Justin Nation's Reviews
While for a little while the introduction of 3D platforming was seen as the path to gaming irrelevance for its 2D side-scrolling brethren, traditional platformers aren't only still around, they're still kicking ass and taking names...
With so much stress out there in the world right now I've been enjoying the bevy of great titles over the last year that have focused more on passive or relaxing themes and moments over more traditional tendency towards just action and intensity of some kind...
As a fan of games with a weird look or premise, certainly A Pretty Odd Bunny scratches that itch a bit with its red-eyed, carnivorous consumer of cute piggies...
The Switch has really seen a strong run of more obscure retro console shooters of late, and while the gameplay of Gynoug may be a bit more generic than its brethren there's no doubt that its general looks, enemies, and vibe is in a class all its own...
While it may be hard to believe, there's a dedicated subset of the gaming community that takes great enjoyment in the challenge of completing or (even crazier) trying to speedrun titles that are deliberately difficult...
It's always a bit tougher with revered classics to return to them long after they were originally made, worried about whether they'll continue to retain their classic qualities that made them shine when they were released...
Perhaps it’s the pandemic or the challenges of parenthood talking, but as much as I enjoy blowing things up or slashing them to pieces there’s real power in games that help you calm things down and find some inner peace...
I’ll freely admit to having a bit of a weakness for weird and quirky games, so I’d keep that in mind with my thoughts on Epic Chef...
I’ll admit the first thing that completely drew me in with this game was the look of the road racing itself, completely putting me in the classic OutRun space...
Treasures is a pleasant surprise of a game, to some degree delivering an experience that’s familiar with its platforming style, but then throwing in a serious twist with its unusual story and time reset mechanic...
This is a bit of an interesting one...
Games that have been brought back from the dead are always going to be a risky proposition, especially ones that were never completed...
With release timing that isn't ideal in such close proximity to the latest Mario Party, and having been let down by many titles attempting to steal even a sliver of its oxygen, Playground is actually a pleasant surprise...
OK, a very quick admission here that I don't know much about the world of anime and that can make "getting" games like this one more of a challenge I think...
The number of city-building sims on the Switch is admittedly quite thin, so when a new one comes along, particularly one with a unique hook, it's sure to raise eyebrows...
Simplicity in games is always a bit of a double-edged sword...
Oh, endless runner games that would work perfectly fine on mobile devices, how you tend to baffle me on the Switch...
Life is hard, there's no question...
Bullied and frustrated in his somewhat rural town, a young boy encounters an alien and decides to help it, resulting in him getting some quite different lessons on how to get things done in the process...
This was a weird one for me, bringing back all sorts of memories with it's retro graphic presentation, it's overall simplicity, and its very oddball sense of humor...