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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…

Blizzard Staff Called to Strike Over Versailles Closure

Earlier this month, Activision Blizzard Inc. communicated to employees working from their Versailles, France location that they would be closing the office, severing the U.S.-based game publisher’s last physical tie to France. The Versailles office has primarily been a hub for marketing,…

Stick It To The Man Added To Prime Gaming

I hate cats, I love lasagna, and I hate Mondays. I guess two of our four ain’t bad if I want to be next up to play Garfield; The fourth, of course, being that I’m not ginger. Anyway, to the reason I…

Alwa’s Legacy (Switch) Review

I had heard about Alwa’s Awakening a while back, and retro platformers are always something I look into. So when I heard about Alwa’s Legacy, the 16-bit sequel coming to Nintendo Switch, I had to give it a look. Granted, it probably…

Next-Gen Launch in November Will Feel Delayed

I had a thought when I was discussing next-gen console with the Phenixx Gaming staff. Nobody I know personally is grabbing a console at launch from either Sony or Microsoft. The real difference this time around is that I know more people…

Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time (PS4) Review

I think it is pretty safe to say that any child of the ’90s (or any adult of that time period) that owned a Sony PlayStation has probably at least heard of Crash Bandicoot. After the release of the Crash Bandicoot N’Sane…

Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs & Kingdom New Lands, Free On Epic

I’ve been asked this already this week, am I ill? Monday, I wrote my only news piece this week before now, with Prime Gaming adding two games that I’ve still not touched. Also, David spoke of Mortal Kombat 11 getting an Ultimate Edition soon. On Tuesday, David…

Ring of Pain (PC) Review

October has arrived and with it, the macabre, the spooky, and the dark themes come out in spades. I’m the first to tell you that I’m a chicken when it comes to horror, but I do like creepy, dark games. Specifically, I…