Retro reflections by Matt S. The last couple of weeks I’ve been catching up with a gothic adventure game so brutally difficult that I want to break down and cry. I’ve never actually finished this game; though I find its moody atmosphere and gorgeous depictions of decrepit, crumbling castles and…
Read MoreReview by Sam M. In what is a fond memory of mine, I inherited from my grandfather his collection of Matchbox cars. Some weren’t in that great condition, nor were most of them rare or collectible by any means, but often, much to the amusement of my grand imagination as…
Read MoreReview by Nick Hu. The essence of any twin-stick shooter is its core loop. That loop could be broken down into a staggered shift between shoot, move and rest, though in reality it manifests as shoot-while-everything and breath when you can. While the term “shooter” covers such a broad range…
Read MoreReview by Harvard L. One of the first games ever released was called Spacewar. In that game, two players controlled ships which rotated and moved in an unwieldy way, trying to shoot the other ship before their own was destroyed. AstroDuel Deluxe for the Nintendo Switch is what Spacewar would…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. In the absence of Nintendo’s F-Zero series (c’mon Nintendo, surely you know how much people want that one), Sony’s had close to the monopoly on super high speed anti-gravity racing with WipeOut. Now, WipeOut Omega Collection might not be a new game, per se, but bringing…
Read MoreReview by Harvard L. Rive is an excellent, if sorrowful, swansong for veteran Dutch developers Two Tribes. With an incredible backlog full of addictive titles such as Toki Tori, RUSH and EDGE, the studio developed a reputation for its minimalist games featuring exceptionally well designed mechanics. The reputation is upheld…
Read MoreRetro reflections by Matt S. It’s funny how one of the simplest games of all time – Space Invaders – can still be so completely addictive. One of thousands of games on my cocktail arcade cabinet, and a game that you can easily play in some form or other for…
Read MoreRetro reflections by Matt S. One of my favourite games as a kid was Snow Bros. Jr. on the Game Boy Color. It wasn’t even my game. It belonged to my cousins, but every time I would visit I would end up borrowing the game for as long as I…
Read MoreReview by Moshe R. The beginning was without form, and void. And the Flying Spaghetti Monster said, let there be sauce: and we got the first arcades. Universe creations aside, I remember my own personal evolution in the field of video games. That first go at Pong, the first sightings…
Read MoreReview by Nick H. Of all the different sports options out there, I think basketball works best for crazy arcade action. NBA Playgrounds manages to mostly capture the essence of what made NBA Jam so popular decades ago, though its attempt to update the formula also misses the mark at…
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