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Railway Empire, originally released on PC, XB1 and PS4 in 2018, is a simulator and economic management game by German developer Gaming Minds Studios which allows you to build a railway tycoon from the ground up. While there have been many issues with larger simulator games porting from current-gen consoles and PC over to the Nintendo Switch, a few have managed to do so quite successfully. Will Railway Empire join the sparse ranks of successful ports or will it be yet another game that has to sacrifice too much, and in the wrong places, to make the transition? ...

E3 is dead, long live E3. Well, okay, E3 is dead this year. We don’t know if it’ll be back next year or not. What we do know is that some companies still want to show off their games. And so we got digital events this month. I want to talk about a couple of them!   There was no E3 this year but we did get several digital only events like Summer Games Fest, whatever IGN was doing, and…

Radio Squid for the Nintendo Switch is a shooter that just happens to star a squid. The concept is strange and unique but is the game fun? Let’s take a look! Radio Squid stars a squid thats shooting his or her way through multiple rooms in a very linear, yet cool take on the shooter genre. The story here is ok, but the gameplay is what you want to pay attention to. What makes Radio Squid cool? It has a…

Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water - Megaquarium's Freshwater Frenzy DLC is ready to take a serious bite out of your free time! Released in Fall 2018, Megaquarium is a wonderfully delightful sim/management game where the player builds their dream aquarium, while managing their food, staff, water quality and fish compatibility needs. While the base game focuses only on saltwater marine life, fans of river fish will be delighted to hear that freshwater frenzy (unsurprisingly) features an entire array of freshwater fish and habitats!

Along with the Nintendo Switch carrying cases and Pixel Pal Luigi that I got from PDP recently, I also received three Nintendo Switch Pro controllers and a faceplate! Here is a look at the Pro controllers and the accessory. Wired Fight Pad Pro – Link The Wired Fight Pad Pro is Link themed, with the Ocarnia of Time Link shield in the top middle of the controller. Otherwise, this Fight Pad looks like a blue Gamecube controller. Thats not a…

Thanks to our friends over at Tonor, we had the opportunity to look at the TC-777 USB Microphone, a budget USB mic that can currently be purchased from Tonor directly for under $50, and is a great microphone for anyone starting out in the recording space, whether that be some audio for a music track, or perhaps more appropriately, for a podcast.

If you’ve ever played Dig Dug, you know that game is about digging deeper and depper into the ground. Mr. Driller DrillLand for the Nintendo Switch is a lot like Dig Dug, expect with its own unique flavor. Is that flavor enough to make this game interesting? Mr. Driller DrillLand features a world map with five different attractions, basically six different worlds. Each one of them has them our unique flavor: everything from Indiana Jones style adventure to horror to…

I metioned that PDP recently sent me some stuff in the mail recently. One of the things that they sent me was a Pixel Pal Luigi. Let’s take a look at it! Pixel Pal is a collectable item and looks really excellent on any gamers shelf. The Pixel Pal that I got was: 8-Bit Luigi – #10 – Nintendo – Collector’s Edition Its still the year of Luigi! I had to have this figure. Luigi just doesn’t get enough love.…

Burnout Paradise, the last entry in the franchise (so far), has never been on a Nintendo system before. Enter Burnout Paradise Remastered for the Nintendo Switch! As a fan of the franchise, I was pretty excited to see this game come to the system. But does it live up to the hype?

Recently, thanks to our partners at PDP, I received a big package in the mail. Apart of that package was three Nintendo Switch carrying cases! Today I’ll take a look at them and let you what I thought of them. Premium Console Case Zelda I am a huge fan of Breath of the Wild. So I really love this case. The Link graphic with his bow on front is fantastic. I also love the logo all in gold in the…