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Soul Calibur VI Review
As a long time Soul Calibur fan, I have to admit that I’ve been extremely disappointed in the franchise ever since the the abomination known as Soul Calibur V released. While I was stupidly hyped that Ezio was a guest in SCV (along with that sick remix of Venice Rooftops) the rest of the cast was replaced with descendants or children who were cheap imitations of the originals, which made the...[Read More]
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Review
I have been a fan of the Call of Duty franchise for a long time. Some people relax by coloring, reading, or meditating. I relax by playing Call of Duty multiplayer games. For as long as I’ve been playing you would think I was a pro, but that’s just not true. I still manage to have a lot of fun and enjoy my sessions. Call of Duty: WWII went away from the futuristic, almost Titanfall-esque style of ...[Read More]
My Hero Academia: Two Heroes (Anime Review)
The first theatrical film based on the smash hit anime finally comes to the States, but does it go beyond? Produced by Toho Animation and released in English by Funimation, My Hero Academia: Two Heroes is set between seasons 2 and 3 of the series. In it, young aspiring hero student Izuku “Deku” Midoriya joins his idol and mentor, legendary hero All Might, on a summer trip to the high t...[Read More]
Lamplight City (PC) Review
Lamplight City is an excellent point-and-click adventure with a narrative that unfolds and develops as the result of your decisions throughout the game. Francisco Gonzalez, one of the masterminds behind the post-apocalyptic adventure Shardlight, has made a true passion project with his multiple roles as writer, painter and animator for the game. Gonzalez manages to breathe new life into the classi...[Read More]
The Ultimate RPG Character Backstory Guide – Review
One of the greatest appeals to tabletop roleplaying games, or TTRPG, is the ability to create characters in your own image, and carry them through an epic story with your friends! Character creation is often the first thing done when beginning most tabletop RPGs, and is usually the first thing that the rules cover as a completed character is necessary to play the rest of the game. Once the player ...[Read More]
Dust: An Elysian Tail – Review
Dust: An Elysian Tail was released on the Xbox 360 in 2012 and has found its way to the Nintendo Switch, the perfect home for such a game. Dust is an indie developed game that was created by one man (besides the music and VO). It won the 2009 Microsoft Dream.Build.Play competition which allowed the game to be completed and released to the Xbox Live Arcade. Dust is a 2D side-scroller with elements ...[Read More]
Shadows: Awakening Review
Shadows: Awakening is a recent isometric RPG developed and published by German developer Kalypso Media. If you are not familiar with the term isometric RPG, it’s a visual style often associated with dungeon crawlers like the genre defining Diablo and Baldur’s Gate. Much like it’s predecessors, Shadows: Awakening follows the formula of enter area, kill monsters, loot, repeat. Whic...[Read More]
Overcooked! 2 Review – Pure Cooking Madness!
At E3 2018, while we were waiting for our hands-on demo with Super Smash Bros Ultimate, a Nintendo representative asked our group if we would like to try out Overcooked! 2. Overly excited by the hype around Super Smash Bros Ultimate, Mario Tennis Aces, and Pokemon Lets Go Pikachu / Eevee, we declined the offer. Now, four months since that offer, we have had the opportunity to correct our mistake a...[Read More]
ATOMIK: RunGunJumpGun (Switch) Review
I’ve only come close to rage-quitting a game once, and I don’t plan on doing so anytime soon. ATOMIK: RunGunJumpGun brought me close to the edge, while also granting me countless opportunities to laugh at myself. The objective in this 8bit-inspired indie title is to reach the finish line of over 100 puzzles while collecting “atomiks,” swirling green collectibles dotting the...[Read More]
Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes (Switch) Review
A few years ago, I strapped an Oculus Rift DK2 to my face and joined a Skype call with Andrew and Chris. They spent an hour or so trying to talk me through defusing a bomb. It was awesome. We all loved it. We never played it again. It wasn’t the game’s fault, the game was fantastic. It’s just hard to coordinate a play session with friends spread across an entire country. Fast forward several years...[Read More]
Destiny 2 The Forsaken First Impressions: So Far So Good
So far I have sunk in a little over 10 hours into the new Forsaken expansion for Bungie’s Destiny 2. The shooter has had it’s struggles over the course of 2017, with many of its player-base leaving after the first expansion, Curse of Osiris. Bungie has gone to great lengths to not only retain those players, but also bring in some new ones as well. They even had Destiny 2 be the free ga...[Read More]
Strange Brigade Review
Four adventurers gear up in what promises to be a thrilling spelunking fest through ancient ruins and underground caverns, all while being mocked by a plucky British narrator. Is this another Lara Croft and the whatever of something or other? Nope, it’s the Strange Brigade!