What walks then shelters? What fails and always flows? What is silent as soon as it connects? Think you know the answer? Then check out Smug Owls. Smug Owls is a 2023 release from Runaway Parade Games and designers Grace Kendall & Mike Belsole. In Smug Owls, players will race

Today’s Nintendo Direct was chock full of incredible game announcements, including a new retro-inspired Zelda entry, The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, in which players get to take control of Zelda as she saves Hyrule; a long-awaited new entry in the critically acclaimed Mario & Luigi series, Mario

Around 250 A.D, The Maya civilization was building cities in the jungles of the Yucatan peninsula. Mayan families warred for control over the riches and the resources found throughout the land, invoking the power of the Gods to help them become the most powerful family in the land. In

You might have just read our preview for Hello Kitty Island Adventure we did at Summer Game Fest. You’ll find that we found it to be unexpected, a delightful romp in a cozy setting. Soon, others will get their hands on it, as Sunblink revealed that the game is

There’s unexpected, and there’s unexpected. Hello Kitty was not the mascot I expected to be engaging with at Summer Game Fest, but then I played Island Adventure. Suddenly, what I expected was thrown out the door and replaced with surprise; surprise that underneath a brand some might dismiss

Remaking a classic game is a tricky proposition. When it’s a game with eleven entries spanning over 37 years, it gets even more tricky. What do you change? What do you keep? Do you update the combat to modern standards? What quality of life changes would you implement? The

We’ve gotten a closer look at MAINGEAR’s builds recently (look for an upcoming deep dive on their Project Zero) and came away impressed.  Now they’ve shadow dropped an incredibly powerful 16″ laptop configuration that can easily be called a desktop replacement — the ML-16.  Let’s dig into

Elden Ring set a new benchmark for open-world exploration when it was released back in 2022. In fact, I’d go as far as to say Elden Ring is one of my favorite games of all time, as I sunk over 500 hours into the game, trying out different builds,