Reviews

Ball X Pit is a roguelite shooter involving a weaponized bouncing ball. It features rows of advancing enemies trying to push past your line of defence while you attempt to …
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Loosely inspired by the earliest era of cartoons, Bad Cheese is a psychological horror game that explores the lingering terror of childhood trauma. Almost the entire story takes place within …
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Of all the Atelier games, the Ryza series is easily my favorite. It’s therefore quite easy for me to recommend the Atelier Ryza Secret Trilogy Deluxe Edition. Before I do, though, I should address the colossus golem in the room.
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The Cabin Factory is not a game that was meant to be played, it was meant to be streamed. You’re not meant to enjoy it, you’re meant to react to it, and that’s what I did. But how do I review a game I simply reacted to?
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Despite taking place almost entirely within a single shop, Strange Antiquities draws you thoroughly into its mysterious and intriguing world. You play as the apprentice of a store that trades …
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Everybody’s Golf Hot Shots is the first entry I’ve played in the long-running, if sporadic series. I do remember reading reviews of the original, which was developed by Camelot, later …
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Lumiose City awaits new and returning trainers in Pokémon Legends: Z-A. As somebody who started playing Pokémon games relatively late, with 2013’s Pokémon Y, I was excited to revisit and …
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I’m not sure why Full Metal Schoolgirls is set in 2089. A powerful mega-corporation forces its employees to work unreasonable hours so its executives can acquire even more power in an already corrupt world? You think that’s 65 years off, do you, Yuke’s?
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Particle Heart’s narrative is very loose and cryptic, allowing the player to perceive it as they please. The game instead focuses more on exploration and puzzle-solving than on the story line, but what a wonderful world to explore.
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Cladun X3 is another 16-bit dungeon crawler that provides all the dungeon running, monster destroying, gold grabbing, level grinding goodness you would expect, but there is much more. And the “more” will either make or break the game for you.
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Persona 3 Reload is a blast from start to finish, maintaining a balance and focus that many less ambitious adventures have trouble executing. It’s not a title I’d recommend to everyone, but those who are open to its concepts will be thrilled.
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There are many ways to describe video games. The genre. The graphics. The story and characters. OFF is one of those games that somehow defies a simple definition. Sure, it’s …
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Primarily text-based, Roadwarden offers a story of exploration, survival, and mystery wrapped in a low-fantasy blanket. It’s a story that succeeds, but it’s hobbled by the limitations of the Switch interface.
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Of all the sports games available to us, I’ve always preferred basketball. This is despite the fact I don’t care to watch the actual game—it’s too squeaky and harshly lit. But I’m enjoying NBA 2K26 on the Switch 2.
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Cats and Seek: Kyoto is a hidden object game developed by Noobzilla and published by Silesia Games. I’ve played one other game in this franchise–Cats and Seek: Dino Park–and enjoyed …
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Set in a world crawling with monsters, Tiny Witch is a cute game that gives you a crucial yet often uncredited role in the dungeon-crawler landscape. You play as a …
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Tiny Bookshop is a business-simulation title developed by Neoludic Games and published by Skystone Games. It’s cozy with real-life book titles for you to recommend to NPCs while living a …
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In my review of 2021’s Rise Eterna, I stated, “…the ending is very abrupt and unsatisfying. It felt tacked on, as if they were going to set up a sequel (which I’d like to see), then bailed.” Well, that sequel is now here with Rise Eterna 2, and it’s a solid improvement over the original.
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