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4 months ago

Perch Board Game Review

In 2025 and 2026, I’ve been trying to play games that perhaps I wouldn’t normally play. That means I’ve done a bunch of hidden role / movement games, and area control games. For the most part, I’ve surprised myself by enjoying so many of these experiences, and I hoped that Perch, a fairly aggressive area control game, would also be a hit.  Check out our components overview and impressions! In Perch, players are placing birds into locations attempting to score…

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4 months ago

Boulder Dash 40th Anniversary Review

There are a lot of collections coming to the Nintendo Switch lately and one of them is Boulder Dash 40th Anniversary. It might be easy to overlook this puzzle game collection among some of the more flasher games, but should you? Is Boulder Dash 40th Anniversary worth a look on Nintendo Switch? If you’ve never played the Boulder Dash series before, the premise for the game is simple: you play as a character that digs into the ground, avoiding boulders…

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4 months ago

[Video] Nintendo Indie World Showcase – March 3, 2026

Nintendo had an Indie World Showcase today, March 3rd, 2026. We have the details so far below. An Indie World Showcase was released by Nintendo. It was about 15 minutes long and features updates for games coming to Nintendo Switch and Switch 2. It did not feature any Nintendo published games. Are you looking forward to anything shown off during the Indie World Showcase?…

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4 months ago

Madcala Board Game Review

Two player games in our household get a lot of attention as my wife and I love to play games in the evenings, but aren’t always up for a whole group of people to come over. Yes, most games play 2 – ? but the 2 player experience always seems to be lacking in most situations. When we got Madcala in for review from Druid City Games, I was instantly excited about it. Not only did it look great, but…

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4 months ago

Bloodstone Coming from Druid City Games

Druid City Games – known for hits like Wonderland’s War, and a newer game, Madcala – is launching a game 10 years in the making. Designed by James Hudson and illustrated by David Kegg (Star Wars: Imperial Assault, Sorcerer City, Fireball Island: The Curse of Vul-Kar), “Bloodstone represents the culmination of a decade of iteration, refinement, and worldbuilding.” Here is an overview of the game from Druid City Games, In Bloodstone, you play as a captured champion forced by Vanira…

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4 months ago

Gumball in Trick-or-Treat Land (Steam) Impressions

Right when the game started I immediately got retro 90’s vibes which triggered my inner nostalgic happiness. Developed by Exquisite Laundry Pet LLC and published by Mega Cat Studios our furry retro friends who bring us back to the good times. We start the game as Gumball dropped into Halloween Land which is beautifully crafted. Filled with unique characters, amazing retro turn based combat which brought me back to my childhood, and funny writing is a sweet sugar coated combo. …

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4 months ago

He-man and Masters of the Universe Dragon Pearl of Destruction Release Date Announced

He-man and the Masters of the Universe was one of the most popular cartoon series in the 80s. And looking back at it, its weird that the cartoon never really had a proper game. There was no beat ‘em up style Masters of the Universe! Until now! We have information, including the release date, on the upcoming game. He-Man and the Masters of the Universe will have a video game very soon. The game is called Dragon Pearl of Destruction…

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5 months ago

Enjoy Mario Day with LEGO

March 10th is just around the corner, and that can only mean one thing: it’s Mario Day! Yes, it feels like MAR10 was just a few weeks ago, but we are back with yet another day to celebrate the one and only Super Mario. LEGO wants you to enjoy the day in style with a host of different MARIO themed sets. Let’s check out a few you might want to pick up this year! My wife actually bought me the…

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5 months ago

More Thoughts From Me: Demo Round-up

Recently I had played a three demos and so I thought I’d share some brief impressions of each of them. These are all games for the Nintendo Switch. Some new demos have been released this month and I checked them out. I have a Switch 2, so all of them were played on that. Here are my brief impressions of each: Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection Trial Version: I’m not really a fan of Monster Hunter. I’ve tried but…

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5 months ago

MARVEL MaXimum Collection Announced

Okay, here’s a collection we thought would never ever happen: the Marvel MaXimum Collection. We have the details, so far, for this retro infused collection. The Marvel MaXimum Collection has been announced by Limited Run. This upcoming collection will have 13 games and so far X-men the Arcade Game, Spider-man Maximum Carnage and Spider-man Separation Anxiety, Silver Surfer, Captain America & the Avengers have been announced.  X-men The Arcade Game will have online multiplayer! There will be a music player,…