobu ni Kibishii Sekai Desu.
Based on the Japanese light novel of the same name illustrated by Monda and written by Yomu Mishima, the series is filled with magic, mystery, and mayhem. Ruled by women Holfort Kingdom is Leon’s home until he can figure out if he can get back to his world. The men of this new world, noble born or not, are basically there for breading the next generation. Leon soon uses his knowledge of the story, characters, and hidden items to get out from under his father’s noble wife and her plans to marry Leon off to the highest bidder. This allows him to enroll into Holtfort Academy with a powerful A.I. named Luxion and enough treasure to pay for school. At the Academy, Leon meets and befriends both protagonists of the game - Olivia and her in-game rival Angelica Rapha Redgrave. This only happens after a new character enters, and it looks like she knows just as much about this game world as Leon, but she has plans to make herself the protagonist and starts collecting the would be love interests of Olivia. For fear of not knowing what will happen if the original story doesn’t play out, Leon tries his best to fix things.
To see how Leon’s story turns out you can watch the show with subtitles or dubbed on Crunchyroll.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge
By Steven H. Garcia
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge is a beat ‘em up game developed by Tribute Games and published by Dotemu.
Shredder’s Revenge is a retro throwback with awesome pixel art visuals and 16 levels to play through, with a great playable character roster and some fun new and returning combat mechanics. There are two main modes in Shredder’s Revenge. The first is Story mode - a bit short in length, only around two to hours but, each stage also has optional side-content, challenges and collectibles you can even unlock a fan favorite character. The second mode is Arcade mode, and it’s all about action! Your team comes fully leveled up, but you’ll have a limited number of lives, giving it that old school challenge. Arcade mode also has three different difficulty settings and with every 200 villains defeated will gain you an extra life. In addition to the single-player mode, the game supports six-player cooperative multiplayer both online and locally. Players can high-five to share health or work together to perform special combo moves. It is wild with all six players at once, so much is happening and it’s a chaotic party making it a top game pick.
The playable characters are Leonardo, Donatello, Michelangelo, Raphael, April O’Neil, Master Splinter, with unlockable character Casey Jones (available after beating the story mode). The Original Turtles voice actors from the 1987 series reprise their roles for the new game. Music was composed by Tee Lopes from Sonic Mania, with contributions from guitarist Jonny Atma, rapper Mega Ran, singer Mike Patton, and Ghostface Killah and Raekwon of the group Wu-Tang Clan.
Shredder’s Revenge is now available Steam, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series S/X, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5.
