Rayman – 30 Anniversary Edition Review (PS5)
When it comes to video game history, I’m a big softy, especially when the game is still fun to play. Now, that said, I cannot believe that Rayman is celebrating its 30th anniversary. It’s nuts how quickly time flies. Well, celebrate its aging-ness, developer Digital Eclipse and Ubisoft have released Rayman – 30th Anniversary Edition. It covers a hefty chunk of the good-spirited hero’s history thro...[Read More]
Bubsy In: The Purrfect Collection Review (PS5)
I love video game history and revisiting the past as much as I can. Hell, on my shelf in my office sits a 1970s home PONG machine that I break out and stream on Twitch when I have time (and the VCR passthrough). That said, sometimes games struggle to recapture their magic and the era they were born within. I’ve run into a few games like that in the past, where I can appreciate them on a history bu...[Read More]
Space Adventure Cobra – The Awakening Review (PS5)
You know you’re old when you recognize a 1982 anime that was featured in a 1991 Matthew Sweet music video. Yes, I’ve seen that anime prior to that music video. I’ve lived them both. I lived through the late 1900s. I’m so old. Anyway, while Matthew Sweet didn’t make it into Space Adventure Cobra – The Awakening from developer Magic Pockets and publisher Microids, it still brought some good beats, f...[Read More]
Bubsy 4D announced from Atari and Fabraz
This Gamescom contains classic titles (that will be new ones). Anyway, enjoy the official Bubsy announcement and trailer. COLOGNE, GERMANY – August 19, 2025 – What could possibly go wrong? Atari and independent game studio Fabraz today announced Bubsy 4D, marking the return of everyone’s fur-vorite bobcat mascot in his first 3D adventure since 1996. A colorful and expressive platformer that ...[Read More]
Disney Illusion Island starring Mickey & Friends Review (PS5)
I think the last time I enjoyed a Disney title was Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse on the Sega Genesis. That game was a visually entertaining and challenging adventure. It was one of the best titles on that system in 1990. I remember when EGM gave it huge marks. Deserved. Well, 35 years have passed since that platformer was released, and now, we have a new one called Disney Illusion Islan...[Read More]
American Arcadia Review (PS5)
Just last week, when I was supposed to be reviewing, I happened upon The Truman Show and made time to watch it. When I was younger, it was just another comedy from Jim Carrey, where he would overact and play his goofy self. As I got older, that movie became more frightening. The idea that your entire life was fake and that all your friends/family/love interests were actors was heavy as it was dark...[Read More]
INAYAH – Life After Gods Review (PC)
Sometimes when you review titles, you come across one that kicks up some old feelings. For example, when I’m playing any Street Fighter game, it harkens back to me on a date at a mall in Annapolis. I should have been paying attention to my date, but I was fixated on a new game called Street Fighter II. It’s a good memory for the wrong dating reasons, but a good memory about video games and my firs...[Read More]
Astro Bot Review (PS5)
It seems like ages ago that we were unboxing the first PlayStation 5 and testing out the many nuances of its controller with a glorified tech demo called Astro’s Playroom. Filled with squeaks and innocent gameplay, Astro’s Playroom may have unintentionally started a need for more of Astro’s adventures and made the small dude an icon for the Sony PlayStation brand. Like, a Crash Bandicoot icon from...[Read More]
SCHiM (Nintendo Switch) Review
I remember a time when I was young enough to believe that my shadow was chasing me around as I ran across the playground. Everyone went through that phase, ya know? We had those periods of lonely creativity where our young minds wandered and created an imaginary world where ethereal beings manifested all around us. It was a simpler time, less burdened with day-to-day concerns like what to eat for ...[Read More]
Berserk Boy Review (PC)
When I saw the initial trailer for Berserk Boy, I immediately felt a sense of familiarity from its 2D platforming, upbeat tunes, and power-swapping protagonist. I was excited for another indie platformer to bring me back to the SNES-era of 2D platforming where I continuously struggled against Mavericks, Dr. Wiley, and platforming gauntlets full of hazards that were a surefire instant death for me....[Read More]
Airhead Review (PS5)
It has been a very long time since a puzzle platformer/metroidvania has had me thinking and obsessing over solutions more than actually playing the game. The last time I felt this way was with the classic 3DO game Another World, where the action was fast and furious, but the puzzles were even more mentally taxing and magnified the richness of the genius gameplay. Believe me, you want games like th...[Read More]
The Last Faith Review (PC)
One of my biggest issues that emerge when reading video game reviews occurs when a reviewer will express disliking a genre, reviewing a game of that genre, and then holding genre-defining gameplay elements as reasons to complain about the game being reviewed. I get it, we can’t expect every reviewer to love every genre, but we should attempt to be fair and as unbiased as possible when assessing a ...[Read More]