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Kombinera
I feel that the publisher, Atari, has been asleep for a long time, so seeing their name on Kombinera put a big ol’ smile on my face. Kombinera is a puzzle pla
When first checking out Aztech Forgotten Gods, I was pleased to see the theme centered on a version of the Aztec empire which didn’t involve certain foreigners coming in and wrecking up the joint. I’m sorry to say, however, that this review is not a happy one.Read More
The Ramp was released in 2021 for Steam/PC and is now available on the Nintendo Switch eShop. This game was created by a single developer for a very specific re
Triangle Strategy's story is complex, the characters are likable, and there's plenty of variety in the combat missions and in the soldiers you'll use to complete them. The game will keep you occupied for a long time if you let it. The story, longer.Read More
It’s really rather difficult to be a kart-racing game in 2022. It’s especially hard to be a kart-racing game on a Nintendo platform, where the greatest of t
Dark Deity
I'm an old-school Fire Emblem fan, and it's impossible not to see Fire Emblem in Dark Deity's DNA. It has the best pacing and focus of any FE-style game since Shadow Dragon, but does it do more than just ride the coattails of its forebears?Read More
Rune Factory 5 is a game that's potentially so big I didn't feel like I could cover it alone. So, much of this review is based on my wife's observations (she su
Gal*Gun Double Peace is a shooter-on-rails game with light elements of a dating sim. You play a high school boy who gets shot by a powerful love arrow, causing girls to attacking him to declare their love. What follows is...well...Read More
You've heard of River City Ransom, River City Tokyo Rumble, River City Girls... the list goes on and on. Now you have the chance to go back to one of the earlie
A Musical Story is a rhythm game that…well…tells a story through music. It follows a band and their journey to the Pinewood Music Festival in the 1970s, but is it worth hitching a ride?Read More
Indiana Jones: The Pinball Adventure was released in 1993 by Williams. It doesn't stack up with my favorite Williams machines, but it's a good one, and Zen Studios has done their typically solid (state) job of bringing it to digital gamers.Read More
Castle Morihisa is a rogue-like-card/deck-building-turn-based game. We’ve seen this sort of thing before, but while many elements will look familiar, the game's depiction and characterization of feudal Japan make it something interesting all on its own.Read More
