“Blippo+” Review
When Blippo+ came up in our staff Discord as possibly available for review, I had never heard of it. I checked out the trailer. It took about half an hour for my brain to recover from the short circuit. To…
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“Lumines Arise” Accessibility Preview
Today, I’m doing something a bit different. Normally in my reviews I touch on Accessibility issues and offer some suggestions. This is the first time I’ll be doing that as a preview of a game that has yet to release….
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“Earthion” Review
by Filippo Dinolfo
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31 Jul 2025
One thing I love about today’s gaming climate is the fact that you can do whatever you want. Whether you want to make artistic games focused on narrative or create a new game in a tried and true genre, nothing…
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“NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound” Review
by Filippo Dinolfo
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30 Jul 2025
The Ninja Gaiden series got its start with the 1988 arcade beat-em-up. Though it was a decent enough quartermuncher and saw ports to various microcomputers, it didn’t really set the world on fire. That happened the following year when the…
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“WWE 2K25” Review
by Filippo Dinolfo
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21 Mar 2025
We’re coming up on WrestleMania, and the new entry in the WWE 2K franchise is here to help build the hype. Over the past two years that I’ve been looking at these games, I’ve seen the series getting better in…
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Filippo’s Top 10* Games of 2024
In terms of years in gaming, 2024 has been great for some, but paltry for others. I am in that latter camp, as my tastes have changed over time. The flashy, high-budget titles major publishers produce, have, barring a handful…
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“Balatro” Review
by Filippo Dinolfo
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18 Mar 2024
When you look at the gaming landscape today, it’s so vast and deep that it becomes hard to find new games you might want to play. Not so much because they don’t exist, but because you just don’t hear about…
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“WWE 2K24” Review
by Filippo Dinolfo
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04 Mar 2024
WWE 2K24 continues to build on the strong foundation that was established over the last two years.
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More F-Zero than F-Zero – “Star Racer” First Look
When my editor, Danreb, emailed me asking if I wanted to have a look at Star Racer I was curious. This was the first I’d heard of the game, but, of course, that could just be because it’s impossible to…
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Filippo’s Top 5 Games of 2023
This year saw the release of many landmark titles. It also saw a declining interest in big AAA games from myself and several others. That’s not to say there weren’t any that I didn’t enjoy. There were a few that…
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“Baldur’s Gate 3” Review
Baldur’s Gate 3 comes with very high expectations among RPG fans. Taking six years of development time, Larian Studios have delivered a fine example of how to do a Dungeons & Dragons RPG right. For those of you still reading…
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“Double Dragon Gaiden” Review
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05 Aug 2023
The last couple of years have been rather good for Beat-em-up revivals. With Streets of Rage 4 showing there is a pent-up demand for these games, and TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge showing that this demand is far from sated, we now…
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