Kaze and the Wild Masks is a modern platformer disguised as a retro SNES game. The game makes little effort to hide the fact that it took clear inspiration from the original Donkey Kong Country trilogy from the 90’s, which many would agree are some of the best retro platformers of all time. In fact,…
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Top 5 Worst Levels from Kaze and the Wild Masks
It’s become quite the trend lately to appeal to one’s nostalgia. So instead of making photo-realistic games with massive worlds and cinematic cut scenes, many developers are taking the opposite approach and crafting games that remind us of what got us into gaming in the first place. Kaze and the Wild Masks is one such…
Top 5: Character Creation Go-Tos
I can’t lie – I really do enjoy a good character creator. In fact, sometimes I like them a little too much, to the point where I’d rather just make characters than actually play the game for which they are being made! I’m very much a role-player when it comes to the characters I create….
Top 5 Levels from Kirby and the Forgotten Land
Now that Kirby and the Forgotten Land is just over a year old, I thought it would be fun to revisit my top five favorite stages from Kirby’s first true 3D outing! Many of my choices on this list are undoubtedly inspired by my love of a rather surprising theme that is quite prevalent throughout…
Top 5: The Grind to Unwind
When it comes to most games that don’t involve action sports, “grind” is typically a bad word. It means that players will have to spend hours upon hours slogging away at routine tasks and combat to obtain necessary (and sometimes unnecessary) levels and gear to progress. It can also be applied to the act of…
Top 5 Stages from New Super Lucky’s Tale
New Super Lucky’s Tale is an adorable platformer starring a young fox named Lucky who must collect pages for the Book of Ages and defeat the sorcerer cat Jinx and his naughty children, the Kitty Litter. The game boasts a healthy assortment of levels, including both 2D and 3D platforming stages, along with sliding puzzles…
Hat’s Most Anticipated Games for 2023
Another year has come and gone, and once again we got to enjoy a lot of great games. Still, the releases never stop coming, and there are always plenty of cool and interesting titles to look forward to this year! I’m mostly sticking to major releases on this list, but I’m thinking there are a…
The Duck’s Most Anticipated Games of 2023
This year is already looking like it’s going to be a good one for gaming. The Duck’s most anticipated games for 2023 are a mixture of massive, open-world games, indie games, DLC, and chapter-length installments. I often try to wait for sales before I buy most games, but I think I’ll be buying the games…
Listmas 2022: Cary’s hopes for the next Fable game
I could easily list of a dozen things I’d want as far as gaming goes this Christmas, but none are quite as close to my heart as craving the next game in the Fable series. In as much as games like Super Metroid, Super Mario World, and Sam & Max: Hit the Road shaped my…
Listmas 2022: The Duck’s Christmas Guest List
We’ve already covered our favorite cozy gaming locations, made a wishlist for our most desired remakes, and fantasized about our top fictional dream vacations. But what’s Christmas without some people to share it with? And that’s why the Duck’s Wildcard topic for this week shall be covering the characters from my favorite games that would…
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