Don't look at me like that. Game writers are legally required to use that picture when writing about this game. My hands are tied. It's the law. That's not what you're here for though. You want to know whether the Switch version of The...

Even though it's not a fully VR game per se, Trover Saves the Universe kind of flew under the radar when it was released earlier this year. Naturally Rick & Morty fans gravitated toward it, because it could easily exist as a spinoff in ...

No Man's Sky is a game that I hold in high regard now lately for a lot of reasons. However, back when I originally reviewed the game for a channel me and my friends started I absolutely tore into it for all the numerous and very obvious is...

Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age (DQXI) was one of my favorite titles from last year, a gorgeous throwback to earlier games in the long-running RPG franchise. That said, the version we got here in the West was somewhat compromised ...

I skipped the NES gamepads for Nintendo Switch, but those new SNES controllers? I couldn't resist! If you were lucky enough to place an order in time (not only are quantities limited, but you also need to be a Nintendo Switch Online subscri...

I forgot just how absorbing Puzzle Quest can be when it's done right. A few battles here, a few spell upgrades there, and next thing you know, you've been matching color-coded tiles for hours on end. After a few missteps, the once-beloved m...

It's been a good year since I last set foot inside a Call of Duty multiplayer mode. While I'm no stranger to Activision's immensely popular shooter series, a lot of my recent down-the-barrel action has been confined to Ubisoft's tactical sh...

For a little over a decade now, Zen Studios has been perfecting its craft at making pinball games. Starting with Pinball FX on Xbox 360 all the way back in 2007, the studio has seemingly not stopped finding ways to adapt different propertie...

What's the deal with Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville? Where do I begin! The follow-up to PopCap's kooky team-based shooter series Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare isn't fully out yet – the launch is set for October 18 &...

Celeste originally released in January of 2018 to almost resounding critical praise, and today, its final batch of DLC is dropping in the form of Chapter 9. I’ve always considered myself pretty decent at twitch platformers, but these ...

God help me I've gotten back into The Sims this year. Sure it doesn't completely make up for a lack of regular Sim-verse games (can we get another SimAnt please?), but Sims 4 has come a long way since its launch, which includes oodles of DL...

Banjo Kazooie's entrance in Super Smash Bros. is more than justified. Not only did the duo grace the Nintendo 64 with one of its most iconic games, but in recent years, Microsoft has been playing nice with Nintendo to the point wh...

9/9/99 was a pretty special day. I distinctly remember going to my local EBX (an offshoot of Electronics Boutique, a GameStop division) to not only pick up a Dreamcast, but a copy of Final Fantasy VIII. And the thing is, while a new system ...

When I was first sold on Trine, all I needed to hear is that it was vaguely similar to The Lost Vikings. I sought it out that very day. Over time, the magic of Trine kind of waned a bit, and the dream almost came crashing down entirely...

I was there in the early days of World of Warcraft. It wasn't until Burning Crusade when I'd join a server-first guild and really live that WoW life you've heard so much about, but while I was focusing on my university studie...

Chicory: A Colorful Tale, which was originally introduced to the world as Drawdog, is the new game from the creator of Wandersong, and if the demo is any indication of its quality, holy shit, this is going to be an absolute blast. It's stil...

We got our hands on a Sega Genesis Mini early, and have the go-ahead to showcase its complete contents. Naturally, the first thing I did before playing it is see how it compares to all the other minis so far. I have a little mini museum!

Heroes of the Storm is having an interesting year. Although a lot of people aren't happy with the way Blizzard decided to ramp down development, I've actually been enjoying the game on a regular basis, just as frequently as I have in the pa...

Super Smash Bros. never fails to keep us guessing. Nintendo has truly proven that just about anyone can join the fray, as nearly every publisher will welcome the publicity. We've seen all sorts of shocking additions over the years like...

When the Neo Geo Mini launched last year, a lot was said about how poor the controls were. While the original Neo Geo hardware has some of the finest gamepads you'll ever experience – even if the button layout is a little odd – ...

The digital adaptation of the current top-rated board game on BoardGameGeek Gloomhaven was announced about a year ago, and it is now available on Steam Early Access. For strategy gamers, it may seem like a no-brainer. If that many people li...

I'm a little late to the party with The Messenger. I don't know why (I actually do, I was playing a ton of games in August 2018), but I never got around to playing more than 30 minutes of The Messenger at launch. But at some point in my rec...

There wasn't one particular reason why I put down Deck13's The Surge after a few sessions close to its 2017 launch: there were too many to count. As their sci-fi follow-up to Lords of the Fallen and their second foray into the "Souls" ...

Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 just dropped its third DLC zombies map, and it's a doozy. I won't go too far down the rabbit hole, but suffice to say it's going to keep zombies players talking for a while.

Capcom is a sleeping giant when it comes to properties. A lot of people forget that yes, they not only have the Mega Man series at their disposal, but they also have all of the subseries that entails like Mega Man X and Battle Network,...