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Pentiment & We Are OFK Win Peabodys

Who knew that the Peabody Awards (or simply the Peabodys) were named after a man and not a super-intelligent, talking, and time-traveling Beagle? My usual jokes aside to launch us into the topic of the day, it is a weird one today as…

Hotel Hustle Available Now on Switch

Ever wanted to run your own hotel? With the growing number of party games and co-op management simulators out there, it was bound to happen eventually right? Red Deer Games has just released a new co-op game that might be right up…

TopSpin 2K25 (Xbox Series X) Review

In 2011, TopSpin 4 was released with Metacritic scores in the low to mid-80s. Despite the seemingly successful launch, we would not see another game in the franchise for 13 years. 2K’s relaunch of the series captures a satisfying snapshot of tennis in…

Sonic Rumble Announced

I’ve always enjoyed strange spin-off games starring characters within highly established IPs. Particularly, I’ve always enjoyed the Mario and Sonic spinoffs no doubt because I’m terrible at the platformers that make up the core series. This week Sega announced the newest addition…

Circus Electrique is Free on Epic

Friday, Prime fell out of Jeffrey’s anus. Monday, Mike covered the anime romcom you should watch during Summer. Tuesday the Switch successor was announced, just quietly, and Star Wars stuff returns to Fortnite. Wednesday, Hades II is now in early access, because I guess building to a release isn’t worth it…

S.W.A.T. (2017) – Review

The great philosophers N.W.A. once said, “And on the other hand, without a gun, they can’t get none, but don’t let it be a black and a white one.” It is no secret that race relations and policing are a major discussion that repeatedly…

The Thaumaturge (PC) Review

I love when RPGs are made in historical settings as opposed to purely fictional ones. I also happen to love it when developers take inspiration from popular franchises and attempt to do something new with them. The Thaumaturge is a blend of…

Heading Out Now Out

I think it is clear over the hundreds (nearly thousands) of articles I’ve written here, I have a preferred style of game. visually interesting, colorful, mechanically distinct, a story that’s engaging, and sometimes you might have noticed, I like driving. Well, Saber…

Rauniot (PC) – Review

Following in the footsteps of the great Finnish developers such as Taneli Armanto for Nokia, Sampo Karjalainen and Aapo Kyrölä on Habbo Hotel, and Karoliina Korppoo as well as everyone at Colossal Order, Act Normal Games brings another delightfully depressing Finnish game, Rauniot. A…

The Paleontologist (Book) Review

It’s not often that I’ll read recent releases that I’ve never heard about beforehand. The Paleontologist is one such book I saw randomly on a shelf at Barnes and Noble and decided to give it a shot. Written by Luke Dumas, The…