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Minoria (PS4) Review

Jumping into a long-running series might feel like a leap, but I took the initiative to try out Minoria with no prior knowledge. A new fan of 2D Metroidvanias thanks to Rogue Legacy, I wanted to expand into a non-roguelike format and this…

Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time (PC) Review

Full disclosure: I completely forgot Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time released until release week when ads started showing up in my social media feeds. It was hard to gauge just what kind of game it would be based on the cinematic footage in these…

The Boys Season 2 Has a Unique Release Schedule

Traditionally, television shows have released in one of two schedules. Either they release an episode per week, or all of them at once. The former builds suspense and makes the viewer wait a week for the answers to their questions, and the…

Aggretsuko Season 3 Review

Warning: The following review contains mild spoilers for Season 3 of Aggretsuko. Aggretsuko has been one of the most welcome surprises to Netflix in recent years. The makers of Hello Kitty have brought a hyper-relatable 9-5 workplace dramedy to our screens. The…

Marvel’s Avengers (PC) Review

Editor’s Note: The developers have released a patch for Marvel’s Avengers and are working to fix bugs and crashes. See the patch notes here. After a delay and quite a lot of hype, we can finally play Marvel’s Avengers. I love character-action titles,…

Spinch (PC) Review

Indie games are a dime a dozen, so they have to have a flashy gimmick to make them stand out from the pack. In Spinch‘s case, it’s just about as flashy as can be, as anyone with a pair of eyeballs will be…

Borderlands 3, (Almost) One Year Later

Right now, I’m fondly recalling the massive amounts of hype for Borderlands 3 in 2019. With the previous mainline game having been released seven years prior, its return was desired by tons of gamers after exhausting the massive replayability of Borderlands 2.…

Overseer (PC) Preview

As I rediscover my love of Roguelikes, Phenixx was approached with a key for an indie title called Overseer. I volunteered to give it a whirl, despite the fact that it hadn’t a single review on its store page on Steam. I…

Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout (PC) Review

After swearing off Battle Royale games from several toxic hours with Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds, I didn’t think I’d return to the volatile genre ever again. That was until I was so generously gifted Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout to play with my girlfriend and…

Rogue Legacy 2 First Impressions

At long last, Rogue Legacy got a sequel. I sunk so many hours into the first one that I lost count. It was the hardest game I’ve ever played, and still might be until I try my hand at the Souls series.…