Oliver Shellding
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Until Then
One of the reasons that I adore visual novels is their ability to evoke emotions in ways that just hit differently than other games. With platformers, fighters, and adventure games, you get the thrill of victory and the agony of being terrible. With modern RPGs, there’s a wide range of...
While installing Read Only Memories: Neurodiver, I took a moment to go back over my thoughts for the original 2064: Read Only Memories. A game that underwent a hellish cycle of re-releases and public scrutiny, there were so many things I enjoyed, namely the world, the style, and the soundtrack....
Neptunia, what on earth happened to you? You were a franchise that fans gathered around for ages, celebrating and flailing about on all walks of life. The original Hyperdimension Neptunia games on the Vita and Steam are some seriously fun moments in my developing life, and I even convinced my...
Princess Peach has really gotten the raw deal in terms of spotlight recognition since the Mario universe started spinning into side character games. Luigi’s Mansion is a fantastic series, Captain Toad warms my heart, Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze is tough as nails, and we’re all just waiting for a...
I really appreciate the global commitment to showing everyone what the apocalypse could look like. While so many of the films I saw in my younger days showed a lot of USA-based scenarios, the end of the world took place in every corner of Earth. Escape From New York, Brazil,...
Soulgame Studio, the creator of Minishoot’ Adventures seems to have a handle on something that is woefully missing from many retro-inspired titles, and that’s direction. Far too often, when encountering games that want to “capture the feeling of the NES era,” it’s done in aesthetic alone, sometimes coupled with the...
Mastering the true art of parody is what separates quality content from half-baked nonsense. There’s a significant reason why “Weird Al” Yankovic holds such a prestigious place in the halls of comedy and pastiche songs, but that one guy who sang “I Want It That Way” filled with homophobic innuendos...
With Nintendo’s wide range of IPs – from Metroid and Mario, to Starfy and ARMS – it’s always an unexpected joy when something from days gone by suddenly gets a breath of fresh air. The year of 2024 is the return of the unsung heroine, Ashley Mizuki Robbins. In spite...
Pinball M
There really is nothing quite like how Zen Studios approaches different pinball IPs. As much as I love physical tables, they are rare if not completely impossible to find in Japan for reasons that escape my understanding. So it’s been a real refuge to have things like Pinball FX for...
As we close out one of the biggest years in gaming so far, it’s great to see the evolution of everything that we’ve been playing on all fronts. The rebirth of the 2D Mario franchise with Super Mario Bros. Wonder, the epitome of Western RPGs found in Sea of Stars,...
Born of Bread
There’s no denying the need from the populous to scratch the Paper Mario itch. For years, even the Nintendo developers have tried to recapture the feel without retracing their steps, but that is how we got Sticker Star, Color Splash and the almost but not quite right Origami King. The...
Recency bias is a double edged sword, and that’s none more apparent than with Nintendo’s newest release WarioWare: Move It. It was only a couple of years back that Nintendo Switch players got WarioWare: Get It Together to less than glorious fanfare. While I understand what Nintendo was attempting to...
