The Nintendo Wii U was a flop, despite being a great console with some great games on it. New Super Mario Bros. U was one of those great games, though it wasn’t […]
Review: New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe Continues the Trend of Wii U Games on Switch
Review: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Lives Up to its Name, Delivers the Ultimate Smash Experience
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate lives up to its name. Easily the biggest (and one of the only) reveals during Nintendo’s E3 conference, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate looked poised to be the definitive […]
Review: NES Controllers for Switch Provide Authentic Feel, Not Much Else
With the release of the Nintendo Switch’s online capabilities was the announcement of, and subsequent preorders for, classic NES controllers that can pair to your Switch to be used in […]
The Game Awards 2018: Awards, Reveals and Memorable Moments from the Show
This year’s Game Awards were bigger than ever, with a nearly four hour run time chock full of awards, speeches, reveals, and tons of other awesome little surprises. In fact, just mentioning […]
Review: Bad Dream: Fever is a Sometimes Clever, Unsettling Adventure
Have you ever played one of those games that was haunting, but not in overtly scary way? Something that just makes you feel uneasy, without the jump scares? Bad Dream: Fever by developer […]
Review: Diablo III Eternal Collection Brings Six Years of Diablo To Nintendo Switch
Developer Blizzard Entertainment has recently come under some fire for their announcement of Diablo Immortal: a mobile Diablo game that invoked the ire of fans wishing for a more traditional Diablo experience. […]
Nintendo Dedicates Entire Direct Presentation to Super Smash Bros Ultimate, and We’re Excited
Ever since the original iteration of Super Smash Bros. was introduced for the N64 back in 1999, it’s been a big deal in the world of fighting games. It had somewhat humble […]
Review: Dark Souls Remastered on Nintendo Switch Means You Can “Git Gud” Anywhere
When Dark Souls was announced for Nintendo Switch, I was pretty hyped. Not only was I excited for the prospect of a remaster (you can read my review of the Remaster here) […]
Review: Super Mario Party a Return to Form with a Few Fresh Features
Mario Party has been serving as a non-gamer point of entry into casual, party video game playing since its first release on the Nintendo 64. Its board game setup hasn’t really changed […]
The Chicago Video Gamers Club is Great for Social Gamers
I Play Games (IPG) is an organization we’ve become familiar with at video game events around the city, from Bitbash to C2E2 and even out in Milwaukee for the Midwest Gaming Classic. They […]
Review: Robbotto Captures that Old School Feel
Often I come across games that are trying to emulate the style of older games by using pixel art, chiptune soundtracks, and other retro-like devices to capture that old school look, sound, […]
Review: Classic, Colorful De Blob is on Nintendo Switch
Way back when the Wii was at the height of popularity, third party games were fighting for shelf space. Many of those games have since fallen to obscurity, but there were those […]
