About Kirk Hiner

80 years after the apocalypse, a girl receives a school uniform and is inspired to single-handedly rid the world of mutants and restore the education system. I say without the slightest trace of irony that this right here is why I love video games.
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I’m not entirely sure it’s possible for a game to be cuter than inbento. What could be more adorable and wholesome than a game centered around a mother cat making bento boxes for her kitten? But is it fun to play?
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It’s not like we were waiting for the Happy Ending DLC to arrive for Leisure Suit Larry – Wet Dreams Don’t Dry. But now that it was, we finally take a look at Larry’s attempts to survive the frightening world of today’s app-fueled dating scene.
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The name Silver Falls: 3 Down Stars may sound like a bad band/album from the early aughts, and after playing this survival horror game for the New Nintendo 3DS you’ll likely wish it had been.
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Although I’m not a puzzle aficionado, Digerati’s Glass Masquerade 2: Illusions has taken up considerably more of my gaming time than I would’ve expected. Want to know why?
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It’s been a crazy-long time since Nintendo held a Direct, and they corrected that issue this morning with one focused entirely on the forthcoming Animal Crossing: New Horizons for Nintendo Switch. And trust me…it needed its own Direct.
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If you’ve accepted a position at Two Point Hospital and plan to be there when they open their doors to Switch gamers next week, you might want to check out this video with five vital (see what they did there?) tips.
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The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Tactics is a tough game to critique because of the multiple angles from which you can approach it. Does it work if you’re a fan of the Netflix series but not of turn-based strategy games? How about the opposite? Or both?
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Ah, the ’90s; the decade that brought us murder most foul! I mean, maybe some other things, too, but in Murder by Numbers, a “weird and wonderful detective puzzler” being published by The Irregular Corporation, it’s all about the murder mysteries.
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Eclipse: Edge of Light was developed for VR systems and is meant to exist in that type of universe. So, is there enough to the game to play it on the flat screen of your Switch or TV? Well, let’s explore that.
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Understand straight away that those picking up this game solely because they’re into Fire Emblem are going to be extremely disappointed. Everyone else—especially fans of Persona, Shin Megami Tensei, or JRPGs in general—should love it as I much as I did. Twice.
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Originally released in 2011, the story-driven RPG To the Moon is getting a Nintendo Switch release on January 16th. To celebrate the pending arrival, Freebird Games and X.D. Network have just released the launch trailer…and it’s pretty spectacular.
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Broken Lines—a tactical combat RPG from developer PortaPlay—will be released for Nintendo Switch in February of 2020. To make sure we’re ready to handle the mission, a new, narrative-focused gameplay trailer has just been released.
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Mushroom Quest for Nintendo Switch reminds us that blocks have been a part of video gaming from the moment video gaming was conceived. Here, you’re tasked with shoving them around in order to help a young mushroom collect all the coins. It’s pretty basic, but it works.
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There are countless video games available with complex control schemes that seem designed to drive you to madness. Clumsy Rush is the exact opposite. It’s still designed to drive you to madness, mind you, but it does so with just two buttons.
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The winner of the Games Jam: Gamm, Breathing Fear’s entire existence is based on the notion that pixel graphics can be creepy. Well, pixel graphics and a good story. I’m not sure it’s entirely successful in that regard, but I remained intrigued as I played through it.
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Video games have a habit of taking what’s horrible in real life (war, death, running) and making it fun. On February 25th of next year, SEGA Europe Ltd and Two Point Studios will do the same thing with the health care industry when they release Two Point Hospital on Nintendo Switch.
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Feral Interactive has announced that two free updates will make multiplayer racing available to all owners of GRID Autosport. Those hoping for online multiplayer, however, will have to wait a bit longer.
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