About Jaime Carrillo

Everyone loves Metroidvanias. But who has time to fuss with the dense designs, story and gameplay the modern gaming generation brings. Sometimes, going forward means going backwards.

Xeodrifter delighted countless …
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Pokémon will always be awesome. But has it always been as good as it is today?

I don’t want to start a review of Pokémon Crystal by convoluting three different …
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Are video games art? Some titles, certainly. Is The Deer God art? Most definitely. But the question is: should it be?

Opening a review for a Nintendo Switch title with …
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If your game has guns in it, 9 times out of 10 I’ll push it away from me faster than a plate of overcooked peas. But when a gun game …
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Sometimes you don’t want to play a video game. Sometimes, you just want to get your groove on.

SUPERBEAT: XONiC lets you spin a song and play it too. …
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Remember when every game on the market was Dark Souls hard? Kid Tripp may just give you a little retro-gaming shell shock.

The Four Horses developed platformer looks and feels …
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If you want to trick me into playing your game, put tasty food in it. You know, like Battle Chef Brigade.

The Adult Swim game made mouths water the second …
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The creative fire lit by innovative devs that ushered in a golden age of indie gaming continues to burn bright with Moon Hunters on the Nintendo Switch.

The co-op RPG …
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The bullet-hell genre draws some incredibly hardcore fans. Still, Touhou Kobuto V: Burst Battle just feels like plain damnation.

Instead of a top-down shooter starring perky magical girls, you …
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Remember when licensed games were good? WayForward’s The Mummy Demastered may be the first of many film-based games you actually want to play.

The Mummy Demastered takes place in the …
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Cartoon ultra-violence in games is great fun, but it’s just not educational. Wulverblade on Nintendo Switch looks to fix this problem.

This 2D side-scrolling beat ’em up harkens back to …
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On-rail runners are relegated to the depths of the App Store. For those who can’t fathom gaming on their phones, there’s Tower of Babel on the Nintendo Switch.

Runners are …
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Watch any Super Mario Odyssey trailer and you can be assured that “Jump Up Super Star,” the game’s main theme will get stuck in your head.

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To make …
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The wave of Neo Geo games landing on the Nintendo Switch continues with the 1992 arcade fighting game, Art of Fighting.

Released at the height of the arcade fighter …
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A wise man once said, “I have no idea what’s going on.” This may be the best way to sum up my Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth experience. Persona …
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