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Rocket League (Xbox One) – Review

I abhor sports; they are awful things full of exercise and other people. That’s combining two things I strongly dislike and making them both worse. I quite simply don’t understand the world’s desire to shove it in faces. The NFL is padded…

Pokemon Sword and Shield – Did They Succeed?

We’ve hit the first anniversary of the latest Pokemon titles. The Sword and Shield duo released on November 15th, 2019, for the Nintendo Switch. If you recall, these games released after weeks of high-intensity backlash from the community. Overall, the removal of many Pokemon from…

ScourgeBringer (PC) Review

As a massive fan of Rogue Legacy, it brings me great joy to have the chance to cover a game that operates in a similar capacity. Roguelike games are enjoyable and add a sense of urgency with their permadeath, but Rogue Legacy‘s encouragement…

Mars Horizon Set To Launch In November

Easily one of the most interesting indie games I’ve played this year is Mars Horizon; don’t get too excited, it is a short very list. Mars Horizon is a business management simulation with quite a different ethos behind it. When you think of…

Song of Horror (PC) Review

Song of Horror, by Spanish developer Protocol Games, follows Daniel Noyer, ex-entrepreneur, and now an employee of Wake Publishing. Noyer investigates a series of disappearances, starting with his employer’s client, prolific historical fiction writer Sebastian P. Husher. The story is quick to…

Paradise Killer (Switch) Review

I love a good mystery, a whodunit if you will. Because of that, investigation games like the Sherlock Holmes franchise, are high on my list of enjoyable experiences. I also love things that could be described as weird or strange, like Katamari…

Rawmen (PC) – Preview

I could have sworn that the first time I’d seen or heard of the homoerotic food-fight and Splatoon-like game, Rawmen, it was at E3 2018 or 2019. For the life of me, I can’t find that trailer prior to August 2019, and that’s from…

Onee Chanbara Origin (PC) Review

When I play a game, I want to get straight to the action. Maybe I’ll pop into the graphics settings for 30 seconds to see if everything’s optimized and to turn off bloom/motion blur, but not much more. When I powered on Onee…

Lovecraft Country Episode 9 Review: “Rewind 1921”

Warning: This article contains discussion of racism, violence, homophobia, murder, child abuse, and death. Engaging with (and relating to) fantasy, science fiction, horror, and any combination of the above will often, if not always, require accepting some otherworldly or even outlandish logic.…

9 Monkeys of Shaolin (PS4) Review

Almost 30 years removed from the height of popularity for the beat-em-up genre, it’s tough to really stand out in a type of game that’s been done in every way imaginable. So, I tempered my expectations going into 9 Monkeys of Shaolin, especially…