Alex McCumbers

Most people bleed red. Alex bleeds pixels. Hailing from the deep mountains of WV, land of beautiful landscapes and internet scarceness, Alex can be found writing about games in every sense. Retro games are his life, spending more time with his GBA than his PS4. Drop by one of the social doodads for deep discussions about gaming!

Armello Coming to Xbox One with DLC in Tow

Armello is a strategy game that combines the tabletop RPG with a classic board game all while having an insanely cool cinematic and visual flair.  Originating as a mobile game, this strategy hopeful has already been on the PS4 and Steam, but Xbox players will no longer miss out out the animal on animal violence. On August 30th, the game hits Xbox One while also adding new downloadable content. Fou...[Read More]

Nintendo Power Archive Axed by Nintendo

Totally saw this coming. After just under a couple weeks the valuable history on display on Archive.org of Nintendo Power has been removed. The important detail to note is that Nintendo Power was discontinued in 2012. Nintendo Power was, of course, a magazine that provided details of games coming out, accessories to look out for, and interviews with some of the dominant forces in Nintendo. To gami...[Read More]

Metroid Fan Game Celebrates 30 Years

Metroid is a series that have fans torn as the last major game from Nintendo was Other M, a game that played fairly well, but ruined Samus’ character. Fan of the series have even go as far as petition to get Metroid: Federation Force axed, as many are disappointed that the next entry in the Prime series of first person shooters won’t even be featuring one of the greatest video game her...[Read More]

New Superdimension Neptune VS Sega Hard Girls Has a New Trailer

Not going to lie, I have no idea what’s going on with the Hyperdimension series. It’s a game that personifies game consoles as cute anime girls and they do various things in each game with most of them being RPGs. Now, a whole new slew of characters are coming to the newest entry, this time taking on the legacy of the Sega consoles. Check out the new promo trailer below.

Prey Is NOT About a Native American in Space

Did anyone even play Prey? The one that was released in 2006 was a fairly average first person shooter starring a Native American, similar to in how Turok played around with weapon archetypes, but didn’t really stand the test of time as a memorable shooter. At least, not the point that it became THE game to have like others of the time. Now, the story of the newest Prey which is being publis...[Read More]

Nintendo Power Archive Offers Over a Hundred Issues

Video game history is a bit of a hobby of mine, in which I sometimes enjoy diving deep into the biographies of big developers and their stories. Just last year, I picked up Masters of Doom to learn John Romero and John Carmacks’ interesting tale. The problem with being into video game history is there isn’t nearly the plethora of written content available like there is for other histor...[Read More]

Hive Jump Hands-on Preview – Blasting Bugs to 16-Bits

Space is filled with possibilities, but if the people at Graphite Labs have anything to say about it, space is filled with alien bugs ready to rip the faces off of anyone in their way. That’s where the Jumpers come in, equipped with high tech weaponry, gadgets, and armor. Players will be able to take up the cause and bring the fight to the bugs with Hive Jump, a run-and-gun action game with ...[Read More]

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Hive Jump

Hive Jump is a 2D action game with a retro aesthetic created by Graphite Labs. Players will drop into randomly generated hives to take on the bug menace. Take on the bugs with friends in couch co-op with up to four players or meet up online. How deep into the hive can you make it?

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Shiren The Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate Review

Shiren the Wanderer’s next journey on Western shores may seem like the results of an aimless walk, but this warrior and his ferret buddy have been around for quite some time. As a remake of Japan’s 2010 DS game, The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate takes dungeon crawling elements to tell a simple story of wanting the chance to roll the Dice of Fate to change one’s future. Fa...[Read More]

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Shiren The Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate

Shiren the Wanderer makes his third appearance outside of Japan on the Vita. Players tackle the Tower of Fate with rogue-like RPG elements to chance fate. Take on randomized towers with death being permanent, losing items and levels.

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Pokemon Go Plus Accessory Delayed

While the device was set to release at the end of July, the Pokemon Go Plus accessory will now be shooting for September. As unfortunate as this is for wannabe Pokemon Masters, this move is likely an attempt to meet demand and ensure the product holds up to Nintendo’s standards. Nintendo themselves broke the unfortunate news this morning on their Twitter account.

Monster Hunter Generations

Monster Hunter Generations continues the trend Capcom set long ago, making this entry another solid portable title that improves on the formula in various ways. Tons of epic new monsters to fight, plus many more ways to customize a hunter, makes Generations one of the most complex Monster Hunter games to date!

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