The impossible Klonoa Review The current consensus of Klonoa: Phantasy Reverie series is split into two distinct camps. If you look at modern game critics, Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series is a good – if not great – collection of two side scrollers that serves as a time capsule of the…
Elden Ring’s easy mode builds aren’t features. Look, I like Elden Ring. It’s the new hotness courtesy of From Software, it had better review scores than Breath of the Wild at one point, and it’s so beloved that even criticizing Elden Ring’s UI is considered blasphemy. Of course, being a…
The Feh Pass is worse than a “meh” pass. Fire Emblem Heroes was once the darling of the mobile gacha genre, but it has long since turned into a prolonged exercise in testing the fortitude of its player base. Case in point: after roughly a year of community unrest about…
Some last words for Gemr, from the guy who wrote there for 4 years. As of January 27th, 2020, Gemr is no more. It has ceased to be. And out of respect to all the people I worked with, here are some final words about the company. If you’re a…
Is an anime Blu-Ray worth the wait? For Western media, a Blu-Ray release is just a way to own your favorite TV shows and movies at stunning high resolution. But for anime? A Blu-Ray can absolutely transform the experience. A Blu-Ray release of an anime can look completely different than…
Should you buy a Nintendo Switch now or later? With the holidays around the corner, you might be tempted to pick up a new Nintendo Switch. After all, between the Link’s Awakening remake, Dragon Quest XI, and new Pokémon games, who wouldn’t want to take advantage of some sweet end-of-year…
Can Goku Smash? Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has made a multitude of far-fetched fighters a reality. Ridley, King K Rool, and Banjo were all assumed to be impossible inclusions despite widespread fan request. Yet here we are, playing these characters in quite possibly the biggest crossover in media history. But…
Creepypastas made real by the power of blast processing. I admit it, I’m a sucker for internet creepypastas. Sure, spooky internet urban legends aren’t always good. Heck, most of them are honestly kind of bad. But whether it’s a story about a haunted video game or a twisted Russian experiment,…
Party Video Games perfect for any occasion. What is the perfect party video game? You’d think the party game genre would be easy to crack, but not even Mario Party can consistently get it right. And if a game with “Party” right in the title might be a bomb, what…
Bullet Hell 101 Bullet Hell is a sub-genre of video games in which the player has to defeat an onslaught of enemies while dodging an overwhelming number of projectiles. Bullet Hell games in Japan are called “danmaku,” which can be roughly translated as “bullet curtain.” Bullet Hell games are typically…
