About Kirk Hiner

Nashville, TN – Mar 30, 2026 – This issue highlights our favorite games of the past year, several of which have stayed relevant thanks to subsequent DLC. Which of our top …
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Étrange Von Rosenburg has been convicted of treason, sentenced to death, beheaded at the guillotine, and sent to hell. What to do about it? Beat a few demons into submission, commandeer a vehicle, and take over the underworld for herself.
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From the get-go, Fallout 4: Anniversary Edition doesn’t make any sense. That’s part of the fun with the story, but it’s annoying with the game’s UI and numerous upgrade systems. It turns the opening hours of this adventure into a slog, but what a great time it is once you’re through all of that.
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Seemingly every year at this time I play a game that makes me wonder if it’s too early to declare my GOTY. Is Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun that game this year? Yes. Yes, it is.
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Resident Evil Village: Gold Edition was worth the wait for Nintendo gamers who didn’t bother with the cloud version. It’s also worth keeping on your system after your first playthrough to make sure you truly get everything out of it.
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Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly Remake was a hard game for me to get into, likely because I’d just gone back and replayed Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse. Let me slowly explain my point.
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With the recent release of Fallout 4: Anniversary Edition for Switch 2, Bethesda is back on Nintendo devices in a big way. If you’re a pinball fan, that way is even bigger thanks to Zen Studios’ Pinball M – Bethesda Pinball.
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Straight away, there are multiple things I don’t like about Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition. I didn’t like them when I reviewed the Macintosh release in 2014, and I don’t like them now. But with the initial shock of Lara’s dark turn a decade out of the way, it’s easier to enjoy the game for what it is.
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The press kit for GRID Legends: Deluxe Edition highlights compatibly with the Switch 2-compatible GameCube controller’s analog triggers. If you’re the type of racing gamer who cares about such things, this is definitely the game for you.
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I’m new to the Warhammer 40,000 universe. My introduction should’ve happened at another place and time. Rogue Trader may very well be a good game, but it most definitely is not a good game on the Switch 2.
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With Tiny Biomes, eastasiasoft and Double Mizzlee have brought us a gentle puzzler that’s better at helping you chill out than it is at providing a challenge. That can be OK sometimes, but this game still needed a little more effort.
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KOEI TECMO and Team NINJA have announced that Camera Obscura operators will be able to get started a bit early. A Switch 2 demo for FATAL FRAME II: Crimson Butterfly REMAKE will be available March 5th.
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Dynasty Warriors: Origins offers the most intense musou combat Nintendo gamers have ever experienced. It’s also the most complex, and the management details will lessen the thrill for some players.
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This series has grown into one of the deepest and most convoluted universes I’ve ever adventured through, but that doesn’t prevent The Legend of Heroes: Trails Beyond the Horizon from being an enjoyable game with many rewards for those who’ve been following along.
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I have no memory of playing Montezuma’s Revenge when it was originally released for various systems in 1984. I had access to two of those systems, but not to this game. Had I, I likely wouldn’t have taken on Montezuma’s Revenge – The 40th Anniversary Edition.
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There was a time in my youth when pretty much all I ever played were first-person shooters. As technology advanced and the games became…grittier, I lost interest. Outlaws + Handful of Missions: Remaster has me interested again.
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I’ve been playing first-person dungeon crawlers since AD&D: Treasure of Tarmin on the Intellivision, and Dragon Ruins II takes me right back to 1983. In fact, it may even be more basic than that 8-bit adventure that got me started.
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I had a pretty good college experience overall. I met some great people. Got better on bass. Was introduced to my favorite book. Totally worth the decade of debt. I’m not sure the…survivors of Demonschool will be able to say the same.
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