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About Kirstie Summers

Kirstie Summers is a writer based in London, England, who takes every opportunity to blend her hobbies with her career. She has written about books, movies, art, and gaming. She has been a Nintendo fangirl for as long as she can remember and relishes any excuse to incorporate it into her work.
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Review: Knights and Bikes (Nintendo Switch)
9
4 years ago

Review: Knights and Bikes (Nintendo Switch)

Knights and Bikes is a game about riding bikes, throwing frisbees and splashing in muddy puddles with your best friend and your companion goose. It is wholesome and bursting with …
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Review: Not Tonight (Nintendo Switch)
9
4 years ago

Review: Not Tonight (Nintendo Switch)

Heavily influenced by the incredible Cold War era dystopia Papers, Please, Not Today takes a similar approach to exploring the political and personal impact of the United Kingdom’s separation from …
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Review: Ultimate Racing 2D (Nintendo Switch)
8
4 years ago

Review: Ultimate Racing 2D (Nintendo Switch)

There are certain essential factors that are at the core of every racing game, no matter what is built around it, and Ultimate Racing 2D gets a lot of those …
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Review: Simulacra (Nintendo Switch)
9
4 years ago

Review: Simulacra (Nintendo Switch)

A game with an innovative approach to the horror genre, Simulacra is uniquely immersive and makes use of a brilliant type of realism to draw you in.

You play, effectively, …
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Review: Close to the Sun (Nintendo Switch)
7
4 years ago

Review: Close to the Sun (Nintendo Switch)

Inspired by the historic feud between Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison, Close to the Sun is a steampunk mystery that absorbs you into the heart of a dark investigation.

It …
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Review: Pokémon Sword and Shield (Nintendo Switch)
9.5
4 years ago

Review: Pokémon Sword and Shield (Nintendo Switch)

As a British person, I was cautious going into Pokémon Sword and Shield. The usual anxiety that this might be the game that finally turns me off Pokémon was worsened …
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Review: Sea Salt (Nintendo Switch)
8
4 years ago

Review: Sea Salt (Nintendo Switch)

Sea Salt draws on the darkness and brutality of Lovecraftian horror to create a unique strategy game in which you play as the Elder god Dagon himself. It is immediately …
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Review: One Night Stand (Nintendo Switch)
8
4 years ago

Review: One Night Stand (Nintendo Switch)

A game with a message, One Night Stand takes you through a first-person point-and-click story that makes it point simply yet clearly.

It is quick, but replayable, so you get …
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Review: Planescape: Torment and Icewind Dale: Enhanced Editions (Nintendo Switch)
8.5
4 years ago

Review: Planescape: Torment and Icewind Dale: Enhanced Editions (Nintendo Switch)

Twenty years after Dungeons and Dragons fans first fell madly in love with these games, Planescape: Torment and Icewind Dale: Enhanced Editions offers a complete bundle of some of the …
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Review: Mable and the Wood (Nintendo Switch)
8
5 years ago

Review: Mable and the Wood (Nintendo Switch)

For all its classic fantasy setting, Mable and the Wood twists the tropes of the Metroidvania genre from the first moment of the game.

You play as a small girl, …
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Review: Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation (Nintendo Switch)
7.5
5 years ago

Review: Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation (Nintendo Switch)

Imported to the Switch in 2019, Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation has all the charm as the original did back when it was first released in 1988. If …
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Review: Paper Dolls Original (Nintendo Switch)
6.5
5 years ago

Review: Paper Dolls Original (Nintendo Switch)

Governmental policies restrict horror games from being published in China, but the creators of Paper Dolls Original went ahead and made a game anyway. That’s a move that demands respect.


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Review: Atomic Heist (Nintendo Switch)
7
5 years ago

Review: Atomic Heist (Nintendo Switch)

A simple game with a clear objective, Atomic Heist has all the right ingredients for a solid sci-fi roguelike.

You have to pilot a spaceship escaping a space station overrun …
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Review: Wreckin’ Ball Adventure (Nintendo Switch)
7
5 years ago

Review: Wreckin’ Ball Adventure (Nintendo Switch)

Wreckin’ Ball Adventure is not the easiest game to control, but that is sort of the point.

You play as a sentient robot wrecking ball on a bid for freedom …
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Review: Himno (Nintendo Switch)
7.5
5 years ago

Review: Himno (Nintendo Switch)

You’ll have to go a long way to find a 2D platformer less challenging than Himno. Himno is a roguelike in terms of its structure but that’s where the similarities …
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Review: Heave Ho (Nintendo Switch)
8.5
5 years ago

Review: Heave Ho (Nintendo Switch)

It’s not the kind of game that will linger in your memory for its moving story or detailed character but Heave Ho could fast become the staple of any social …
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Review: Never Give Up (Nintendo Switch)
8.5
5 years ago

Review: Never Give Up (Nintendo Switch)

The unique structure of Never Give Up is interesting to the point that you almost forget how brutally difficult the platformer is.

You play as an adorable blue person, woken …
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Review: Shadows 2: Perfidia (Nintendo Switch)
9
5 years ago

Review: Shadows 2: Perfidia (Nintendo Switch)

You are advised, when Shadows II Perfidia first loads, to play in the dark with headphones on for a fully immersive horror experience. This is definitely worth doing if you …
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