Review: Crazy Physics-Based Fight Crab Flails onto Nintendo Switch
I’m sure we’ve all seen the video on the internet with that crab with a knife in its claw, waving it around like it knew what it was doing. It’s […]
Antal is video game advocate, retro game collector, and video game historian. He is also a small streamer, occasional podcast guest, and writer.
Preview: Alchemist Adventure Is a Rare Type of RPG
Too many role-playing games take themselves seriously. There’s the strange, tongue-in-cheek moments from the first two Fallout games, and the Bard’s Tale series is known for its humor. But it’s […]
Review: Bounty Battle Is an Ambitious Fighting Game
Team-ups, crossovers, and other collaborations between franchises are fun. It’s a pretty common phenomenon in fighting games, where crossover can almost be its own subgenre. It’s always fun to play […]
Review: Hotshot Racing Is a Fun Throwback to Arcade Racing
Most of my life I remember going to the local taco place, and in their dining room in a back corner, there was a Virtua Racer cabinet—or a game […]
Review: Kingdom of Amalur: Re-Reckoning Is a Repackaged Relic
Stop me if you’re heard this one before: Once upon a time there was a former Major League Baseball pitcher named Curt Schilling who wanted to make video games. Curt […]
Review: Gorgeous Star Renegades Is a Dimension-Hopping Rogue-Lite
I don’t want to be the one to start it, but I have a feeling that Star Renegades is going to be drawing some comparisons to Subset Games’ Into the […]
Preview: Even Without Visual Cues The Vale: Shadow of the Crown Doesn’t Lack Vision
Video games are always innovating—that’s one of the things that make playing a variety of games fun. Sometimes you’ll have those games that are variations on a popular theme, but […]
Review: Smart Mystery Paradise Killer Embraces Vaporwave Style
I love a good mystery, but solving mysteries within a video game is rarely done in a satisfactory way—if you have the ability to solve it on your own at […]
Review: Rhythm Fighter Is a Bright and Bouncy Rhythm Brawler
Rhythm games are super fun, and while every game genre can’t possibly benefit from the rhythm game treatment, others are surprising fits. Crypt of the Necrodancer proved that such a […]
Review: Iron Harvest–Come for the Mechs, Stay for Compelling Alternate History
Ever since the 100 year anniversary of World War I, I’ve been a little obsessed with it. I’ve probably read about a dozen books on the subject, spurred on by […]
Review: Djinni and Thaco: Trial by Spire Tasks You with Wielding Cosmic Power
Virtual reality is the gateway to what will probably the future of entertainment. We probably won’t get Ready Player One’s Oasis anytime soon, but virtual reality and augmented reality experiences […]
Review: Raji: An Ancient Epic Is a Gorgeous, Intriguing Ancient Indian Adventure
It’s hard to think of games set in India with purely Indian themes. Prince of Persia and its various iterations is the only series that comes to mind. So it’s […]