Reviews
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70113Monkey see, monkey do, monkey annoy the crud out of you — The Survivalists review
The Survivalists is an island survival game in which players mysteriously wash-up onshore in tattered clothes and must reap the resources of...
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Curtain Call — The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV Review
The world of Zemuria is on the brink of war. The Empire of Erebonia and its people suffer under a literal curse...
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Hello from the magic box — The Jackbox Party Pack 7 Review
The Jackbox Party Packs have been a long standing tradition at family gatherings in my household. The packs as a whole have...
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Call of the mild — The Red Lantern Review
I remember as a child watching Iron Will and being fascinated by the Iditarod races. The idea of a man and his...
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Beyond the reference design — Acer Predator Triton 500 (2020) laptop review
Before we get into this review too far, let’s talk a little bit about reference design. The first few laptops that come...
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Drone Swarm Review—Strength in numbers
The initial plot setup of Drone Swarm takes a bit to wrap your head around. Invading extraterrestrials known as the Voohr seize...
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Drop the beat — HyperX Cloud II headset Review
While I may be constantly listening to music and be somewhat of an audiophile, I’ve never actually owned a quality headset. Sure,...
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Daru the Doofus — Robotics;Notes DaSH Review
Originally released in Japan in 2019, the Robotics;Notes sequel is finally available to western audiences. However, this time around it includes a...
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Adventures of the Robotics Club — Robotics;Notes Elite Review
The Science Adventure or SciADV series, developed by Mages and published by Spike Chunsoft, is one of the most popular visual novel...
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Mayday, mayday! — Red Wings: Aces of the Sky review
We’ve all heard retellings of the horrors of World War One. Muddied ditches, barbed wire fields, land mines, disease… Millions suffered and...
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Undersea expansion — Professor Lupo: Ocean Review
Professor Lupo and His Horrible Pets was the first game I reviewed for Gaming Trend. Since then, I’d like to believe I’ve...
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Lots of icing, not enough cake – Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition review
The first real-time strategy game I played was Age of Empires 2, and that was because it came as a free game...
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Time to build-a-bot — Zoids Wild: Blast Unleashed review
While I’m not really into building toys like LEGO or Gundam, I did hear about these toys called Zoids because my best...
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Hands in the air! Now do a Superman! — Wave Break review
Wave Break is a weird experience for me. On one hand, it’s a great Stadia exclusive with a killer soundtrack and a...
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The mark of Cain and the fire within — King of Eden Volume 1 review
For every high-octane battle series I enjoy reading like My Hero Academia and Chainsaw Man, I love me a slow burn. The...
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Masking the mystery — This is the Zodiac Speaking review
The modern mystery game finds itself in a tricky situation. In many cases, mystery becomes an aesthetic; the detective hat is rarely...
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“If everyone’s special, no one is.” — Torchlight III review
I remember riding in a car headed to a gaming event talking to some fellow press members when one of them casually...
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Marvel’s Avengers: The Art of the Game book review
With over 80 years of history to draw from, you know that Marvel’s Avengers wasn’t going to suffer from a lack of...
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A healing melody — Ikenfell Review
Mysterious things are afoot at Ikenfell, school for witches and wizards. The magical arts themselves are going haywire, alchemy formulae no longer...
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What’s new, pussycat? — Neko Navy: Daydream Edition review
While I don’t personally own a cat, I enjoy the endless amounts of cat-related content on the internet. I’m also a casual...
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Impressive. Most impressive! — Star Wars Squadrons review
I’m old. Like, really old. I’m so old that I can still tell you how to write an autoexec.bat and config.sys to...
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Not just a comeback — Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time Review
After over a decade without a release, Crash is back, for real this time.Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time seeks to reestablish...
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One mode does it all – Kirby Fighters 2 review
Kirby Fighters 2 is such a basic game. You load the game, and boom! Title screen. Press start, boom! Menu. Choose a...
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Become the Avatar – Spellbreak review
With a market so flooded, getting into a battle royale nowadays can be a challenging task in itself. There’s a large range...
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So you want to be a magical girl? — Puella Magi Madoka Magica: The Complete Omnibus Edition review
If you asked me what was my favorite anime of last decade, I’d probably go with Puella Magi Madoka Magica. It was...
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Horror abstracted—Neverending Nightmares for Switch review
Neverending Nightmares aims to capture the unknowable horror buried in the unconscious mind, and while it doesn’t quite succeed, it does deliver...
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Super bug boy — OkunoKA Madness review
As I’ve said in my Slime-San review, I’m not a speedrunner. I appreciate how dedicated the community is, and I’ve been binging...
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A few barnacles on the hull — Port Royale 4 review
I grew up on pirate games like Sid Meier’s Pirates! and tycoon titles such as Caesar and M.U.L.E.; these games put you...
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Nothing is more expensive than a missed opportunity – Super Mario 3D All-Stars review
When Super Mario All-Stars debuted on the Super Nintendo, the box art depicted Mario dressed in a tuxedo with a magic wand...
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Just when I thought I was out…they pull me back in! – Mafia Definitive Edition review
There has been a lot of discussion on what constitutes a remaster nowadays, but there are a few games that raise the...
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Seriously fun, seriously… silly – Serious Sam 4 review
It’s crazy to think the last time we had a new main series Serious Sam game was almost 10 years ago. Serious...
