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Thy Sword
The kingdom has fallen into darkness and monsters roam the land. An evil king wields the power of several sacred stones. With evil tearing the land apart, only two heroes, the Barbarian and the Viking stand a chance of saving the kingdom. From Ratalaika Games and GamePhase comes Thy Sword, a hack’n’slash adventure inspired by the pixelated adventures of the ’80s. Thy Sword puts plays as either the...[Read More]
Minecraft Dungeons (Windows 10 / Xbox One) Review
Minecraft Dungeons, a top-down dungeon crawler utilizing Minecraft’s established world and characters, was announced in Fall 2018. Information about this new title has been limited since that announcement, mostly consisting of reassurances that the game was still in development. Fast forward to 2020 and the anticipated spin-off is set to release on May 26th, 2020. Over the past few weeks, we...[Read More]
Jay and Silent Bob: Mall Brawl (Switch) Review
When you think of Kevin Smith and the words Jay and Silent Bob what’s the first thing you think of? Other than weed. Other than movies. Other than Bluntman and Chronic. That’s right: video games. Wait. You don’t think of video games when you hear those names? Well, maybe it’s time you should. Because in the rather INSANE year that is 2020, we’re getting not one, but possibly TWO video games with J...[Read More]
Void Bastards (Nintendo Switch) Review
As one of the most groundbreaking and influential PC titles of the late 90s, System Shock 2 created a ripple effect throughout just about every corner of the gaming industry. Whether citing the game as being an inspiration or having a previous designer on System Shock 2 or the other notable projects from Looking Glass Studios on the project, players of the original title can usually connect the do...[Read More]
Infliction Extended Cut (PS4) Review
There are powers in this world not meant to be tampered with. To tamper with the dead and the realms that hold them is to tamper with power that sentences a person to eternal damnation. This power, as terrifying as it is, may allow for one last good deed to be done. From Caustic Reality and publisher Blowfish Studios comes Infliction: Extended Cut, a newly released version of the hit horror game, ...[Read More]
Arc of Alchemist (PlayStation 4) Review
You know something is wrong with a game when the last thing you write in your notes is “the soundtrack is the best part of this undeveloped, poorly plotted game.” Arc of Alchemist is a JRPG that lacks about as much entertainment and artistic value as it does alchemy. Mind you, alchemy never actually comes up in the game. While Arc is functionally playable, the unrefined controls, the hackneyed cha...[Read More]
One Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows (Xbox One) Review
In a world clouded in darkness and chaos reigns supreme, the world turns to its heroes to make their day brighter. Sadly, when those heroes fail or struggle to maintain peace, who does the world turn to? Who will rise to the occasion to become a new hero? Will it be your neighbor down the street? Your best friend? Or will it be you? The popular anime One-Punch Man focuses on this concept, where un...[Read More]
Granblue Fantasy: Versus (PS4) Review
Granblue Fantasy is apparently a super popular gacha game that released in 2014 and has since spun off into an anime and now a fighter made by the renowned Arc System Works. I’ll fully admit that I don’t know anything about Granblue Fantasy at all, but I play a lot of Dragalia Lost, which is an action RPG on my iPhone, and from what I’ve been told Cygames included a lot of Granbl...[Read More]
Bubble Bobble 4 Friends (Switch) Review
Classic video games of the 1980s are definitely still in high demand. Many gamers resort to collecting old favorites physically, while others resort to digital re-releases on current generation hardware. While retro titles are returning in their original form, many are also receiving enhanced sequels. Last year’s BurgerTime Party! marked the seven-year return of arcade hit BurgerTime. BurgerTime P...[Read More]
My Hero One’s Justice 2 (Xbox One) Review
While many licensed games are proving that high quality and satisfying fan service can both be achieved in the same production, this has yet to be the norm. This conclusion was made painfully obvious during my time with My Hero One’s Justice 2 on the Xbox One. All things considered, I am in the target audience for this title. I love the My Hero Academia anime and I consider it one of the most hear...[Read More]
3000th Duel (Nintendo Switch) Review
A genre that has always excited me is metroidvania, a type of game that has seen a massive flood of titles that fit the mold but can vary in quality greatly. For the most part, the metroidvania titles I come across are stellar, aside from maybe a few glaring problems or a personal taste issue. Upon startup, I thought 3000th Duel was going to fall into the bin of less than average metroidvanias and...[Read More]
Luna The Shadow Dust (PC) Review
A few years ago, Cuphead changed the game when it came to what games could look like. The hard work of Studio MDHR showed what could be done with modern tools available to game designers to create beautiful 2D animation in any style they wanted. Since then, other games have strived for capturing the magic and unique visual fidelity that 2D animation can offer. One of the latest of these is Luna Th...[Read More]