It’s usually around this time of year, with holiday sales clogging every media outlet I use, that I take stock of my gaming library, because the questions looms as to what “on sale” items I might want to add to it. In an effort to curb my wallet, I’m looking back at the gaming regrets…
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Top 5: Games I’d Like to See Ported to the Nintendo Switch
I joined with many a raised eyebrow over Rockstar’s recent announcement concerning Red Dead Redemption. Rumors swirled over hopes that they’d be releasing a current-gen version of the game; but, in fact, the world will be seeing only ports of the game to the PlayStation 4 and the Nintendo Switch. I’m not one to grumble…
Top 5: Favorite Arrow Fuse Items in Tears of the Kingdom
When I started playing Tears of the Kingdom, I felt certain that I was not going to get along with using Link’s bow and arrow in any real capacity. Between fighting with the Switch’s motion sensors and just being bad at aiming generally, I figured I’d get along fine just mashing and smashing away with…
Top 5 Best Levels from Kaze and the Wild Masks
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,…
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: Sounds that Satisfy
In returning to play a spot of co-op in Fable III, I was reminded that though that game possesses some heavy flaws, its sounds remain top notch. The series’ soundtracks are among my most favorite of any game soundtracks, and it has some excellent sound effects, too. Even better is that many of the games’…
Top 5: Things I’m Loving in the “New” Mass Effect
Even though it felt like I had a pretty full gaming plate at the time Mass Effect Legendary Edition released, of course I had to dive in as soon as decent window of opportunity presented itself. I’m about two-thirds of the way through the “legendary” version of ME1 with my renegade engineer Lynn Shepard, and…
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