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Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas

If you only own an Xbox One or PS4, I'm sure at some point in your life you looked at those shiny Nintendo consoles and felt a tinge of jealousy over the great franchise that we call Zelda. It is colorful, full of outstanding dungeons, items, enemies, and more. Unfortunately, it is something that non-Nintendo gamers could only ever hope of playing. Well, that was until Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas launched.

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Runbow Pocket Review

The ways of Runbow Pocket for 3DS are heartless and unforgiving. You will die a lot in this game. And the game will make fun of you. Every. Single. Time. So why should you play such a heartless game? Why should you care about a game that is so cruel? Well...maybe because its fun too? Let's find out!

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New PS4 Remote from PDP

Almost two years ago, Performance Design Products launched a Playstation 4 media remote to be used with various apps on the Playstation Store. While the remote was very good in specific situations, there were a lot of unsupported apps, which made using the remote fairly frustrating. Despite the great design of that product, PDP decided to listen to customer and reviewer feedback and launch a smaller, sleeker, and more universal remote. When you compare the two remotes from PDP, the…

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RPG Maker FES Review

Have you ever wanted to create your own RPG adventure? RPG Maker FES from NIS America gives you the tools to create an RPG of your own. I've been playing RPG Maker for awhile now and I'm ready to give my opinon on the game. Will you want to create an RPG with RPG Maker FES?

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The iRoar Go

The iRoar Go takes almost everything that is great about the stand alone iRoar home system and puts it into a smaller package for easy portability. Whether outside in my back yard, or on a road trip, the iRoar Go is a fantastic addition to the Creative lineup of audio devices, and a must own for those on the go! We have mentioned this many times in the past, but the Bluetooth speaker marketplace is saturated, generally with crappy devices…

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Fire Emblem Echoes Review in Progress Part 4: Story and Gameplay

Story is always super important in Fire Emblem games. Fire Emblem Awakening and Fire Emblem Fates had huge complex stories with a lot of dialogue, in cutscenes and support conversations. Fire Emblem Echoes is no different. For part 4 of our review in progress, we’ll take a look at Echoes’ story, how its gameplay ties into it, and whether or not the story and gameplay so far live up to the previous games. We’ll try to keep things as spoiler…

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Fire Emblem Echoes Review in Progress Part 3: The Sounds

I continue to play Fire Emblem Echoes a lot. I currently have thirty hours on the game and the ending is nowhere in sight. Echoes, like the previous games, is a really well put together game so far. And one of the most impressive parts of the game is the sounds: soundtrack, sound effects, and the voice acting. In part 3 of my Review in Progress, I’ll take a look at the spectacular sounds of Fire Emblem Echoes. Right away,…

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Fire Emblem Echoes Review in Progress Part 2: 3DS Features

I have twenty some hours on Fire Emblem Echoes now. While a full review of Echoes is still a little ways off, I wanted to provide our readers with even more insight into this new game for 3DS. In Part 2 of my Review in Progress, I will talk about Fire Emblem Echoes’ 3DS features. All of the gameplay for Fire Emblem Echoes takes place on the top screen. While this means that there is no touch screen controls for …

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Guardians of the Galaxy Episode 1

With a viewing of the new Guardians of the Galaxy movie fresh in my mind, I kicked backed this weekend with the first episode of Telltale’s latest adventure title…Guardians of the Galaxy, and my first few hours with this new series was top notch. Through great writing and some decent exploration and puzzle solving, I was watching the credit roll on Episode 1 way sooner than I had wanted. Thankfully, I know there is more to come. Those unfamiliar with…

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Nintendo Switch Everywhere Messenger Bag

Over the last few weeks we have been looking at various PowerA accessories for the Nintendo Switch. We gave rave reviews to the Joy-Con grip, and thought that the Joy-Con charging dock was a must own for anyone hoping to play Mario Kart 8 Deluxe frequently. But what happens when you want to bring your Switch on vacation, or to a friends house? There are only a few official options right now, and the Everywhere Messenger Bag from PowerA is…

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