Review by Matt S. I like grindhouse B-grade horror. It’s a genre I grew up deriving a great deal of joy from. I like bikinis. They are a nice aesthetic (seriously, as controversial as this has become to say, women in swimwear are pleasant to look at). I like anime.…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. Hades landed on my Switch out of nowhere this week – I had no idea the game was even in development, but I am immediately in love with it. What a beautifully slick, intelligent, refined roguelike it is. This is just my first impressions from the…
Read MoreVideo by Harvard L. Super Mario 3D All-Stars is a new collection from Nintendo that includes Mario 64, Mario Sunshine, and Mario Galaxy (1, not 2). The three games in the collection are all excellent, and while the overall package isn’t perfect (check out my review on DDNet for that…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I do get the thought process that went into Minoria. “Let’s take Castlevania, and throw some Dark Souls-like difficult boss battles into the mix” is… well, it’s a proven quantity at this point. Everyone knows that European gothic, Castlevania, Dark Souls and challenging boss battles are…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Who the hell needs FIFA and PES when you’ve got Captain Tsubasa to play now? Not me. This humble little “arcade football game”, produced by a tiny team at Tamsoft for a fraction of the cost that EA and Konami’s monoliths are made with, is simply…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Dodo Peak isn’t the kind of game that you’ll remember six months down the track. But it is the kind of game that you’ll come across randomly when browsing through your library of games, remember that you actually really enjoyed playing it, and load it up…
Read MoreReview by Matt C. Playing Destroy All Humans! for the first time in 2020 is an… odd experience. This is a remake of a game that first came out in 2005, created as a parody of Cold War-era science fiction B movies, yet its satire feels as relevant and pointed…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Carrion is visceral. I’m actually tempted to leave my review at that, because that describes the game’s core motif and aesthetic, its principle appeal, and it’s the perfect word to describe whether the game is right for you or not. Carrion is exquisitely violent, evocatively malevolent,…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. With Rock of Ages 3, ACE Team is done. That’s not a criticism of the game, but rather an acknowledgement that there’s just nothing more to eke more out of the formula. As an eclectic blend of tower defence, Monkey Ball, Monty Python and party game,…
Read MoreWell then. Waifu Uncovered is certainly a thing. A thing I never expected Nintendo to allow, in this state, onto the Switch. Publisher eastasiasoft certainly deserves credit for somehow making that happen. To stop beating around the bush, Waifu Uncovered is strip SHMUP, and while it doesn’t go quite as…
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