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From a distance, Big Walk doesn’t look like the kind of video game that’s out to deliver a big emotional payoff. It’s a chilled out co-op game...
There’s a lot to love about Pokémon Pokopia, the Nintendo Switch 2’s cozy life sim. I enjoy cleaning up destroyed towns, creating habitats, and...
Growing up as a kid with a rebellious streak, there was a time in my life when I tried to resist my Italian heritage. My father was born in Abruzzo,...
After an underwhelming (but admittedly cute) June update, Pokémon TCG Pocket is back with a vengeance. July’s booster pack, Ruler of the Skies,...
There aren’t many Nintendo villains that I truly fear. The kid-friendly nature of most Nintendo games means that even the toughest boss fights are...
We’re more than one year into Nintendo’s Switch 2 era, and the hits keep on coming. Games like Donkey Kong Bananza, Pokémon Pokopia, and Splatoon...
After a decade of tweaking its familiar multiplayer formula, Nintendo’s Splatoon series just got its biggest shake-up yet. Splatoon Raiders takes...
Denshattack! is so chock-full of ridiculous moments that it’s hard to single out one that stands above the rest. I mean, we’re talking about a...
I’ve been living with the Steam Machine long enough now that the initial novelty has settled and I have a better sense of what it’s like to live...
I never played Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag when it first launched in 2013. I’m kicking myself for that negligence right now. Its new remake,...
This week, Xbox announced a sweeping overhaul of its business that will see the company cutting 3,200 total jobs by next summer. That decision has...
I won't mourn PlayStation discs We need more games like The Last of Us 2 and fewer stories for 'everyone' I’m not one to police how...
Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket has had its fair share of ups and down since its launch in 2024. The card-collecting game’s monthly updates were...
Nintendo has a monumental task in front of it. Later this year, it will try to iterate on perfection with a full remake of The Legend of Zelda:...
Considering that the first trailer for Nintendo’s upcoming The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake showed next to nothing, it makes sense that...
The Nintendo Switch 2 is already one year old, and what a maiden voyage it has been. Over the past 12 months, Nintendo has gone all in on supporting...
If you were to conduct a survey that asks players to pick the best enemies from the extended Mario universe, I reckon you wouldn’t find many...
Whenever I think about Link from the Legend of Zelda series, I instinctively picture him holding the Master Sword. I’m sure you do too. Link’s...
There’s a lot to like about Mixtape. Beethoven & Dinosaur’s narrative adventure is the definition of a crowd-pleaser thanks to its wealth of...
Earlier this week, Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket got a new update, which added the Lucario-focused Pulsing Aura booster pack to the...
If you had a tough time with Returnal, you might be understandably worried about how you’ll fare with Saros. After all, Housemarque’s latest...
Pokémon Champions should have been an easy victory. Take the competitive battling of your average Pokémon RPG and section it off into its own game,...
For those who have been playing Nintendo games for decades, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is a who’s who of cameos. Wart, Birdo, R.O.B., the literal...
I wasn’t expecting much when I started playing Super Mario Bros. Wonder’s new Meetup in Bellabel Park DLC. Considering my pre-launch preview...
As a child of the 90s, it’s probably no surprise to hear that I have a fondness for a specific era of 2D platformers. Even today, I love opening up...
I don’t think I’ll ever forget the experience of playing Fez for the first time. It was 2012 and I was still fairly fresh out of college, having...
“It’s just not for me!” How many times have you said something to that effect to write off an entire genre of games? I know I have. I’m still...
It was a quiet Saturday morning. Despite my plans to sleep in late, I woke up at 9 a.m. and decided to get up and take a morning shower. I rolled out...
As a retired Destiny player, Marathon feels like coming home. Bungie’s extraction shooter borrows plenty of ideas from Destiny despite being a...
I’ve spent 50 hours building a life for myself in Pokémon Pokopia already. During that time, I’ve met over 200 monsters who all have their own...
In 2009, Capcom entered its hubris era. The publisher was riding high off the success of Resident Evil 4 and was ready to capitalize by continuing to...
After five years, the PlayStation 5 is getting experimental with color. While we've gotten special edition designs and colorful faceplates in the...