Reviews

Sphere Acquisition There are so many types of video games in the world, not just differentiated by genre like adventure, sport, or fantasy but also whether or not its multiplayer, or if it’s a solo campaign, or if its mean to be played with lots of [...]

A Tiny Amount of Fun It may be hard to imagine, but there was a time when platformers were the genre, with heavyweights like Mario, Sonic, and Rayman consistently churning out games that were challenging, well-designed, and fun. As technology developed at [...]

Salty Carbs The back of this Nissin Cup Noodles packaging states “for the very best ramen noodle soup.”  However, instead of calling this “soup” or “noodles,” a more accurate statement would be to call this dish “salt mixed with some other stuff.”  If you [...]

Domo Domo A clone of Bubble Bobble, Robbotto is a simple arcade game that is easy to pick-up-and-play and built around getting a high score while playing through 100 single screened stages. Instead of spitting bubbles and trapping enemies like Bub and [...]

Village People First and foremost, before anything else can be said about Castaway Paradise, the village simulator by indie studio Stolen Couch Games, it must be stated that yes, there is quite a lot of Animal Crossing influence that can be felt in this [...]

We Happy Few is a master class on an engaging introduction to a game.  It grabs the player with the simple immersion of the main characters’ job of editing what is and is not acceptable for mass consumption of News, and while heavy handed it enforces that [...]

Real Time Strategy games, or RTS for short, have been around for a very long time. There are many to choose from, and it appeals to the player who loves details, and buildings armies, and feeling like god. But one handicap of this play style is that it [...]

Any game can be great, but to be replayed and still be great is another summit that not many titles reach.  Even near perfect games can sometimes only be a few hours long, and then the magic is ruined. To combat that gaming fatigue, we have the category [...]