About Kirk Hiner

Terror of Hemasaurus is satisfying. Specifically, “This game is really satisfying,” as stated by my son when we were about 15 minutes into our first session with it. If you ever felt the same about the arcade classic Rampage, you’ll want to check this out.
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Spitfire Interactive and Daedalic Entertainment have partnered to bring the superhero turn-based RPG, Capes, to consoles later this year. “Recruit, train, and deploy your team in order to take back the city from the villains that hold it hostage.”
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Onion Assault comes from Hörberg Productions, the developer that brought us Mechstermination Force and Gunman Clive. The game plays like Super Mario Bros. 2, but is it a worthy successor?
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The moment Nintendo added N64 library games to the Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack, fans started asking for GoldenEye 007. Today, Nintendo answered.
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KOEI TECMO America posted on Twitter this morning that Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key is being pushed from its original February 24th release to March 24th, 2023.
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Children of Silentown is a point-and-click adventure/puzzle game published by Daedalic. They tend to bring us adventures with strong narratives, and that’s certainly the case here. There’s plenty more to like, too.
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By now, you’ve likely heard the accolades for Matthias Linda’s throwback JRPG, Chained Echoes. Believe every word of it. This is a fantastic game that succeeds at everything it sets out to accomplish.
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Romancing SaGa -Minstrel Song- Remastered provides JRPG fans yet another opportunity to learn from whence the genre came. I’m always wary of doing this, and Minstrel Song is a good example as to why.
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So kind of Nintendo to track how many hours we spend playing video games each year, isn’t? The games are fun to talk about, and even more fun to justify. So, here are the most played Nintendo Switch games of 2022 from some of the Pure Nintendo staffers.
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An action-adventure game featuring Nobunaga Oda? Go on. And sword-fighting skeletons? Go on! And a team of kunoichi who draw power by kissing each other? GO…kay.
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KOEI TECMO America has provided some more details on the locations players will be visiting throughout FATAL FRAME: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse. This one looks to be heaven for urban explorers…or hell, I guess, depending upon your perspective.
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Harvestella seeks to engage fans of both JRPGs and farming sims, but will the watered down approach turn away hardcore fans of either? All is revealed in our review, just one click away!
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I think I understand what McPixel 3 is going for here. I was there when adventure games carried the day, so I’m used to the oblique approach required to solve their puzzles. But a mashup of ’90s adventures and microgames of WarioWare? Is this a thing people wanted?
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Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key is scheduled to hit Nintendo Switch on February 24th, 2023, and KOEI TECMO continues to build anticipation with details of the enhanced battle system and some returning characters.
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I don’t need to tell you of the countless retro-inspired games available for Nintendo Switch, but most of those are patterned after NES-era games. Donut Dodo aims squarely to provide a new coin-op arcade game experience, and it mostly succeeds.
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A Bayonetta 3 review at this point is largely meaningless. Those who have been looking forward to this third entry in the series surely already have it. But if it’s still lingering in your wish list, allow me to suggest it’s OK to remove it.
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JRPG fans have had their eye on Chained Echoes for quite some time now, and the pixel-perfect game has finally come into view. The game will be released digitally on December 8th, followed by a goody-packed physical release in summer 2023.
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Halloween may be over, but do you think the residents of Yuzu’s hometown have their Christmas decorations out already? They do not. Rather, the town is plagued by ghosts and monsters…and that may include Yuzu herself.
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