Bomb Chicken (Switch)
Some indie games take one simple premise and run with it as far as it’ll take them, and in the
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The Game Hoard
Chronicling Video Game History By Playing Every Video Game Ever Released
Donkey Kong (Arcade)
If you asked me what might be the most important video game of all time, I think my answer would
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Job the Leprechaun (Switch)
While there aren’t many games that would be a good fit to play on St. Patrick’s Day, the luck of
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Space Invaders (Arcade)
Space Invaders is one of the most recognizable video games of all time to the point that the pixelated shapes
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Munchkin: Quacked Quest (Xbox One)
Munchkin is my favorite card game of all time, although that is mostly because I made a custom version with
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Feeding Frenzy (Xbox 360)
Eat-and-grow games seem to have a heavy link with fish, one that makes quite a bit of sense considering the
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Magic Sword (Arcade)
You can’t get much more generic than calling your medieval fantasy game Magic Sword, but Magic Sword does at least
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Woodle Tree Adventures (PC)
If judged purely for its play, Woodle Tree Adventures is an incredibly basic 3D platformer, but when you hear its
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Sinistar (Arcade)
“Beware, I live!” A digitized roar cuts through the din of the arcade. “I hunger!” it calls out, and while
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Black (Xbox)
The box art to Black has stuck with me for many years. The image of a cover absolutely crowded with
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Cruis’n USA (Arcade)
A cross country road trip from coast to coast is a common dream for those who love driving across the
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Luna: The Shadow Dust (PC)
Like a storybook created by Studio Ghibli, the first noticed and most striking feature of Luna: The Shadow Dust is
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Ghost Pilots (Arcade)
Approaching an SNK multicade cabinet can be a bit daunting, choice paralysis easily setting in when you approach something that
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Stranglehold (PS3)
Many video games try to capture the feeling of being in an action movie, but very rarely do they have
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Centipede (Arcade)
While early console games would introduce the concept of different difficulty settings where players can adjust the difficulty based on
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Unravel (Xbox One)
Unravel is a game that really wants your love. From the charming and memorable reveal at E3 2015 where creative
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Arcade)
Konami’s licensed brawlers are some of the best of their kind, their four player cabinets always a big draw in
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Border of Her Heart (PC)
Love can bloom anywhere, but normally you’d expect someone working border patrol to be a lot more guarded with where
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Pokémon Shield (Switch)
The core of the Pokémon series has always been in the handheld realm, the tent-pole titles with their turn-based battle
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PictoQuest: The Cursed Grids (PC)
Alongside genres like hidden object and structured solitaire, Picross ranks as one of my favorite casual game styles. Sort of
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Area 51 (Arcade)
After having played both of Midway’s attempts to reinvent the alien shooter series Area 51 with its 2005 version and
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