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Who will save Christmas? Cthulhu might! Its the holiday special game that everyone (yes you did) asked for: Cthulhu Saves Christmas for Nintendo Switch! Is it any good? Let’s find out in this review! I want to start this review by thanking my lord and savior Cthulhu. May he rule forever and ever. Amen. Also this game gets a 10 million out of 10 million. Wait. What? Huh. Where am I? Oh. Its the Cthulhu Saves Christmas review! Right. Well,…

Look, I think saving Christmas is great. I mean, if Santa Claus is kidnapped by a bunch of bad guys, of course somebody should save him. But! Cthulhu?! Really?! C’mon. Here’s my first look at Cthulhu Saves Christmas for the Nintendo Switch! Santa Claus has been kidnapped. His granddaughter Crystal wants to save him and she recruits…Cthulhu?! Seriously?! C’mon. Comedy does ensue. There’s a put upon narrator, Santa’s naïve granddaughter Crystal, and oh so many more wacky, weird, and wonderful…

Oceanhorn is a series that's very Zelda inspired. The first game was like a combination of A Link to the Past and the Wind Waker. And now there's a second game and it looks like Wind Waker meets Skyward Sword. The first game was good, but can the second build upon that and be even better? Let's take a look at Oceanhorn 2: Knights of the Lost Realm for the Nintendo Switch!

Its always good to try something new once and awhile. When I noticed that I had a code for a game called Roommates, I looked into it. A visual novel? A dating sim? Hmm. I don’t know. I skeptical. Still. You should try something every once and awhile. And so I tried out Roommates for the Nintendo Switch. Roommates is a visual novel with dating sim elements. What’s a visual novel you ask? Basically a visual novel is a game…

Raccoons are cool. If you’ve ever watched the Guardians of the Galaxy movies, you already knew that. If you need further proof, check out Donut County for the Nintendo Switch! It’ll make you like raccoons even more and “donuts” too. Donut County is a game where you control a hole in the ground that can move around and that gets bigger and bigger by sucking more things into it. Its all the raccoons fault. There are talking animals in Donut…

Wintermoor Tactics Club is out now for the Nintendo Switch. Check out the release trailer and some thoughts on the game below! Wintermoor Tactics Club is out now on the Nintendo Switch eshop! I received a review code for the game today and while I’ve only played it a little bit, I thought I’d offer some first impressions of the game, along with my thoughts on the launch trailer. The Wintermoor Tactics Club features voice acting in its trailer that…

Did you like platformers on the Nintendo 64 or Gamecube (or PS1/PS2)? Then you may want to check out Ary and the Secret of Seasons on the Nintendo Switch! Here’s our review. Ary and the Secret of Seasons is an action/adventure/platformer indie game. The gameplay is fun and it runs mostly well, with only the occasional issues. Some minor issues: once the character was running weird, she had her arms out like she was acting like an airplane, and sometimes…

No Straight Roads for the Nintendo Switch is a rhythm game. Kind of. And it has a story about a band trying to bring rock’n’roll back in an electronic music world. Its an odd game and sometimes odd games are the best games. Is that true for No Straight Roads or does this game miss the beat? In No Straight Roads, you join a rock’n’roll band thats trying to survive in an electronic music world. The world literally is run…

Jenny LeClue is dead. Okay, not so much, but someone else is dead and now Jenny LeClue must solve the mystery! Welcome to Jenny LeClue: Detectivú for the Nintendo Switch. Is this a mystery you’ll want to solve? Let’s find out in this review! Jenny LeClue: Detectivú is an Adventure/mystery game. The main character is a teenage girl, much like Nancy Drew, who finds herself drawn into a mystery when her mom’s boss is found dead and her mom is…

Evan’s Remains is a puzzle platformer game released June 11, developed by Matias Schmied and published by Whitehorn Digital.  I’ll do my best to avoid any spoilers for you as I talk about it. Let me start by saying that I enjoy both puzzle games and platformers.  Obviously this game was going to catch my eye.  The overall graphics are nicely done.  The puzzle levels are clear and readable.  The characters are recognizable for who they are even with slight…