Beast of Reincarnation Review (PS5)
The expectations for this game were through the roof. It was tough to tame them for this review. Beast of Reincarnation is from developer Game Freak and is one of the bigger releases at the beginning of this holiday season (yep, August is where it begins). The game is gorgeous, open, and mysterious with its uncertain and uneasy narrative. It does a great job of setting up the world and delivers wi...[Read More]
Giga Wrecker Alt
Giga Wrecker Alt is a game in which the player mercilessly bashes, slices, and torpedoes evil robots into obliterated piles of scrap. That wreckage is then gathered into a massive trash ball and used to influence environmental objects to solve physics-based challenges. Puzzles and combat are questions that can be answered with the same set of tools, albeit with wildly unstable—and sometimes madden...[Read More]
Pokémon Gold and Silver Review
Pokémon Gold and Pokémon Silver Versions were released for the Gameboy Color in 2000. It was a massive hit, selling around 13 million copies, and kickstarted the franchise. Seventeen years after its release, it became re-released on the 3DS eShop as a Virtual Console game. This set of games is one of my personal favorites in the series. Here’s why. The story of the game is simplistic, and it expan...[Read More]
Pokémon Moon
It’s the 20th anniversary of Game Freak’s one-of-a-kind franchise, and with it comes significant change. Modernization, some might call it; enhanced accessibility—while purists likely will turn up their nose initially. Ultimately, though, after all these years, evolution was warranted. Has it been for the better? Pokémon Sun and Moon are set in the world of Alola, a network of tropical islands ...[Read More]