R-Type Dimensions III (Nintendo Switch 2) Review
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 Axelay on my SNES. These shmups’ simple control schemes were often overshadowed by dramatically steep difficulty curves and punishing boss battles that reset players’ progress back to square one. R-Type Dimensions III is a remake of the ...[Read More]
R-Type Delta HD Boosted (PS5) Review
The 80s, 90s, and early aughts’ vision of the far future was, for lack of better words, crunchy. While Star Wars had us looking up to the stars in hopes of seeing light sabers and Jedi heroes, other media portrayed space travel as an isolating and dangerous jaunt. The R-Type series contained one of these portrayals: Imagine a future Earth that has been invaded by grotesque biomechanical aliens. Th...[Read More]