The Awesome Adventures Of Captain Spirit – Mind Over Matter

The Awesome Adventures Of Captain Spirit – Mind Over Matter

Warning: This review contains minor spoilers for Life Is Strange and The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit is a short Life is Strange episode set before the upcoming Life Is Strange 2, and it doesn’t cost a cent to download and play. A cynic might call it a simple act of […]

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Lumines Remastered: Groove Is In The Heart

Lumines Remastered: Groove Is In The Heart

Seconds after I started up Challenge Mode in Lumines Remastered, Mondo Grosso’s “Shinin’” perked up and the energetic sounds of an acoustic guitar began to weave around a trance beat. I dropped my first block, and quickly cleared the first sparkling squares of the stage, triggering that familiar twinkle sound effect. Suddenly, it was like 2004 […]

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Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus Nintendo Switch Review

Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus Nintendo Switch Review

Following Doom in 2017, Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus is the next Bethesda shooter to make its way to Nintendo Switch. It’s a bit strange to see The New Colossus on a new platform before its predecessor, The New Order, but jumping in for a second playthrough is a nice excuse to try it out on different hardware. Unfortunately, The […]

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Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker Nintendo Switch Review: Time For Adventure

Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker Nintendo Switch Review: Time For Adventure

Nintendo has all but cornered the market on streamlined, cute adventures for all ages. While Captain Toad made his first appearance in Super Mario Galaxy, he’s since been spun off into his own puzzle-platforming series based on a very different type of design philosophy than you may be used to. Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker debuted on the Wii […]

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Sonic Mania Plus Review – Encore! Encore!

Sonic Mania Plus Review – Encore! Encore!

From the opening title’s splash screen, Sonic Mania’s presentation is intoxicating. Its colorful, retro 2D graphics and vibrant ’90s-inspired pop soundtrack is enough to make any Sega Genesis fan squeal in excitement. In this jointly developed game, Sega and members of the Sonic fan-hack community have created a loving homage to the blue hedgehog’s glory days. […]

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20XX Review – Robot Generation

20XX Review – Robot Generation

Random rockman. 20XX wears its influences on its sleeve. If you’re familiar with Mega Man X, then slipping into the metallic bodies of 20XX’s two core protagonists–the gunner Nina and the swordsman Ace–will feel like coming home again. Both characters are satisfying to control, and executing combinations of dashes, wall jumps, and attacks is an intuitive process […]

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Mothergunship Review: Bullet-Hell Extravaganza

Mothergunship Review: Bullet-Hell Extravaganza

Guns, lots of guns. Mothergunship wastes little time in throwing you head-first into its fast-paced and over-the-top bullet-hell experience. As the spiritual successor to indie roguelike FPS Tower of Guns, this homage to ’90s action games balances a number of clever mechanics throughout its pulse-pounding jaunt through the inner depths of alien ships. As you’re dodging hundreds […]

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Earthfall Review: An Inferior Invasion

Earthfall Review: An Inferior Invasion

Leave it for dead. It’d be easy to dismiss Earthfall as nothing more than a Left 4 Dead clone, and you wouldn’t be wrong to do so. Despite riffing on well-known and beloved source material, Earthfall drags, with unremarkable missions and mediocre gunplay weighing down almost every action-packed setup. Any potential it shows is ultimately undercut by one thing […]

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