Patrick Sounds Off: They Can’t All Be Winners
Ah, the GBA launch. The screen was terrible and I’m not good with kids.
Read moreAh, the GBA launch. The screen was terrible and I’m not good with kids.
Read moreIt’s pleasing to see the pilot of “The Last of Us” hit where it should, and seeing what happens next even though a lot of us know what’s going to happen should really be a treat.
Read moreTo people of a certain age, Atari will evoke fond memories of hours spent in front of the TV, enjoying fast, fun, and engaging games. For those people born in the 90s or 00s, though, Atari is barely even talked…
Read moreWe need more arcade racers in the world. It just doesn’t seem that way because a lot of what gets classified as arcade racers, aren’t.
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Read moreOver the past two pandemic-laden years, I’ve been away from SmashPad. I’ve had a few reasons for this. The most notable was that I was just feeling burned out. I’d taken up a lot of responsibilities here, and they’d just…
Read moreIt’s time to reveal the Top 10 game we most enjoyed in 2022.
Read moreIt’s really been a weird year. I know we’ve been overusing that word as of late, but it really has been a weird year. In the real world, the pandemic seems to be subsiding, but companies still have no idea…
Read more2022 was a hell of a year for smaller games that kept me going between big releases.
Read moreFor me, the year of 2022 (at least as far as gaming is concerned) was much like a chocolate chip bran muffin: sure, there were some nuggets of sweet goodness, but most of it was just kind of…meh. That’s not…
Read moreNinth-gen platforms have a relevancy problem. They just don’t have a discernible identity from their predecessors because virtually all of their games are shared with them. Now that supply woes can’t be used as an excuse, let’s address this.
Read moreThe Dreamcast brought me to the very quick decision that I would never miss another system launch if I could help it. I had no idea what I was walking into the very next year.
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