I was 12 years old when the Fire Emblem series came to North America for the first time. The seventh game in the series, simply called “Fire Emblem” at the time (now referred to as Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade), was released in 2003. At that time, Advance Wars and
It’s so interesting to see how multiplayer friendly the Switch is with its library. Though still in its infancy, we’ve come to enjoy exclusives from Snipperclips to 1-2 Switch, and that’s not even considering Mario Kart 8 Deluxe on the way. A few months after its 2016
There are some games that are pretty entertaining regardless of quality. QWOP and Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing are titles that venture into the “so bad it’s good” territory, sit there, and wait for the accidents to happen. They’re not necessarily great games, but they’re good
I watched the Nintendo Direct which announced the Switch, like countless others. I cheered some games, shrugged at those which did not catch my attention, and was shocked to discover that 1-2 Switch was not a free game bundled with the Switch. It was basically Wii Sports revamped, so why
Tetris has been a popular franchise in the west for decades. There have even been psychological studies done on the effects of Tetris on the brain. In japan, however, the competitive puzzle game series Puyo Puyo is almost as popular. But, what happens when you combine the beloved Tetris franchise
The very first time I booted up Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, I made it halfway through my first lap before being interrupted by a screaming baby in my house. My infant son was hungry, so I undocked my Nintendo Switch and took it with me to my rocking chair as
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
If you told me two years ago that a game featuring a sentient box would be one of the best puzzle series on the 3DS, I’d probably think you would be crazy. However, since 2015 the HAL Laboratory developed BoxBoy! series have contained some of the most consistently surprising
