Noah McGuire
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![A cut above the rest — Xenoblade Chronicles 2 review](/content/images/size/w150/2025/02/xenoblade-chronicles-2-11-07-17-34-e1512058744132.jpg)
![A cut above the rest — Xenoblade Chronicles 2 review](/content/images/size/w600/2025/02/xenoblade-chronicles-2-11-07-17-34-e1512058744132.jpg)
Picture, if you will, a GameStop branch in the summer of 2012. Business is slow, as it’s the dead season for game releases, and a bored employee sits behind the counter as 2 high-school students browse the selection. Happening upon a lone copy of a Wii game he’d
by Noah McGuire![A strange and wonderful amalgamation: Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle review](/content/images/size/w600/2025/02/mario-plus-rabbids-6-jpg.webp)
Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle is one of the strangest premises for a crossover game that I’ve seen in recent memory. Take Super Mario Bros, the Raving Rabbids, and XCOM, mix em’ all together, and you’ve got Kingdom Battle. This combination sounds like there’s almost no chance of
by Noah McGuire![Destiny Warriors – Fate/EXTELLA: The Umbral Star review](/content/images/size/w600/2025/02/fate_wallpaper_characters_1920.jpg)
With Fire Emblem Warriors having no concrete release date beyond just “2017,” I’ve been starved for horde-fighting action starring characters from one of my favorite series. I loved Hyrule Warriors and its sequel, Hyrule Warriors Legends, and I just really wished that there were more games that took the
by Noah McGuire![Building on solid foundations: Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition Review](/content/images/size/w600/2025/02/pee9ilujlhicbvm5vj39-png.webp)
Punch a tree. Make some tools. Dig a hole. Every new playthrough of Minecraft begins as such, and though numerous changes and additions have come over the years, the core gameplay will always come from mining and crafting. That being said, this most recent version does bring enough new changes
by Noah McGuire![Wonderful in presentation, less-so in practice: Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap review](/content/images/size/w600/2025/02/wonderboythedragonstrap-b000-620x350-1-jpg.webp)
A hero grasping his sword and shield, storming a castle to battle a dragon. A scenario that many gamers should know well, and one of the first images that comes to mind when reflecting on the era of early console gaming, this is the position I found myself in upon
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