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Classified: France ’44 (PC) – Review

Before your Navy Seals and modern US Rangers, the UK was forced to create the special forces as we know them today. While David Stirling and the SAS were off in Africa and eventually taking on Operation Pegasus, and the SBS were…

Mario vs. Donkey Kong Review

First released in 2004 for the Game Boy Advance, Mario vs. Donkey Kong took the Super Mario experience and expanded it to focus more on puzzles and less on platforming. Reintroducing Donkey Kong as a villain after many games focusing on Bowser helped spark a…

Netflix’s Avatar is a Waste of Time

Like many folks, I grew up with Avatar: The Last Airbender. In fact, it’s probably my favorite show ever. I’ve seen the original series so many times that I was willing to give the newest adaptation by Netflix a fair shot. Now…

Lower Decks “Old Friends, New Planets” – Review

An episode that’s a 30-minute version of Wrath of Khan, with heavy connections to TNG, including “Lower Decks?” I’m in! Directed by Bob Suarez, he returns from “Something Borrowed, Something Green” and “A Few Badgeys More” from earlier this season. As I’ve said before,…

Trinity Fusion (PS5) Review

As we’ve covered many Rogue-lites in the past, one such genre fusion I tend to shy away from is Metroidvania. While I find this meshing to be the most reliant upon RNG and brute forcing through some areas ignoring enemies to survive…

News Tower (PC) Preview

Covered in more dust than the inside of your granddad’s underpants, the SimTower-like genre hasn’t been milked for all it is worth just yet. Sure SomaSim’s Project Highrise is the closest one-for-one but we’ve rarely gotten some delineations that focus on specific jobs, such…

Unicorn Overlord Demo (Switch) Impressions

Out of the many announcements from the recent Nintendo Direct, I was most interested in the newest tactics game from Sega, Unicorn Overlord. I enjoyed Triangle Strategy quite a bit, and I’ve been looking for another game to capture that same energy.…

Tchia (PS5) Review

Tchia was a game we had our eye keenly on a year ago. An open-world adventure game based on the small archipelago of New Caledonia off the coast of Australia, it’s an homage and tribute to the area as much as it is…

Lower Decks “The Inner Fight” – Review

“What in the minimalist hell…” Finally, someone agrees with me, this simple and minimalist design everyone is going for is horrible. Maybe I should note that Mike McMahan’s “The Inner Fight” is a two-parter and all that before I start complimenting Beckett…

Bee Simulator (PS4) Review

There’s something about simulators that has captivated me in recent years. Whether it’s the effervescent relaxation that Powerwash Simulator brings me or the way MudRunner activates a part of the brain I rarely use, I find these titles as rewarding as they are innovative. So…