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A Brief History of Backyard Baseball

With news dropping today that a remaster of the original Backyard Baseball game released in 1997 will be coming to Steam on October 10th, I thought that it would be appropriate to bring everyone up to speed about this franchise. If you…

PlayStation State of Play September 2024 Roundup

We’re getting to the end of the year. This means we have very little time between now and the Game Awards. It also means that developers will have a last-ditch effort to announce and update details on upcoming games. This week we…

Keylocker (Nintendo Switch) Review

I have a love-hate relationship with action commands. I love games like Paper Mario and the Mario & Luigi series, but sometimes those timed action commands are an accessibility issue. I went into Moonana’s Keylocker with an open mind after playing Virgo…

Xbox Talks Carbon Reduction Days after Energy Announcement

Typically I try not to blend two pieces of news together and just cover the most recent thing, but honestly, this one seems like it needs it for context. We’ll start with the more wholesome, face-value niceness then progress to everyone dogpiling…

Blasphemous II to get DLC and Free Update

October kicks off my favorite time of the year. The weather gets cooler, I love Halloween, and we get closer to the Holiday season. I get a special Halloween treat this year, as Blasphemous II’s developers just announced two cool new announcements…

Comic Book Corner: Minor Threats

After a brief hiatus, I’m back with another comic book review. This week I’ll be looking into Minor Threats, a series published by Dark Horse. This miniseries consists of two sets of four issues with the first arc titled “A Quick End…

Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii announced for 2025

Yarrr… never gonna believe this, but they’ve made another Yakuza game. Another Yakuza game in Hawaii of all places. Over the weekend at the RGG Summit event, ahead of the Tokyo Games Show this weekend, SEGA and Ryu Ga Gotoku revealed the…

Gas Station Simulator gets New Junkyard DLC

I’m a big fan of Drago Entertainment’s Gas Station Simulator. It’s one of the “Dad Sims” that actually packs a lot of fun, even if it gets a little hectic sometimes. I’ve been happy with the continued support of Gas Station Simulator…

Concord Director Reportedly Steps Down

Oh here we go, I have to credit Kotaku of all things for some news. It is like crediting a politician for being honest and not taking backroom deals. In the continuing saga of things I could have predicted with my eyes…

Sticky Business gets Among Us Collab

If there is anything that the developers of Among Us are good at, it is marketing. One way that they have kept Among Us in the spotlight long after the YouTube obsession has passed, is through Indie collabs. Now, there is a…