In NEVA, I enjoyed the gameplay while falling in love with the characters and story.…
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THE PLUCKY SQUIRE is a game I wanted to love but ended up hate quitting. Nintendo shouldn’t hold the monopoly on fantastic platformers. We can have rare exceptions like this year’s ASTRO BOT take GOTY, and that is okay. However, I get frustrated when critics like mediocre games because of the animation, original story, and intent. On paper, THE PLUCKY SQUIRE should be a bonafide hit. It has everything that you’d want from a platformer. It looks and feels like…
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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 “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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ANIMAL WELL is something you play, and you immediately want to talk to someone else about and learn how they solved some of the most perplexing puzzles or even the order in which they beat the bosses.…
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In the spirit of the holidays, you could watch several Christmas movies and TV shows. Instead, why not celebrate by having a "Festivus for the rest of us"…
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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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