Game Reviews

Since Sonic Mania has three playable characters, we decided to do a collaborative review with three writers, each coming from a different direction. I, Kyle Movius, am an old-school 2D Sonic fan. Elisha Deogracias is a fan of the newer 3D Sonic games. Joe DeClara had never played through a

You know you’re playing a game that’s on the high end of the idealism vs. cynicism scale when you literally use friendship to dispel evil. Friendship also fuels your strongest attacks and gets you started on your journey. Almost anything can be done through the power of friendship

Welcome to Golf Island, an island where you… well, play golf. Before jumping into the world, you’re prompted to create your character. You can either choose a preset character to use and change to fit your preferences, or you can choose to work from scratch. I opted to start

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

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

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