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It’s time to party like it’s 1989, with Elvira and the Party Monsters. It’s a year I look back on fondly, even if I was too young to appreciate it …
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Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment raises a similar thought I had with its predecessor, Age of Calamity. While the latter’s enjoyment depended, in part, on having played Breath of the …
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A companion game to 2023’s Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget movie, Chicken Run: Eggstraction launches you into the heart of the Aardman action. The game follows on from the …
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I didn’t expect a simple game like Love, Ghostie to keep my attention as long as it did. The only matchmaking I’ve ever done was in Harvest Moon or The …
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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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I love a good sequel, and I love a good series, as much as the next JRPG fan. But I also love digging into new games, and that’s what Switch and Swtich 2 owners will be able to do soon with IKINAGAMES’ STARBITES.
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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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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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PAX Aus has come and gone for another year. This year’s turnout exceeded 85,000, an impressive turnout over three days of gaming, cosplay, workshops, theatrics, and more.

Here at …
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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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