Game Reviews

First things first: Switch or die trying is adorable. From the appearance of the wobbly-headed protagonist hopping across the screen, to the wildly excited “Excellence!” sound clip played when I met all objectives for a...

There have been plenty of "edutainment" games over the years and as someone who was forced to play through many of them by parents and grandparents, I can say with full confidence and conviction that...

The Tom Clancy name has been used for a lot of properties from Splinter Cell to H.A.W.X to The Division. The most memorable titles for me has always been the more tactical-focused games such as Rainbow Six and Ghost Recon, both of...

Video games with branching narratives have become more and more popular over the years. With Telltale games popularizing the system of giving the player choices that can alter the story, other developers have followed suit...

Spyro the Dragon was a pretty good start but the feisty, purple dragon wouldn't have the legacy he can currently claim today if it weren't for Ripto's Rage. The original game helped bring a lot of...

There’s an age-old question that’s been asked many times in video games, can cubes feel love? It’s led developers to develop a fascination with anything cube related from Blocks that Matter to Portal. Except we...

The Touhou series of games has been a popular 'Bullet Hell' series in Japan for quite some time now. In North America we haven’t had the opportunity to experience this series--until now. Touhou Genso Wanderer is being...

The Touhou series of games (known as the Touhou Project by Team Shanghai Alice) has been popular in Japan for years. Luckily Touhou Double Focus (and Touhou Genso Wanderer) is finally coming stateside so we can...

The Bomberman franchise has been around for over thirty years and its legacy is mostly bright and positive. The series has always had a way of bringing everyone together for chaos, laughter, and the pure idea...

Ah, fantasy, the juice that just keeps dripping from the taps. Especially the medieval classical fantasy. The ones of wizards, dwarves, and elves. So sweet is the nectar that people are making their own cocktails....

Sony has started to dominate the market in recent years in terms of exclusives. Nintendo and Microsoft had a bit of an edge for a few years (other than a few games, like The Last of...

High hopes followed my initial startup of Loot Rascals. A catchy, space-age soundtrack accompanies a unique art style and charming storyline immediately that had me interested. However, from the moment I started the game’s tutorial,...

Visual novels found a great home on Nintendo's DS and Hotel Dusk Room 215 is no different. This is a great, lengthy, mystery visual novel that everyone should get their hands on. Nintendo released this title...

When I look upon our beautifully diverse collection of history, it is a let down to see the same areas being walked over in our medium. This only becomes more apparent when you look at...

My servant kept pushing herself against me, longing for my embrace, but no...we must restrain ourselves. We must finish the task at hand before we perform the sensual act of coitus. Oh, but she looks...

The Atelier series is one of the more complex JRPG series that I’ve played over the years. The mixture of puzzling Alchemy, familiar JRPG combat, and interpersonal relationships between characters is a blend that I’ve...

There are plenty of games out there that are more difficult to enjoy without a healthy dose of nostalgia and that unfortunately cannot be prescribed to those around you who don't already have it. Spyro the...

I’m a 90’s kid and for us there are a few things we adore right up to this very day. Gaming was a big deal for me like many others and no genre captivated kids,...

I have been following Earthlock: Festival of Magic since it was on Kickstarter back in March 2014. JRPGs have always caught my attention and SnowCastle Games’ Earthlock was no different. The world of Umbra is...

Bulletstorm is an interesting first-person shooter that Epic Games and People Can Fly delivered to us in 2011. Gears of War's Cliff Bleszinski designed the game and it definitely shows in the armor, the attitude...

Racers seem to be less and less in development than I remember, the only racer that I constantly see on the shelves is Forza, and those are some in depth racing games. Riptide GP: Renegade...

Contrasted to prior expectations by some, I'm actually not a fan of anime. Sure I have a soft-spot for Cowboy Bebop, do dig Ghost in the Shell and ended up really enjoying Psycho Pass (which...

On March 29th, 2016 Gust released Nights of Azure on Playstation 3, Playstation 4, and Playstation Vita. I have been a fan of Gust’s games for a while (particularly the Atelier series) but this is...

I've played a lot of puzzle games. It's a genre I've always had enjoyed and keep finding myself coming back to after playing a few longer games. Causality is deceptively simple in its first few...

I remember a few years ago everyone was hemming and hawing that World War II shooters were a thing of a past and that Call of Duty was launching us into a bold new era...

Pokemon Gold Version and Pokemon Silver Version were highly anticipated games. The previous games sold over 23 million copies by the end of their production in Japan, America, and Europe. I was a kid back then...