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Super Mario Party Jamboree marks a significant advancement for the series. With customizable gameplay options, you can tailor your experience by removing elements you don’t enjoy, making it more accessible for everyone. Nintendo has also integrated more online features, allowing you to engage with friends and other players even when...
Neva
The notion of games as an art form has been a topic of discussion for years. While some argue that it’s simply entertainment, others focus on how the combination of interactivity and visual storytelling communicate messages like no other. With the ability to elicit raw emotion and delve into complex...
Dragon Ball Sparking Zero is an outstanding achievement from studio Spike Chunsoft. You can feel their love and reverence for the series in every aspect. It includes nearly everything I could hope for in a Budokai Tenkaichi follow-up, with beautiful graphics and excellent gameplay.
Metaphor: ReFantazio has been compared to the Persona series since it was announced, and for good reason. It uses a lot of the same storytelling techniques and gameplay mechanics. However, the story it tells is rooted more in high and dark fantasy titles than Persona’s urban fantasy coming of age.
Whether you date it to the beginning in 1972 with Pong, or in 1980 with Pac-Man, this history of video games is by now substantial. And when it’s told, that history has to include developer Blizzard. The company’s flagship titles — WarCraft, StarCraft, and Diablo — have defined the MMORPG,...
Decades after games like Everquest and World of Warcraft began to define the MMORPG genre, developers are still birthing new ones, hoping to siphon enough players from some other game to theirs. There are at least a few types of MMORPG fans. One group consists of dedicated players who form...
The cool thing about story-driven games is that your story can be about literally anything, if done right. Apartment Story is a tiny narrative in a cramped space that feels much bigger. This is a simple concept fleshed out and made richer, more engaging, and more rewarding. It turns out...
The newest Jackbox Games pack is upon us, and it’s not “Jackbox Party Pack 11”. This is the Jackbox Naughty Pack. It’s three Jackbox-style games, all with a sexual twist. It’s a pack made for drunken parties, where kids aren’t present. There’s lots of explicit language about sex, genitalia, pubic...
I know it’s a virtue and all that, but I’m not a patient person. Standing in line, getting stuck in traffic, or waiting for downloads to finish, they all suck. I admire those folks for whom these are opportunities to practice zen-like calm, but I just get annoyed. The same...
Funko Fusion
True confession time. I don’t own a single Funko Pop! figure. Sure, I have shelves groaning with the weight of pop culture and gaming memorabilia, action figures, and toys but no hermetically sealed special edition Funko bobbleheads. I am, alas, a very bad nerd. Still, while I might not collect...
After making the switch from FIFA to EA SPORTS FC 24 last season, the pioneering football simulator continued to innovate while maintaining its successful core formula. This season, FC 25 aims to give you even greater control over the tactical aspects of the game, offering a more authentic representation of...
Pneumata
Pneumata is an upcoming game from game developer Deadbolt Interactive. Back in September 2023, they gave us access to the demo. Originally, Deadbolt Interactive scheduled to release the game on Halloween, 2023. That date proved optimistic as the game’s release ended up being pushed back a year after the demo...
