“Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour” Review

“Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour” Review

Console launches are funny business. While they've somewhat always signified the start of a new console generation, at the end...
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“Tamagotchi Plaza” Review

“Tamagotchi Plaza” Review

These things have names and people actually know them? It's amazing still seeing relevance in the Tamagotchi brand. I'm unsure...
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“Ruffy and the Riverside” Review

“Ruffy and the Riverside” Review

In the late '90s going into the early 2000s, your studio just wasn't cool unless you had a mascot platformer....
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“Clair Obscur: Expedition 33” Review

“Clair Obscur: Expedition 33” Review

As soon as it was announced, I was extremely looking forward to Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Aside from the Switch...
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Patrick Sounds Off: Preparing For The Worst

Patrick Sounds Off: Preparing For The Worst

As someone who takes pride in the video game library I've built over time, the current game industry presents more...
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[SGF 2025] “Yooka Replayee” Hands-On

[SGF 2025] “Yooka Replayee” Hands-On

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YU0no9cdlyk This was an appointment I don't know why I made at Summer Game Fest, as I very well could've...
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“Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour” Review

Console launches are funny business. While they’ve somewhat always signified the start of a new console generation, at the end of the day, a large chunk of the money for these products comes from FOMO. Whether it’s just being the…

“Tamagotchi Plaza” Review

It’s amazing still seeing relevance in the Tamagotchi brand. I’m unsure whether it’s because of nostalgia or the fact that collaborations with other IPs possibly gave the virtual pet makers some renewed relevance, but it’s definitely a brand I’ve come…

“Ruffy and the Riverside” Review

In the late ’90s going into the early 2000s, your studio just wasn’t cool unless you had a mascot platformer. It wasn’t just all about Mario and Sonic. In addition to your Crash Bandicoots, you had your Banjos, your Gexes,…

“Clair Obscur: Expedition 33” Review

As soon as it was announced, I was extremely looking forward to Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Aside from the Switch 2’s eventual release, Expedition 33 was my most anticipated game of the year. It was also the game I covered…

Patrick Sounds Off: Preparing For The Worst

As someone who takes pride in the video game library I’ve built over time, the current game industry presents more than one existential threat to the way I prefer to engage with it. Ballooning prices, game-key cards, GAAS, an overreliance…

[SGF 2025] “Yooka Replayee” Hands-On

This was an appointment I don’t know why I made at Summer Game Fest, as I very well could’ve done without it. Let me come clean. I was one of the backers of the original release of Yooka-Laylee having been…

[SGF 2025] “Ratatan” Hands-On

As someone that had a lot of good moments with the PSP, I’ve always loved Patapon. Whether it was with its initial release or its remaster nearly a decade later, my memories of cute little critters yelling “pata-pata-pata-PON” are good…

[SGF 2025] “Marvel Cosmic Invasion” Hands-On

Since I was a Genesis kid in my early formative years as a gamer, sidescrolling beat-em-ups–no matter how good or bad–were essential to me. Whether it was Streets of Rage or Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers: The Movie, beat-em-ups were part…

“Street Fighter 6 (Switch 2)” Review

With Virtua Fighter 5 REVO waiting in the wings with a yet-unannounced release date, and Soul Calibur II sitting there on the NSO GameCube app right from launch, Street Fighter 6 is the centerpiece of the best start a Nintendo console has ever had for fighting games.

[SGF 2025] “Dosa Divas: One Last Meal” Hands-On

Dosa Divas was one of the SGF Play Days appointments I was most looking forward to as I finalized SmashPad’s schedule. Developed by Outerloop Games, known for last year’s unique and stylish Thirsty Suitors, Dosa Divas looks like another winner…

[SGF 2025] “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles 2” Hands-On

I had the power of Tanjiro Kamado and anime on my side last week, thanks to SEGA bringing Demon Slayer: -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles 2 as a part of their Summer Game Fest lineup. Announced at the end…

[SGF 2025] “Lumines Arise” Hands-On

It may not have as well known a name as Tetris, but if you mention Lumines around a crowd of gamers, you’ll probably get a head nod from all of them. It’s just one of those puzzle games that doesn’t…