“Keeper” Review
With how much I adore Psychonauts 2, it’s not a stretch to say that I was very much looking forward to whatever Double Fine did next. Despite this, I hadn’t heard a peep about Keeper. In fact, I didn’t even…
Read moreWith how much I adore Psychonauts 2, it’s not a stretch to say that I was very much looking forward to whatever Double Fine did next. Despite this, I hadn’t heard a peep about Keeper. In fact, I didn’t even…
Read moreNostalgia is a weird beast. One of my favorite video games of all-time is Super Mario Sunshine, the GameCube-exclusive Mario game that was as popular as it was divisive. The same goes for a lot of the old collect-a-thon platformers…
Read moreEver since it’s inception, Digimon has always been some sort of foil or ripoff to Pokémon. But everybody that gave it a chance knew it was its own thing with its own charms. While Digimon games have struggled critically over…
Read moreBubsy is back in Bubsy 4D, and I’m happy to see he’s looking very good so far. With an updated art style, strongly improved gameplay, and a mission by developers Fabraz to bring the infamous orange bobcat back with a…
Read moreLittle Nightmares III is a very good game and Supermassive’s first attempt is a more than valid entry to the series thanks to its timeless art style and terrifying yet riveting design that’s thankfully a tad more lengthy than its predecessors.
Read moreDevelopers with the LEGO IP have done an amazing job parodying their source content, and they’ve also done a great job with their original content with games like LEGO City Undercover and LEGO Voyagers. Now they’re going after Mario Party,…
Read moreBy now, the review embargo for Digimon Story: Time Stranger has lifted and you should see a bunch of reviews that we believe will be mostly positive. We got our review code for the game a few days later than…
Read moreIf you like match 3 games, RPGs, you want a game that’s easy to pick up and play, and doesn’t demand a lot from you, there’s very few games that are better than Puzzle Quest: Immortal Edition. The devs deserve the…
Read moreI wasn’t expecting Pac-Man World 2 Re-PAC to pivot much from its original incarnation. The remake of the previous game, for all intents and purposes, was a mostly straight-ahead recreation that faithfully stuck to its PlayStation predecessor. This one, however, not only majorly reimagines much of its content, but completely replaces some of it, all while greatly extending its playtime in some surprising ways. Not all of these changes are for the better and I certainly don’t think that the intent behind some of them flows well with the rest of the game, but this is still a fairly successful remake that does its best to improve things.
Read moreDuring our recent visit to Capcom to try out their TGS 2025 lineup, they had yet another demo of Pragmata to play, and this build brought us closer to figuring out what this game might actually end up being.
Read moreAs overdone as they are today, Monster Hunter and Final Fantasy XIV Online is as ideal a match as you can have when it comes to video game crossovers. While Monster Hunter doesn’t have the buzzing world that Final Fantasy…
Read moreWhile we can’t be at Tokyo Game Show this year, Capcom was nice enough to invite us to their U.S. office in the Bay Area to get our hands on a bunch of the games they’re featuring at the event….
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