LET’S RUB THIS LAMP! After four long years, Shantae is finally back. Last we saw of her, she was rescuing Scuttle Town in Half-Genie Hero. Things are a bit different now. Our favorite purple-haired Waifu is on vacation. In a genre I’ve lovingly dubbed “The Waifu Metroidvania”, Shantae will harness her magical prowess to defeat a new threat in this silly adventure. […]
Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling is a vibrant RPG that’ll have you relishing in its beautiful imagery. A game that surprised me and took all expectations and blew them out of the water. I got a chance to check it out thanks to the lovely folks at Dangen Entertainment. After several, several hours – more than […]
Introduction When one mentions Roguelikes and the Nintendo Switch in the same sentence, it is not uncommon for the masses to roll their eyes. Even as an avid Roguelike fan, I am guilty of this myself. Oversaturation is not a strong enough word to describe the state of the eShop. Grotesquely engorged congestion may be […]
Utawarerumono: Prelude to the Fallen is a remake of an old visual novel. One which I recall playing more than a decade ago in fact and one which has stuck with me ever since. Over time it has come out on new platforms, add voiced acting, improved graphics, and even had changes in the battle […]
Introduction Back in the mid-2000s, I booted up my Xbox 360 and I was inducted into the 3rd Street Saints gang. I wore the purple proudly, as I murdered my way through the rival gangs of Stillwater. This was a new age for open-world games, with far more extensive customization than other games had at […]
First Person Shooters have been a lucrative genre since inception, mostly down to the overwhelming, and continued success of the DOOM franchise. The ’90s were where it was at. The dawn of a new age. The coming of death, blood, monsters, and more importantly – puns. It was a glorious time. A rampageous time. But […]
Robot Wars meets RTS gameplay In the not-so-distant past, I was tasked with reviewing Trailer Trashers by Sakari Games, and I found their brand of violent (and yet relaxing) couch multiplayer refreshing – so much so that I immediately shot my hand up when the opportunity to review another game of theirs arrived. Alas, here we are: […]
Introduction What could you possibly want from a game? Intense action-packed platforming? Interesting and mind-bending puzzles? Yeah, you know where I’m going with this. Developed and published by Size Five Games, Lair of The ClockWork God is exactly what my snarky introduction implies: A fast-paced platformer combined with a point and click puzzle system. The symbiosis between […]
Introduction All games take the player on a journey of some sort or another, but few tackle a journey into the depths of the psyche. The Inner Friend attempts just this, providing the player an opportunity to explore dreams, memories, and the mental, all set within a fractured and surreal game world. Developed by PLAYMIND […]
Introduction Mahou Arms pits a small paramilitary group of magical girls against an alien invasion who have almost subjugated the human race. You have to hack and slash your way through hordes of aliens in this anime-inspired game for the PC. Just be careful or the aliens will hack and slash their way through your […]