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Robo Wars

Robo Wars (Switch) Review

Robo Wars is a very simple 2-player arena battler with lower production values but has a sense of progression…
Whiskey Zombies

Whiskey & Zombies (Xbox…

Made by a small dev team, Whiskey & Zombies is a top-down survival game that involves hillbillies drinking their…
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Pretty Girls Rivers (PS4)…

The next title in the long running Pretty Girls series by EastAsiaSoft, Pretty Girls Rivers is nothing more than…
Battle Kid

Battle Kid: Fortress of…

Originally created in 2010 for actual 8-bit NES hardware, Battle Kid: Fortress of Peril is a homebrew original has…
SOCKVENTURE

Sockventure (Switch) Review

A precision platformer, Sockventure doesn’t bring anything new to the genre but offers some short-burst entertainment thanks to a…
Revita

Revita (Switch) Review

It is a new week. You know what that means!? Yes, another half dozen rogue-based titles are released on…
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Z-Warp (Xbox One) Review…

Z-Warp is a vertical shmup that has unique gameplay mechanics that separates it from other shooters and will keep…
Slipstream

Slipstream (Xbox One) Review…

An ode to OutRun, Slipstream is an 80s indie driving game about drifting at right angles to make right…
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Big Bang Pro Wrestling…

Big Bang Pro Wrestling is the latest Neogeo Pocket Color game to be re-released digitally on the Switch eShop. …
Horned Knight

Horned Knight (PS4) Review…

A simple action platformer, Horned Knight is a low cost digital downloadable title (a limited run physical version is…
Flat Kingdom Papers cut edition

Flat Kingdom: Paper’s Cut…

Proving Chris Columbus wrong, Flat Kingdom demonstrates that the world is flat. It is admirable when game purposely markets…
Thunder Kid Hunt for the Red Emperor

Thunder Kid: Hunt For…

A simple tunnel shooter action game, Thunder Kid: Hunt For The Robot Emperor plays like an arcade game from…
Fingun

Fingun (Switch) Review

A comical single-screened boss gauntlet horizontal shooter, Fingun provides stupid fun for the thirty minutes that it lasts. With…
Super Cyborg

Super Cyborg (Xbox One)…

Created by a small dev team and published by Drageus Games, Super Cyborg doesn’t just have Contra inspiration, this…
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Astro A10 Gen 2…

Although I’ve covered many headsets over the years, and there are many quality units available, I’ve always preferred Astro…
Red Wings American Aces

Red Wings: American Aces…

In late 2020, All in! Games released Red Wings: Aces of the Sky where I praised its arcadey gameplay…
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Glam’s Incredible Run: Escape…

Originally released on PC in 2021, Glam’s Incredible Run: Escape from Dukha (shortened to just “Glam”) is a one-screen-at-a-time…
The Humans Collection

The Humans Collection (PS4)…

A cross between Lemmings and The Lost Vikings, The Humans was a puzzle platform game from the early 90s…
Inukari

Inukari – Chase of…

A good old fashion run-to-the-right platformer that isn’t a rogue, Inukari – Chase of Deception features approachable design, large…
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Skul The Hero Slayer…

As a man that’s so old that his history class was just called ‘Class’, my heart still resides in…
Royal Frontier

Royal Frontier (Xbox One)…

A straight-to-the-point simple roguelike, Royal Frontier cuts out all unnecessary details, uses a charmingly simple 2D sprite-based visual theme,…
Gunborg Dark Matters

Gunborg: Dark Matters (Xbox…

Developed by a solo developer and published by Red Art Games, Gunborg: Dark Matters felt refreshing to me because…
Wife Quest

Wife Quest (Xbox One)…

A 2D action platformer sporting an all-female cast, Wife Quest swaps gender roles by putting the player in the…
Fluffy Cubed

Fluffy Cubed (PS4) Review…

Fluffy Cubed is a casual block pushing puzzler that is basically a new version of Sokobon. Playing as a…
The Mooseman

The Mooseman (XSX) Review…

The Mooseman, now available on XSX and PS5 with visual enhancements over the original release, is a game that…
Pretty Girls Breakers

Pretty Girls Breakers (PS4)…

Pretty Girls Breakers is the latest title in EastAsiaSoft’s series of anime babe titles only this time it takes…
Zombie Rollerz Pinball Heroes

Zombie Rollerz: Pinball Heroes…

Mixing pinball with tower defense and rogue elements might sound like a complicated concoction of genres but winds up…
Explosive Candy World

Explosive Candy World (Xbox…

Explosive Candy World is another fine example of the simple yet addicting nature that EastAsiaSoft titles can be. Each…
Plunderers Adventures

Plunderer’s Adventures (Switch) Review

Plunderer’s Adventure is a simple tower defense title that features scantily clad pixelated pirate babes. Instead of placing weaponry…
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Mass Effect Legendary Edition…

The Mass Effect franchise first hit the gaming world back in 2007. Despite the hype surrounding the game the…
Moto Roader MC

Moto Roader MC (Xbox…

Originally released on the Turbo Grafx-16 about 30 years ago, Moto Roader made a name for itself by its…
Music Racer Ultimate

Music Racer: Ultimate (XSX)…

With the recent release of Beat Souls, it seems that music rhythm games are making a bit of a…
Good Knight PC

Good Knight (PC) Review

There is a section of the gaming population that truly enjoys difficult games.  They enjoy the challenge, thriving on…
Beat Souls

Beat Souls (Xbox One)…

Beat Souls is a rhythm action game not unlike Rock Band or Guitar Hero but is published by EastAsiaSoft,…
Oceans Heart

Ocean’s Heart (Switch) Review

Clearly inspired by classic Zelda titles, Ocean’s Heart is basically the combat and gameplay progression of A Link To…
Grapple Dog

Grapple Dog (Switch) Review

Grapple Dog is a no nonsense, straight-to-the-point action platformer that is almost entirely based around a grapple hook. If…
Spirit Roots

Spirit Roots (Xbox One)…

Spirit Roots in an indie side scrolling platformer that has a similar presentation to Rayman Legends which could be…
El Gancho

El Gancho (Xbox One)…

El Gancho is the latest roguelite title to be released on all the digital platforms but differentiates itself with…
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Broken Blades (Switch) Review

We originally reviewed the PC release of Broken Blades in 2021 and everything said there holds true to this…
Swords Bones

Swords & Bones (Switch)…

Swords & Bones reminds me of Swords And Sandals: Spartacus because their titles and gameplay are similar.  Both games…