Mullet Madjack (Nintendo Switch 2) Review
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 aiming, instead opting to kick or shoot at anything in their way. Its simplicity contains just enough roguelike iteration to change things up every 10 minutes (at most), preserving its high octane and bloody violent gameplay loop. All of this is wra...[Read More]
Mullet MadJack Review (PC)
Mullet MadJack is not a game, it is an experience of the most insane parts of your soul. Set in a dystopian setting that will make you say “wow this hits a little too close to home,” this shooter will pit you up against the most terrifying villain of all: capitalism. The game was created by Brazilian game developer Hammer95. I can only assume their point in developing Mullet MadJack was to emulsif...[Read More]
Phantom Fury (PC) Review
Part of what makes boomer shooters fun is their over-the-top presentations, be it excessive gore, ridiculous traversal, thematics that avoid taking themselves too seriously, and/or high-octane gameplay that is encapsulated in retro-fueled pixels. They don’t cater to precise shooting or believable plots, instead opting for unbelievable storylines with occasional plot twists and guns with bullet spr...[Read More]
Turbo Overkill (PC)
Coming out of previewing GTTOD, I felt myself hankering for boomer-shooter gameplay that excelled in mobility. I was wanting parkour, if you will. I wanted to wall jump while shooting waves of enemies. I wanted I had already played Doom Eternal, but I wanted more…and then Turbo Overkill released. All of my urges for momentum, gunplay, and ridiculous levels of gore were met by Trigger Happy Interac...[Read More]