Desert Child review: style over substance
Desert Child from Akupara Games is a visual marvel that is hard not to fall in love with on appearances alone. Visually inspired by early ’90s Sierra DOS games and….
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Gear Club Unlimited 2 review: sim racing lite
Racing games on Nintendo consoles have always been a bit of a weird thing. There have always been the odd arcade racing game and a few semi-simulation style games over….
Battle Princess Madelyn review: difficult to hate difficult to love
Battle Princess Madelyn is difficult. It’s difficult in terms of gameplay, emulating the likes of Ghouls and Ghosts, but it’s also difficult to really love because of so many design….
Katamari Damacy REROLL review: weird in the best way
Katamari Damacy REROLL is a weird game in an even weird series. It’s the sort of game that is incredibly easy to explain and at the same time almost impossible….
GODS Remastered review: better left in your memories
This month has seen a number of European PC games get the remastering treatment. This time we get GODS Remastered, an update to the classic game from the days of….
Asterix & Obelix XXL 2 review: the most icon duo you’ve never heard of
Asterix & Obelix are a weird mystery to someone like myself. As a fan of comics and animation I’ve heard of the duo and can even point them out, but….
Fighting EX Layer review: old-school arcade action almost to a fault
ARIKA is a name that has some real history in the fighting game genre. This is a studio that Capcom gave their legendary Street Fighter franchise to bring it into….
NAIRI: Tower of Shirin review: the point-and-click adventure is alive and well
How often does a video game make you happy? I don’t mean happy in the way that you kill bad guys, or that you save the world, but simply just….
R-Type Dimensions EX review: as hard as you remember
R-Type Dimensions EX is a game that I initially wrote off when it was announced a while back. I’ve seen my fair share of remasters of classic arcade and homes….
Incredible Mandy review: maybe the biggest surprise of 2018
Incredible Mandy may not have the most attention grabbing name of the year but it just might live up to its moniker. Developed and published by Dotoyou Games, Incredible Mandy….
Furwind review: a furry fan’s favorite friend
Thanksgiving 2018 is now in the books. For most people that meant turkey and football, but for some of us that meant playing through our backlog of games that peaked….
Save me Mr Tako: Tasukete Tako-San review
Save me Mr Tako: Tasukete Tako-San is a love letter to the Game Boy in the best possible way. The game isn’t one of those retro-inspired games that would never….