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Helheim Hassle (Switch) Review

OK, I admit it. I love weird, morbid, and strange games. I thoroughly enjoyed Manual Samuel by developer Perfectly Paranormal, with its strange mechanics and morbid theme. I enjoyed it so much, I jumped at the chance to review their newest title,…

Superliminal (Switch) Review

I have always loved puzzle games and they’re great for your brain. They increase memory, they improve your problem-solving skills, in addition to uplifting your mood, and other benefits. Puzzle games are quite popular right now, but I have yet to find…

Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town (Switch) Review

Way back in the PlayStation era, my dad turned me on to a game called Harvest Moon. I fell in love with this cute little game that was really just a farming simulator with a story tacked on. Over the years, I…

Trails of Cold Steel III (Switch) Review

For the first time, the Legend of Heroes franchise has made its way to the Nintendo Switch. We now know that Trails of Cold Steel IV will be coming to Switch in 2021, however, none of the previous games in the franchise…

The Outer Worlds (Switch) Review

I’ve never been a fan of first-person shooters. However, for some reason, I fell in love with Fallout 4 while watching my son play and had to give it a try myself. I loved it. My arthritis caused a problem though. It’s…

Summer in Mara (Switch) Review

I am a big fan of Farming Simulation and Life-Simulation games. I also happen to be a Zelda fan, including The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker. Because of this, I was very excited for Summer in Mara when it started development. I’ve…

Destiny Connect: Tick Tock Travelers (Switch) Review

As an avid fan of RPG’s in many forms, I am always looking for a solid RPG that does something interesting to set itself apart from its peers. Lately, I’ve been pleased to discover that NIS America has been publishing a few…

Stranded Sails: Explorers of the Cursed Islands (Switch) Review

There is an old adage where it comes to technology that says if you have a gadget or a piece of tech that does a lot of different things, often it doesn’t do any one thing particular thing all that well. This…

Timothy and the Mysterious Forest Coming to Steam

Gamera Interactive and Kibou Entertainment have announced that Timothy and the Mysterious Forest is coming to Steam. Timothy and the Mysterious Forest is an 8-bit retro action game that is heavily inspired by the great classics and mixes puzzles and stealth with…

Stranger Things 3: The Game (Switch) Review

I have gotten to the age where I understand what the phrase, “They don’t make ‘em like they used to,” feels like. There’s a certain sadness when a genre evolves and leaves behind the “tried and true” for new mechanics. These new…