The Munchables (Wii)
Even though Namco became famous through the success of Pac-Man’s dot munching maze game, their 2009 Wii game The Munchables
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The Game Hoard
Chronicling Video Game History By Playing Every Video Game Ever Released
Shadows of the Damned (Xbox 360)
Shadows of the Damned is a bit like what you might get if you asked a teenage boy to make
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Degrees of Separation (Switch)
Hot and cold are practically the prototypical example of two diametrically opposed forces, fire and ice unable to mix for
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Fe (Xbox One)
Fe, pronounced Feeya, has nothing to do with the chemical symbol for iron, and if anything, it is diametrically opposed
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River City Girls (Switch)
After reviving the Double Dragon series with Double Dragon Neon, WayForward likely seemed a perfect pick for doing the same
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Hidden in Plain Sight (PC)
Competitive single screen multiplayer stealth. The concept of Hidden in Plain Sight is practically paradoxical, the idea of needing to
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Double Dragon Neon (Xbox 360)
While the original Double Dragon beat ’em up was released in 1987, it never felt like it was a product
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Street Fighter 2010: The Final Fight (NES)
While it’s not looked back on too favorably these days, Capcom’s original Street Fighter fighting game was a big hit.
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Aliens (Arcade)
The Alien franchise has always swung between isolationist horror and bombastic alien-blasting action, something that was true as early as
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Deemo (Switch)
When I play my Switch, I almost universally play it in docked mode. I respect the console/handheld hybrid design, but
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Battlezone (Arcade)
There are some arcade games that just don’t play the same without the original hardware. I’d contend that some things
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A Way Out (Xbox One)
Cooperative play is a very popular addition to many types of games, but in most cases, it is essentially two
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Black Widow (Arcade)
When an insect gets stuck in a spider’s web, that is usually the entire battle between predator and prey already
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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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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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