Game Reviews

I’ve appreciated the Mario sports legacy through the years, but Mario Golf has been an odd one for me. While I’ve skipped all the portable iterations of the game, I was excited to finally get a new console installment in the form of Mario Golf: Super Rush. I’

In college, I majored in Simulation and Game Design. I’ve taken tons of programming classes, learned several coding languages, yet I still have trouble wrapping my head around basic concepts. Sure, I can prototype a very basic game in Unity, Unreal, or even C# and Python, but anything beyond

If there’s one thing I have learned about Tamriel over the decades, it’s that you’ll never have a shortage of murder-mysteries. The newest Chapter in The Elder Scrolls Online, Blackwood, is no exception. Blackwood launched on June 1st, and after a few hectic and busy weeks in

Crying Suns was one of the very first reviews I posted with Gaming Trend back in December 2019 when the title landed on PC, and if you go read that original review, you’ll see that I rather enjoyed it. My feelings about the game remain largely the same; I

For four years, Doki Doki Literature Club! was left to fester in the public consciousness. It would be an understatement to say that, during this time, its twists, tricks, and outright nightmarish scenes have become infamous. Now experiencing the game again years later, I’m reminded of how phenomenal its

Minute of Islands is perhaps the most beautiful game I’ve played this year. While its narrative elements are also quite touching, it’s hard to protest that its eye-catching 2D animation and aesthetics are what draws players in. The game centers on Mo, a pseudo-misanthrope who enjoys spending her

Tactical action, sci-fi setting, massive creatures, and 8-player cooperative chaos? Red Solstice 2: Survivors checks all the boxes for what should be a fantastic globe-trotting dystopian romp pitting a lone organization against an insurmountable threat. Borrowing from several genres, it also looks to blend turn-based tactical games with real-time strategy,

Some games are great one-time experiences, and then there are those that you could play for hours and occupy your mind contemplating strategy even when you have to step away for a while. Impulse Gear’s Larcenauts is an engaging hero shooter that rather quietly arrived on the VR scene