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Reventure (PC) Review – An Adventure Worth Revisiting
Pixel art stylized games have had quite the resurgence over the past several years with indie darlings like Shovel Knight and Fez proving that old-school inspired games can still feel fresh. Both of those titles put a unique twist on the formula, without straying too far from the source material. Indie developer Pixelatto’s latest 2D action-adventure game Reventure puts an incredibly unique twist ...[Read More]
Lapis x Labyrinth (PS4) Review
Lapis x Labyrinth is a visual and auditorial assault on the player and it is freaking glorious. Wrapped in a straightforward 2D action RPG where the main drive is to get further and further into a huge dungeon is this casino-like cacophony of light, sound, and most importantly screen-filling showers of jewels. In a world where games are putting in literal casinos and games are getting micro-transa...[Read More]
Spider-Man: Far From Home (Film) Review
Warning: Spoilers for Avengers Endgame ahead. Can Spider-Man stand on his own in a post-Endgame world in the latest MCU film Far From Home?
Samurai Shodown (Xbox One) Review
As I’ve said before, we are in a new era of fighting games. This is not a bad thing as many of them are taking lessons from the past and are taking a more “back-to-basics” methodology. Samurai Shodown takes this way of thinking and drives it home in a pure, bloody, technical fashion.
RAGE 2 (Xbox One) Review
Back in 2011, the team at Bethesda published RAGE on the Xbox 360, PS3, and PC, a game developed by the legendary iD Software and one that I considered to be crazy fun. Alas, I can’t link to the review I wrote back then as it was before my time here at Marooners’ Rock and the site where that review was published is no more. While I had a great time playing RAGE at the time and enjoyed ...[Read More]
OPSEAT Grandmaster Gaming Chair Review
I’m a pretty chubby dude. When I sit in a chair for more than an hour, my butt hurts, I can’t get my legs in a comfortable position, and generally, I start to get cranky. Gaming chairs are a unique thing for me, mostly because I play on consoles. This usually means that, for me, I’m gaming on my couch or in my bed. When we have friends over or when I stream, that’s a different story. That’s when I...[Read More]
Sekiro Shadows Die Twice (PS4) Review
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice was released on March 22nd, 2019 – so why did I hold the review for this long? For me, Sekiro had a lot of stuff going on with it and it deserved proper time to not only fully explore, conquer, and master, but it also ate up a shit load of my time.
Devil May Cry 5 Review
It’s been a long road for the Devil May Cry series. After getting off on the right foot with the debut chapter and then falling into whatever the heck Devil May Cry 2 was, the series came back strong for Devil May Cry 3 and 4. But then came DmC: Devil May Cry, in which we saw an interesting divide. Some fans were thrown off by the “newish” design of Dante and the odd new approach. But me? I loved ...[Read More]
RemiLore: Lost Girl In the Lands of Lore Review
Nicalis is no stranger when it comes to offbeat games. Just take a good look at Blade Strangers and Runner 3 and you can obviously see that. But RemiLore: Girl in the Lands of Lore is a unique choice even for them, an isometric action game inspired by anime in general and featuring a kooky relationship between a cleaning girl and a…smart-aleck book? Hey, still a more heartwarming story than Twilig...[Read More]
Dick Wilde 2 Review
Before I get into my review I want to go over briefly my experience with virtual reality at the time of writing this, as I feel it is important. I have played VR games that you stand still and things come at your face and you swipe them down, or you use your virtual joysticks to walk around or click a button to teleport. What I have not experienced is a on-the-rails type shooter in VR, and that is...[Read More]
Trials Rising (Xbox One) Review
Welcome back old friend. Trials Rising takes everything that was great about Trials, and presents it in a gorgeous, fuel-induced, tricked-out, non-stop fun fest that will have new and old players laughing, raging, and saying “Just one more time” over and over again.
Hive Jump (Nintendo Switch) Review
There have been several times that I have run into Hive Jump as a games writer. In fact, Hive Jump was one of the first games that I played early, marking my first attempt at connecting with the people that create and market games. I watched the game grow as the years went by in which there was a successful Kickstarter, a PC launch, a launch on the dying Wii U to fulfill promised support, and rece...[Read More]