R-Type is a shoot ’em up (shmup) that is near and dear to my heart as a 90s kid. It competed against the likes of Gradius, Super Mega Force, and...[Read More]
Atomic Owl from developer Monster Theater is a classic case of a retro-inspired, 2D action platformer that looks amazing in the trailers, but falls so...[Read More]
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle has returned! And this time, it has made it to the little system that could, the Nintendo Switch 2. While the syste...[Read More]
After wrapping up Call of the Elder Gods‘ first chapter, I went to the PlayStation Store and downloaded 2020’s Call of the Sea. Developer ...[Read More]
Mullet Madjack is a product of the best bits of the boomer shooter genre. It’s built around the idea that the player should be undiscerning with their...[Read More]
Evil Empire and Ubisoft’s 2D side-scrolling roguelike, The Rogue Prince of Persia, has gone physical nearly one year after its digital release. By now...[Read More]
Minutes into Pragmata, lead character Hugh Williams expresses his distrust for robots and AI. He and his team have been summoned to the Earth’s ...[Read More]
TAMASHIKA is very much a game you have played before. TAMASHIKA is very much a game you have not played before. TAMASHIKA presents a kind of quandary ...[Read More]
People of Note‘s soundtrack has been playing in my head for days which, for a game so focused on the magic of music, is certainly worth praise. ...[Read More]
You need to play ChainStaff just to see the crazy shit developer Mommy’s Best Games cooked up. Level after level I was astounded at the visual b...[Read More]
Playing Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 1-2 Remastered back in the winter of 2024, I was able to finally tick one game off the abyss that is my backlog. W...[Read More]
Super Meat Boy is a permanent fixture in my gaming lexicon. As far as titles I’ve referenced in reviews go, Team Meat’s brutal platformer ...[Read More]