Mario Party is at a weird point in its lifetime; while most people who’ve grown up with the friendship-breaking party game series...
Hala, the Kahuna of Melemele Island, proudly tells you: “Only when you find the balance of the old and the new can...
While people tend to reminisce on the good old days of animated juggernaut Cartoon Network with things like Johnny Bravo, Dexter’s Laboratory,...
With today’s games vying for realism and complexity, it’s always a breath of fresh air when something comes out that’s simple and...
With so many franchises celebrating their milestone anniversaries, a few relatively obscure ones are also joining the fun. Case in point, the...
For the past ten years, Sonic the Hedgehog has been on a roller coaster of quality. After the horrendous atrocity that was...
Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse is a strong follow-up to its 2013 predecessor, but it still suffers from the same problems. Apocalypse...
Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past opens with a sense of anticipation. "The entire world is just this little island,"...
2008 was a pretty good year for the independent market. Not only were the critically acclaimed hits World of Goo and Braid...
The Ace Attorney series has one of the worst pitches for a game of all time: Let’s make a game where the...
From the moment it was announced, Metroid Prime: Federation Force has been met with skepticism. Fans who had been clamoring for a...
Other than turn-based RPGs, puzzle games have been a genre that has thrived on the 3DS in recent years. While the handheld...
When I reviewed the original BOXBOY! last year, I praised the game for how it was able to build such complex puzzles...
It’s rare to see a game take as many chances in its concluding chapters like Zero Time Dilemma does. For a game...
Many of Kirby’s recent outings have been permutations on a formula, a series of mash-ups and experiments succeeding or failing at random....
Bravely Default awoke something in me that had been lying dormant -- my love of JRPGs. While Bravely Second: End Layer doesn’t...
The aptly named Hyrule Warriors Legends is exactly what you'd expect from mixing together The Legend of Zelda and Dynasty Warriors. Add...
Expectations are usually high when major franchises meet: Batman and Superman, Crosby, Stills and Nash, Family Guy and The Simpsons. The results...
Fire Emblem: Fates seeks to hit the heights of war epics, a word that has been misconstrued often when it comes to...
We’ve seen a lot of Mario crossovers over the years, but Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam takes a very unique approach by...
I'm captivated by games which features roguelike elements and dynamically generated content. Pokemon? Admittedly, I'm ambivalent. But when I heard that Pokemon...
Within an hour of starting up Yo-Kai Watch, I had befriended several ghouls, including a talking cat named Jibanyan who punched cars...
I had no idea what to expect when I fired up Stella Glow for the first time. I had no prior experience...
The Legend of Zelda series is no stranger to spin-off titles, with each non-core entry having its own varying degrees of success....
The music/rhythm genre is on the rise, it seems. After the long drought for the genre that became bloated with countless rhythm...
I'm going to be brutally honest, I thought this game was absolute garbage when I first picked it up. The graphics looked...
I don’t play a lot of what might be categorized as casual games. I found Candy Crush to be fairly pay-to-win, so...
The Nintendo DS holds a special place in my heart. Years of road-tripping, traveling, and stealth-gameplay-sessions during study hall or concert band...
There are games that you play, and then there are games, like Xenoblade Chronicles, that you experience. This was a tough review...
BOXBOY! is one of those titles that is so simple in nature that it’s surprising that a full game can be made...
A good strategy game is often defined by the balance of the tools at your disposal, a nice mix of utility and...