Gato Roboto (Xbox One)
While the exploration focused platformers that make up the Metroidvania genre are often defined by their large interconnected maps full
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The Game Hoard
Chronicling Video Game History By Playing Every Video Game Ever Released
Mendel Palace (NES)
It’s always interesting to see where a major developer got their start, and considering Game Freak would go on to
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Minecraft: Story Mode – The Complete Adventure (Wii U)
Despite being the best selling video game of all time, Minecraft doesn’t have much of a plot. For a world
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Gears of War: Ultimate Edition (Xbox One)
When the original Gears of War hit the Xbox 360, it ushered in a new era of shooting games. Winning
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Spirit of the North (PS4)
It was practically inevitable that I’d compare Spirit of the North with The First Tree. Both are indie games I
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Goofy’s Hysterical History Tour (Genesis/Mega Drive)
While Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse have appeared as the stars of many platforming games, the absence of the third
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TimeShift (Xbox 360)
Many years back, I got my nephew TimeShift for Christmas, believing the mix of first-person shooting and time manipulating mechanics
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Bubbles (Arcade)
After Pac-Man proved that an unconventional game idea like a yellow ball traveling through a maze eating ghosts could be
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Mega Bomberman (Genesis/Mega Drive)
In discussions of which Bomberman game is best, Bomberman ’94 tends to place rather highly, the Japanese only game never
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MUSYNX (Switch)
When it comes to rhythm games, there’s a pretty common template where the player needs to accurately perform the right
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Pebble Beach Golf Links (Saturn)
While many sports games will use the name of a recognizable athlete or sports personality to draw attention to their
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Cooking Mama: Cookstar (Switch)
On the surface, Cooking Mama: Cookstar seems like it’s just the latest installment in the colorful and accessible cooking sim
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Blades of Time (PS3)
In my coverage of Nightshade, I mentioned how hack and slash games often get around their straightforward and repetitive combat
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Yakuza Kiwami (PS4)
Back when the Yakuza series began on the PlayStation 2 it only really seemed to achieve niche success, just enough
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Giraffe and Annika (Switch)
Giraffe and Annika is a very cute game, and considering that seems to be the main goal it’s shooting for,
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Nightshade (PS2)
The appeal of the hack and slash genre is certainly its simple and quick enemy combat, but for games in
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Sparklite (Xbox One)
Genre names are important to helping people have a basic idea what a game will be like in only a
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Maneater (PS4)
Some games aren’t about intricate stories, diverse goals, or competitive gameplay. Some are just about giving you a chance to
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Fishing Derby (Atari 2600)
For a triple A game publisher as massive as Activision, it’s fascinating to see how humble their origins can be.
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NanoBreaker (PS2)
NanoBreaker, or possibly Nano Breaker depending on which source you ask, is an unusual blend. On the one hand we
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Elves in Paradise: Elf Bowling 2 (PC)
After millions upon millions of people downloaded the original Elf Bowling title, developer NStorm had to know a sequel was
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