Of all the movies that I have been looking forward to during the first quarter of 2025, Ash made the top list. On a fluke, I was recommended the trailer for this film a few months ago by YouTube’s algorithm. It promised…
Why was it that in the mid-2000s it was seen as conventionally attractive for young men in their 20s to have that childish, American Dennis the Menace, haircut? Directed by Mike Rohl, unless you are a fan of Netflix-budgeted Hallmark-flix, you might…
At this point, if Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio tossed Like a Dragon (Yakuza) characters into a puzzle game or a hidden object game, I’d probably play it. While Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii is neither of those genres, it does…
MLB The Show is one of the most in-depth, captivating sports games on the market. Sony’s San Diego Studio has mastered the art of presenting a realistic baseball sim for years now, but that comes with challenges. Every annual sports franchise battles…
There’s an elephant in the room that I want to address right up front. Sin Slayers, as it originally existed when I received a review key for it years ago, appears to have since been removed from sale on Steam. The developer…
Eco-conservation themes aren’t new in gaming. Truthfully, Final Fantasy VII puts “Save the Planet” in big lights hanging over the party’s head for 100+ hours, and that’s just the original release. Spilled! is a more low-key affair, a simple experience based on…
A standout in recent Wholesome Directs for me has been Call of Boba, an inescapably-adorable pixel-art shop management game that not only looks cute as a button but is quite deep with tons of mechanics. Beyond running a bubble tea store, the title incorporates…
Second Wind’s Yahtzee Croshaw once said, “Nazis are like Skittles in that you can rid the world of as many as you like and never get a bad taste in your mouth.” Yahtzee is absolutely right about that, which is why I’m…
By the 60s, the UK was returning to a decent economy with low unemployment, and Atomfall’s alt-history proposed a somewhat similar time frame. However, the fire at the Windscale nuclear power plant in 1957 seemed to be a bit of a setback;…
In my ongoing quest to find a Pokémon game with actual effort put into it, I stumbled across the Aethermancer’s demo while browsing monster-collecting games on Steam. Developed by Moi Rai Games, the pixel art style immediately captured my interest and I…