DISCLAIMERS: the reviewer has not finished the game with 100% completion the game was played on the Nintendo Switch using the version of the game intended for United States audiences Four years after the original Super Mario Maker on Wii U Nintendo announced and released Super Mario Maker 2. Multiple big changes like the addition of […]
Free to Play Grinding: Microsoft Rewards
Since its 2010 launch Bing Rewards has been through a lot of rebranding and changes. The change that is obviously most relevant to this blog is its recent introduction of rewards for Xbox and Xbox Game Pass users in particular. Every day you can get 270 points, 5 for each search on Bing for the […]
Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire (3DS) Review
DISCLAIMERS: the reviewer has not finished the game with 100% completion the game was played on the Nintendo 3DS XL using the Omega Ruby version of the game intended for United States audiences Twelve years after the release of Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire for the Game Boy Advance, a complete remake of those games was released […]
SUPERHOT (Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Windows) Review
DISCLAIMERS: the reviewer has not finished the game with 100% completion the game was played on the Xbox One S using the version of the game intended for United States audiences The FPS genre is a genre that is often criticized for the relatively little innovation that it receives. Puzzle FPS games are some of the […]
Donkey Kong Country (GBA) Review
DISCLAIMERS: the reviewer has not finished the game with 100% completion the game was played on the Game Boy Advance SP AGS-101 using the version of the game intended for United States audiences After Rare’s first two attempts at recreating the original Donkey Kong Country for the SNES on a Game Boy system, they were finally able […]
Sonic and the Black Night (Wii) Review
DISCLAIMERS: the reviewer has not finished the game with 100% completion the game was played on the Wii U using the Wii version of the game intended for United States audiences through the Wii Menu feature of the Wii U Sound holds up much better in this game. The game is basically completely voice acted and […]
Super Monkey Ball 2 (GameCube) Review
DISCLAIMERS: the game was played on the Nintendo GameCube using the version of the game intended for United States audiences One year after the original Super Monkey Ball on GameCube, which was a follow-up to the original Monkey Ball in arcades, Sega continued to refine the series with Super Monkey Ball 2 on the GameCube. […]
Pokémon Detective Pikachu Impressions
Recently the 2016 (in Japan) 3DS game Detective Pikachu‘s film adaptation was released. The film is not completely faithful to the original, besides some major plot points. One of the biggest draws of the film is its mix of CGI Pokémon that are designed to look realistic and being mostly otherwise live action. This article […]
Pokémon Crystal Version (Game Boy Color, 3DS) Review
DISCLAIMERS: the reviewer has not finished the game with 100% completion the game was played on the New Nintendo 3DS XL through the Virtual Console service using the version of the game intended for United States audiences One year after the release of Pokémon Gold and Pokémon Silver, an updated version of those games was released […]
Resident Evil 5 (Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Windows)
DISCLAIMERS: the reviewer has not finished the game with 100% completion the game was played on the Xbox One S using the version of the game intended for United States audiences Four years after the release of Resident Evil 4 on GameCube, Capcom released a followup with Resident Evil 5 for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and […]