Video Game Review
Captain Toad takes charge in Treasure Tracker his own complex and charming puzzler
March 23, 2019Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker is bright, charming, and beautiful. Much like Super Mario 3D Land, it features small, self-contained levels of floating blocks coated in meadows, beaches and palaces — and baddies, of course! While the building block aesthetic is sometimes worn thin in the Marioverse, the style fully compliments this gameplay, and each level is brimming with detail. Each one acts as a puzzle cube, which you rotate, poke, and prod to find stars, diamonds, and other hidden secrets. Toad starts his quest collecting Power Stars to rescue Toadette from a nasty bird named Wingo. They reunite to…
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Pokémon: Let’s Go hits the top percentage of enjoyability
January 19, 2019If you have yet to wander down the nostalgia route that is the first Pokemon games for the Nintendo Switch, let’s go! Two months after their initial drop, Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Let’s Go, Eevee! have held up well…
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Celeste is part-puzzle labyrinth, part-masterpiece
January 13, 2019Mountain climbing has never been so adorable — and unbelievably challenging. Made with a lot of love and effort from a small team of indie developers, Celeste is a video game that has captured the hearts (and frustrations) of many.…
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WWE 2K19’s got plenty for professional wrestling fans, but not much for anyone else
November 18, 2018WWE 2K19 is the most recent annual sports title in the WWE 2k game franchise, based on the shows from pro wrestling company WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment). I’ve been a wrestling fan for about two years, but having never…
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Octopath Traveler may be the saviour of JRPGs
October 18, 2018As a game reminiscent of old Japanese role-playing games (JRPGs) like Final Fantasy or Chrono Trigger, Octopath Traveler can make players feel all of the nostalgic feelings 90s games had, and recreates it for a millennial audience. Not only…
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Food Fantasy is fantastic but frustrating
September 25, 2018With stunning graphics and anthropomorphized food items, Food Fantasy is a mobile game that is both fun and engaging. It combines aspects of two common gaming genres, RPG and restaurant management, into one game, making for a…
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The true story behind That Dragon, Cancer makes it more than a game
June 6, 2018That Dragon, Cancer is a game created by two parents, Amy and Ryan Green, to eulogize the life of their son Joel, who was diagnosed with atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor (AT/RT) at just one year old. Joel went through extensive…
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Video game versus video game: Star Wars Battlefront
May 31, 2018Star Wars Battlefront and Star Wars Battlefront II (2015/17) [caption id="attachment_104414" align="alignright" width="213"] Image courtesy of Pandemic Studios[/caption] You’ve stolen the Imperial plans and you’re sprinting along the trenches of volcanic Sullust. You hear the howl of a TIE fighter…
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Bendy and the Ink Machine’s newest game is the weakest one so far
May 13, 2018The range of emotions I experienced when playing the newest chapter of Bendy and the Ink Machine (BATIM) went from excitement, paranoia, and fear to confusion, frustration, and outright annoyance. This newest instalment delivers a chapter with lacklustre plot, stunning…
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Play Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp for the aesthetic, if nothing else
February 20, 2018In November 2017, Nintendo released the free mobile game Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, and it was one of the motivators that got me through finals. I had been looking forward to it, since the other Animal Crossing games across consoles…
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