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“Ph’nglui mglw’nafh Cthulhu R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn. In his house at R’lyeh dead Cthulhu waits dreaming.” H.P. Lovecraft, The Call of Cthulhu If you’re a horror fan, you know who H.P. Lovecraft was. Even if you’ve never read any of his stuff, you know that he was a master of the horror genre. Many horror writers/artists/etc have taken inspiration from Lovecraft. So it should come as no surprise when horror video games borrow from the writer. Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics is inspired…

Resident Evil 2 is one of my favorite Resident Evil games. Before RE4, I would’ve said it was my favorite. And now the game is being remade for the Playstation 4, Xbox One, and PC. The remake looks amazing. It comes out this Friday! Check out the launch trailer below. Resident Evil 2 comes to the Playstation 4, Xbox One, and PC this Friday, January  25. The game is a remake of the classic Resident Evil 2 from the Playstation…

Insurgency: Sandstorm is the sequel to the indie hit Insurgency which was published by New World Interactive in 2014. After updating Insurgency with free new content for over three years after its release, the developer decided it was time to improve and expand the Insurgency experience using Unreal Engine 4 and working with publisher Focus Home Interactive. Insurgency: Sandstorm is a polished and greatly improved version of Insurgency, and in the dev’s own words it represents much of what they…

I can’t believe Kingdom Hearts 3 is coming out a week from today! Fans of the series have waited a really LONG time for a third entry in the series. The wait is almost over! And so I want to talk about the new game. Why am I so excited for Kingdom hearts 3?! The Kingdom Hearts spinoffs were not as good as the first two games. At least, the two spinoffs that I played, the Kingdom Hearts for DS…

Nintendo of Europe announced an Indie Highlights video for tomorrow. We don’t know much about what will be shown, but you can check out the details and some speculation on my part below. Nintendo of Europe announced on twitter today that there will be an Indie Highlights video tomorrow (1/23) at 8am central time. The video will cover “some of the indie games arriving on #NintendoSwitch in 2019!” Thats not a lot of info for the video. I do have…

Imagine a game that looks Earthbound, but plays like Zelda. Well, actually you don’t have to imagine it. Reverie, currently available on the Playstation 4, looks like Earthbound and plays like Zelda. And the game is coming to the Nintendo Switch in February! Reverie: Sweet As Edition is coming to the Nintendo Switch on February 7th! This verison of Reverie will include, according to the developer’s twitter, “updated sprites, a new mini-game, and a new difficulty mode.” If you’ve never…

Nintendo has announced two upcoming tournaments, plus some qualifying events. Check out the details in a press release from Nintendo below. “Have you always wanted to participate in a video game tournament? Nintendo has two upcoming tournaments for you! Starting in February, Nintendo is hosting a series of online qualifying events for the Splatoon 2 North America Inkling Open 2019 and the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate North America Open 2019 – two tournaments for two competitive Nintendo Switch games. These…

I was going to do a normal review of YIIK: A Post-Modern RPG. Then, a thought popped into my head: why? Why should a review of YIIK be normal? The game is not normal. Its a weird, weird, weird, very weird game. Its also a very raw game. So it deserves a weird, raw review. A Post-Modern review. Whatever that means. So, as Mario would say, here we goooooo! YIIK: A Post-Modern RPG has bugs. And I don’t mean in…

The launch of Fallout 76 was a disaster, no matter how you choose to look at it. Even those who have spent dozens, if not hundreds, of hours exploring the games vast open world even agree: the launch of this game was as bad as it has ever been for Bethesda. And media outlets around the globe let the company have it when writing their reviews. Here are just a few excerpts:

In my preview for Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser's Jr's Journey I mentioned that I had never played Bowser's Inside Story before. So when it came time to do my review, I decided to not compare the game to the original. In fact, I decided to not compare the game to previous Mario & Luigi games at all. Basically I wanted to ask: Is Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr's Journey a good game(s)?