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ASTRO BOT 🤩

ASTRO BOT reminded me that video games can be magical. Everything about this game is delightful. Even when it’s punishing you with a challenging platforming level, you can’t help but smile, as it’s never the game’s fault that you died. It’s always a user error, but it’s a mistake you can learn and optimize for your next life. For this review, I could discuss the various gameplay mechanics, as people have seen in all the other reviews: the epic boss…

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PIZZA TOWER 🤩

PIZZA TOWER “towers” above the other independent video game platformers by baking what should be a standard pizza into something with new and original ingredients. Platforming games are my favorite. When the kids finally sleep, I long to play minimal story games that create a fascinating world and can be completed in a few hours. PIZZA TOWER owes its style to classic Nickelodeon cartoons like SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS. However, it should have to pay royalties to Nintendo for using Wario’s likeliness…

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SUPER MARIO BROS. WONDER 🤩

The latest 2D Mario is, for lack of a better word, wonderful. It combines everything you loved as a kid about SUPER MARIO WORLD on SNES with better graphics, play control, options, and even more challenging stages. It’s scary to think that this is the first new side-scrolling Mario since the WiiU. And it’s also frightening how consistent Nintendo continues to be in developing Mario video games.  What sets WONDER apart from the previous installments are a few key items:…

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