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About David Temple

I started covering games for iOS in 2013, and made the Switch to Nintendo (you see what I did there) in 2019. I enjoy tabletop, mobile, and console gaming—just about anything which can provide a little diversion, a brain teaser, or an adventure. A little play every day can be good for you. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.
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Review: Tennis World Tour 2 (Nintendo Switch)
6
3 years ago

Review: Tennis World Tour 2 (Nintendo Switch)

Big Ant Studios brings big tennis to the Switch. And by big, I mean you get to use avatars of big names like Federer, Nadal, and a few dozen others. You also get to make your own avatar so you can join the game (and get beaten badly by the pros). After that, it gets a little less inspiring.
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Review: Barbearian (Nintendo Switch)
9.5
3 years ago

Review: Barbearian (Nintendo Switch)

It’s time to put on your bearskin cloak, sharpen your battle axe, and get ready to whack some skeleton soldiers—a whooooole lot of skeleton soldiers. Barbearian may look like an indie kiddie game with nothing to challenge or interest a serious gamer, but his is not the case.
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Review: Foregone (Nintendo Switch)
8.5
3 years ago

Review: Foregone (Nintendo Switch)

Foregone is a basic, side-scrolling platformer that looks like the mid to late ’90s arcade games. I normally don’t get into the whole retro look, but the pixilation here is subtle enough to lend a classic game feel without looking clunky. It helps that the classic action is handled so well, too.
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Review: Great Conquerer: Rome (Nintendo Switch)
7
3 years ago

Review: Great Conquerer: Rome (Nintendo Switch)

Great Conqueror: Rome provides a lot of value in gaming time, elements to control, and campaigns to fight. You also get some real history; enough to be interesting and support the game, but not so much that it turns into a history class. But is it fun to play?
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Review: Her Majesty’s Ship (Nintendo Switch)
4.5
3 years ago

Review: Her Majesty’s Ship (Nintendo Switch)

Her Majesty’s Ship has a promising premise. You are the captain of a Ship of the Line, aspiring to become an Admiral. Sadly, those aspirations are dashed against the rocks of an unfriendly shore of design in the middle of a squall of bad user interface.
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Review: Immortal Realms: Vampire Wars (Nintendo Switch)
6.5
3 years ago

Review: Immortal Realms: Vampire Wars (Nintendo Switch)

In Immortal Realms: Vampire Wars, you get the chance to prove you can defeat all your enemies and survive for all time—or you can get creamed. Either way, we get to have some fun, right?
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Review: Kwaidan: Azuma Manor Story (Nintendo Switch)
5.5
4 years ago

Review: Kwaidan: Azuma Manor Story (Nintendo Switch)

The premise of the action/adventure game Kwaidan: Azuma Manor Story involves the classic hero-coming-of-age stuff, so we are off to a good start. Unfortunately, the journey is a bit clunky and fraught with issues from its dated gameplay.
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Review: Metamorphosis (Nintendo Switch)
7
4 years ago

Review: Metamorphosis (Nintendo Switch)

Have you ever had the suspicious feeling your room has been bugged? It may not just be a conspiracy theory, it could be you are the bug. No, really; in Metamorphosis, you transform into a bug. Not the best start to your day, but it could be worse.
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Review: Raji: An Ancient Epic (Nintendo Switch)
9
4 years ago

Review: Raji: An Ancient Epic (Nintendo Switch)

Have you ever thought to yourself, “Where can I find an adventure game set in ancient India with a feisty heroine with magical weapons?” I know it happens to me every other week.  Luckily, we now have a solution to our problem via Raji: An Ancient Epic.
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Review: Faeria (Nintendo Switch)
9
4 years ago

Review: Faeria (Nintendo Switch)

Faeria is a bit of a mélange of turn-based plus card play plus board game stuffs, all with nice artwork and a general feel that’s a bit reminiscent of Magic: The Gathering and Heroscape. It feels like a game you can play for the next few years and not get weary of it. 
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Review: Demon’s Rise – War for the Deep (Nintendo Switch)
5.5
4 years ago

Review: Demon’s Rise – War for the Deep (Nintendo Switch)

On your way down the dungeon dive, make sure you don’t get run over by any demons on the rise. Demon’s Rise – War for the Deep is a dungeon crawl RPG with lots of character and equipment options. Let’s take a look around the game world, shall we?
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Review: Tower of Time (Nintendo Switch)
8
4 years ago

Review: Tower of Time (Nintendo Switch)

Have you ever had the feeling the whole world just got turned upside down? In Tower of Time, you don’t get a gravitational inversion for the whole planet (which is a good thing, by the way), but the tower you have to explore is actually upside down.
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Review: Hill Climbing Mania (Nintendo Switch)
3
4 years ago

Review: Hill Climbing Mania (Nintendo Switch)

If you are very young and have a greater allowance of patience than average, you might have some fun with this game. If this doesn’t describe you, I would suggest finding another hill climber game if you really feel the need to drive up and down hills.
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Review: Potata: Fairy Flower (Nintendo Switch)
8
4 years ago

Review: Potata: Fairy Flower (Nintendo Switch)

“Welcome to the jungle” sounds a bit harsh, and “a walk in the park” sounds too mild. What we really need is the happy middle ground for Potata: Fairy Flower, a new puzzle-platformer for Nintendo Switch.
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Review: Star Horizon (Nintendo Switch)
7
4 years ago

Review: Star Horizon (Nintendo Switch)

Although Star Horizon could really use some more levels to stretch out its short story, if you are generally OK with on-rail space shooters, this game is generally OK.
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Review: Tharsis (Nintendo Switch)
5
4 years ago

Review: Tharsis (Nintendo Switch)

Tharsis is a mission-to-Mars game. You need to direct the actions of four crew members aboard your spacecraft so you can land at least one person alive on Mars. I would say “safely” on Mars, but this voyage isn’t exactly OSHA approved.
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Review: Broken Lines (Nintendo Switch)
6
4 years ago

Review: Broken Lines (Nintendo Switch)

When the night falls down around you, and your airplane falls down with it, you know you’re in deep. In Broken Lines, you start at “deep.” So, now that we’re on the ground again, let’s get going—and we’ll talk through some things along the way.
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Review: Operencia: The Stolen Sun (Nintendo Switch)
8
4 years ago

Review: Operencia: The Stolen Sun (Nintendo Switch)

To do today: get up, brush teeth, follow strange dream about a deer and head off to the cursed castle to see what happens. Sounds like a plan, so what could possibly go wrong? Well, we all know the answer to that question, don’t we?
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