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Free #PlayAtHome PS4 Games Now Available

Sony Playstation has been really great about supporting gamers during the pandemic with their #PlayAtHome promotion. Last year, PS4 players could download Journey and the Uncharted Collection. Then this year Ratchet and Clank PS4 was added for free. And now the #PlayAtHome saga continues with nine new games available to play as of now! Last night, nine games were made available for free via Playstation’s #PlayAtHome promotion. The games are: ABZU, Enter the Gungeon, Rez Infinite, Subnautica, The Witness, Astro…

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More Thoughts From Me #264: What about Zelda?

Mario day is over but Nintendo is not done celebrating Mario’s big anniversary yet. Nintendo’s big focus is still on their famous plumber. But what about the Legend of Zelda’s 35th anniversary? During Nintendo’s most recent Direct, we all thought that Legend of Zelda 35th anniversary plans would be announced. Instead one game, Skyward Sword HD, was announced and no new Breath of the Wild 2 footage was shown. We did not get a Zelda collection or any kind of…

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Rogue Heroes: Ruins of Tasos

Rogue Heroes: Ruins of Tasos for the Nintendo Switch is a game that looks like 2D Zelda, plays like it, and adds in some Stardew Valley fun to boot. We previously previewed this game and now we are ready to review it. Is Rogue Heroes: Ruins of Tasos worth checking out? Rogue Heroes: Ruins of Tasos is one part Stardew Valley and two parts The Legend of Zelda. There is farming, town building, and dungeon exploring. The game doesn’t really…

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Anodyne 2: Return to Dust

One part 3D game, one part 2D game, Anodyne 2: Return to Dust for Nintendo Switch almost defies explanation. In this review, we will try to explain it and let you know if its worth checking out. Well, maybe we will. Anodyne 2: Return to Dust is a very strange game. Its story is so bizarre that no explanation could properly tell you what its about. The closest explanation is that you play as someone who shrinks down and goes…

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Down in Bermuda

What if you crash landed on an island and you were stuck there for years? And it wasn’t a normal island, no, instead you were faced with finding items and solving puzzles to finally get home. Welcome to Down in Bermuda. Its not just a puzzle game. Its not just a hidden object game. Let’s discover Down in Bermuda together in this review. Down in Bermuda is a puzzle game. No wait, its a hidden object game. No wait. Its…

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Down in Bermuda – Launch Trailer

Down in Bermuda is an upcoming adventure puzzle game coming to Apple Arcade, Nintendo Switch, Steam, Epic Games Store, Xbox, Humble Store and GOG.com very soon. Please take a look at the launch trailer and then return here for some thoughts on the game. Down in Bermuda will be coming to the Nintendo Switch and almost every other platform on January 14th! As a Nintendo Switch indie reviewer and fan of the system, I’m most interested in the Nintendo Switch…

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Grindstone is now available for Nintendo Switch

Do you like puzzle games? I’m a big fan of them and one of my favorites is Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes! It was developed by Capybara Games. And now they have a new puzzle game on the Nintendo Switch called Grindstone! Grindstone came out for the Nintendo Switch today. While I was watching the Indie World video today, my attention was pulled away for just a moment and I missed the reveal of this game. Wow. I’m a…

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More Thoughts From Me #239: Have A Donut (County)

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…

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Paper Mario: The Origami King Review

Paper Mario: The Origami King is the latest entry in the long running RPG series. It is also the first of its kind to come to the Nintendo Switch. Is Paper Mario The Origami King a fun game or is it as paper thin as its hero? Time to find out once and for all. Welcome to our review of Paper Mario: The Origami King!

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Mr. Driller DrillLand Review

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…

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