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Arcade Paradise (Switch) Review

As a child of the 90s, I find myself fondly remembering the (short-lived) period when my local mall had an arcade. Something about the sights, sounds, neon aesthetic, and all of those games just brings me back. So, when I saw a…

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Hell Pie (Switch) Review

I love a quirky collect-a-thon platformer. Specifically, games like Spyro the Dragon, Donkey Kong 64, Super Mario Galaxy, and other platforming classics. Hell Pie is developer Sluggerfly’s shot at creating a raunchy, obscene (by their words,) and irreverent platformer. In creating it…

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Anno Mutationem (Switch) Review

Up until the last Steam Summer Sale, Anno Mutationem was a game I’d looked at, but hadn’t checked out. I played the PC version after getting it on sale but having it on Switch was too good of an idea to pass…

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Hokko Life (Switch) Review

I covered Hokko Life back in June of 2021 when it launched in Early Access. Upon its announcement, and since that preview, I’ve been curious to see how the game would shape up as it neared a 1.0 release. Now that Hokko…

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Cursed to Golf (Switch) Review

Golf is one of the few sports that I actually enjoy in video games. I can’t stand watching real Golf, but something about playing Golf in games is just way too much fun. Cursed to Golf combines Roguelike procedural generation with Golf…

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Soul Hackers 2 (PS5) Review

I’ve played a lot of RPGs from Atlus over the years. Recently, they have used the success of the Shin Megami Tensei and Persona franchises to start trying some new things narratively and mechanically. Soul Hackers 2 is a game that will…

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Manual Samuel (Switch) – Review

Humans are lucky. We have an Autonomic Nervous System that tells our heart when to beat, our lungs when to breathe, and our eyes when to blink. Manual Samuel isn’t so lucky. You see, Samuel was an entitled rich douche, who gets…

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Diablo III Eternal Collection (Switch) – Review

People have been obsessed with the Diablo franchise since the original Diablo was released on PC in 1996. I am no exception. I spent many nights, sacrificing sleep, trying to take down the Lord of Hell after my toddler went to bed.…

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Retrospective Review: God of War (2018)

Hello and welcome to the first of a new article series where I focus on reviewing titles that have spent a few years sitting on shelves or taking up hard drive space in digital libraries. Today I will be discussing the God…

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Atelier Sophie 2 (Switch) Review

The Atelier franchise has been a favorite of mine for ages, hence the number of Atelier reviews on Phenixx Gaming. However, Atelier Sophie 2: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Dream stands out for a variety of reasons. Certain things are a return…

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