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Season’s Greetings from Phenixx Gaming 2025

It is that time again, everyone! Phenixx Gaming’s editorial team (and writers) are going on a break for three weeks. This year has been a crazy ride, full of great games, interesting news, a few delays, and lots of chaos in the…

David’s Backlog Busting: Lichtspeer (PC) Preview

I have a confession to make. I have a category set up in my Steam library that I use as a catch-all for games that, upon scrolling past them in my backlog, make me think anything along the lines of, “What the…

David’s Backlog Busting: CloverPit (PC) Preview

Warning: The subject of this article contains depictions of mature themes, such as gambling addiction, that are unsuitable for younger audiences. Reader discretion is advised. I recently purchased CloverPit because it was described to me as “Balatro, but with slot machines instead…

With Wreckreation’s situation, Can the Industry Keep This up?

This games industry is as fragile as a man’s ego or as stable as a digestive biscuit teetering on the edge of a coffee cup. I don’t know that there is a better example of this than the struggles that we see…

Mobile Games of the Moment: December 2025

We’re back at it one last time for 2025! I’ve played more games on my phone this year than ever before. Every month, there seems to be more ports of old favorites, new titles to push the medium, or just plain fun…

Gifts for Gamers 2025: Collectibles

We’re nearing that time of year when gift-giving is on everyone’s mind. For those of us who love to play games, it’s well-known that not every gift makes the mark. For every thoughtful gift, there’s someone getting you socks that say something…

2025 Holiday Gift Guide – A Few Picks

It is that time again, y’all. The menacing sound of “Ho, Ho, Ho” reaches our ears, and we know Christmas shopping is here. So, in the effort to help with Black Friday and beyond, I have a few potential ideas of things…

Lionhead’s The Movies is 20 years old now; do you feel old yet?

I still have the big, bulky box, the expansion, the manual, and the whole thing, despite effectively being abandonware by this point. For those of us older than Jesus’ first pair of sandals, Lionhead Studios might be widely known for Black &…

What Amiibo Unlock Zelda and Splatoon Villagers in Animal Crossing?

I feel like, since the Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition news broke, I’ve been thinking about the game non-stop. That includes preparing for how I will take advantage of the new additions in both the Switch 2 version and…

Pokémon Legends: Z-A Nails This Particular Game Mechanic

In Pokémon Legends: Z-A, much of the experience of the franchise is adjusted and reinvented to feel familiar but new. Unlike Legends: Arceus or the mainline traditional games, there is a particularly narrow scope to not only how you explore the world presented…