Simplicity really speaks to me. In a world where you can have anything imaginable in any color you like, sometimes it can be nice to just stop, breathe, and appreciate the small things. Time and time again, the Ys franchise uses a basic “us and them” dynamic to show foreign

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

I’m pleasantly surprised by the quality of games found on the Switch for $9.99, especially given how early the system is in its lifecycle. There’s no shortage of cheap eShop experiences on tap, from the excellent Mighty Gunvolt Burst and Blaster Master Zero to surprise titles like

While I don’t mind reading through a rulebook, teaching games continues to challenge me.  I don’t have a problem getting the rules of the game, but translating them to the the people at the table seems to be difficult.  Plenty of videos explaining the rules have been created,

The Resident Evil series has been a long standing franchise full of many fun games and this is no different. Resident Evil Revelations originally came out on the 3DS back in 2012, got an HD port to PS3, Xbox 360, and WiiU later on, and is now making it’s

For a while now, the Call of Duty franchise has been getting more and more futuristic, but it looks like we’ll be going backwards this time. I’m not talking about a small step back, I’m talking about heading back to World War II. This change to a

From the North American console debuts of Hatsune Miku: Project Diva Future Tone and Superbeat: Xonic to the announcement of Persona 3 and 5 Dancing All Night sequels, 2017 is a great year to be a rhythm game fan. So of course, what’s one more re-release to add to

After 2K and Firaxis shipped the Shen’s Last Gift expansion in June of 2016, I thought we were done with XCOM 2. At E3 2017 I was shocked to see a new expansion, but even more blown away by the sheer volume of what the team had in store