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Justin Nation

Windsor, PA
The Nindersect
Nindersect

Favorite Games:
  • Rocket League
  • Neon Abyss
  • Wreckfest

4356 games reviewed
70.7 average score
70 median score
43.2% of games recommended

Justin Nation's Reviews

Strangely enough this isn't my first rodeo, back in the day I wrote for the N64HQ as well as a few other outlets on freelance gigs but then when the HQ closed I decided to step it up and started The 64 Source. As the first word of a follow-up system to the N64 began to swirl I then decided to venture out into completely new territory and started OperatioN2000, where I had very little regular reputable news to share. With no other options I decided create my own content focused on profiling key developers and their current relationship with Nintendo or "dream games" where I saw opportunities for Nintendo to dust off classics or recently-made games and do something new with them on improved hardware. This was all going pretty well until my wife and I decided to have our first child and I then decided that it was time to hang it up and focus on my family. As I closed down both sites I did decide to partner with Billy Berghammer, another former N64HQ writer, who had created his own site, PlanetN2000. We agreed to move over the relevant content from the older sites to his and on top of that I had taken a grad school class in programming in ColdFusion and decided to offer to code the front-end and back-end for a new version of his site. Through these efforts the newer and more complete Planet GameCube was born! While I would occasionally contribute to that site, helping do things like working out Louie the Cat doing rumors and other odd things, I eventually decided to stop as my family obligations grew. While I had continued to follow Nintendo through both the Wii and Wii U eras my TV time was limited enough that I began playing more PC games again. It is in the PC space that I began to play a number of independent games and they started to be the games I enjoyed the most. Between their lower price, their often less traditional gameplay and approach, and their great variety I was hooked! With the launch of the Nintendo Switch I was already excited by the possibilities. The portability factor alone meant that I would have far more options and places I could play away from the TV, and games like Breath of the Wild looked impressive. With my oldest daughter poised to start her senior year in high school and my youngest finishing out junior high I started to see an opportunity to get back into amateur games journalism once again with what is now Nintendo World Report as well but I'd initially just thought about writing some editorials periodically. Then, right before the launch of the system, Nintendo had their Nindie-focused presentation and I saw my two most beloved gaming worlds colliding. The games I had been playing on my PC could now be played in a portable way and on Nintendo hardware! Being the type who tends to work against the normal current the concept behind Nindie Spotlight was born!
Sep 13, 2019

If you’re either a massive Star Wars or pinball fan you can stop reading the review now and just buy this… rest assured, they’ve got you covered...

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7.2 / 10.0 - CHOP
Sep 13, 2019

While the Switch and independent developers have certainly helped bring about the full return of local competitive multiplayer action the result can, at times, feel like a very mixed blessing...

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Sep 13, 2019

One of the more interesting aspects of the full-on return of the classic point-and-click adventure genre is that indie developers have really explored using it as a vehicle for using that base and telling interesting stories with it...

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Going old school can be a risky proposition at times, but when it is done right the results can be rewarding as well as nostalgic (at least for people like me)...

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Sep 12, 2019

If you're into horror games or at least watching streamers play horror games there's a good chance you're already familiar with at least one of the titles in this collection...

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7.2 / 10.0 - Golazo!
Sep 12, 2019

The lack of raw numbers, let alone variety, in the sports game genre has no doubt been a letdown...

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7.1 / 10.0 - Newt One
Sep 12, 2019

While the Switch certainly has some noteworthy family-friendly titles that isn't to say they're available in great abundance...

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7 / 10.0 - Ritual
Sep 12, 2019

Filling in a somewhat unique and unusual space between casual and classic arcade style action we have Ritual, a game that feels like it would be well-suited to a twin-stick shooter but plays with less intensity...

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7 / 10.0 - The Sinking City
Sep 12, 2019

There has been a real run of Lovecraftian horror titles coming to the Switch of late, no doubt making horror fans quite happy, and among them The Sinking City is the one doing it's best to swing for the production values fences...

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Sep 12, 2019

Music and rhythm games are always fun to check out in general, and with Super Dodgeball Beats the promise of manga-style visuals and the world's best playground sport getting involved only added to its potential...

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8 / 10.0 - Blasphemous
Sep 10, 2019

From first glance during a Direct there was no question that Blasphemous, visually, was something pretty special...

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6.4 / 10.0 - Gun Gun Pixies
Sep 10, 2019

Here we go with another entry in the darker corner of the Switch library where you can find all kinds of "unusual fare"...

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Sep 6, 2019

With Creature in the Well there’s just so much to like and appreciate...

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Sep 6, 2019

With it being that time of year where people are looking for an experience that'll get them on edge and throw in some scares with a game like Remothered checks multiple boxes...

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6.2 / 10.0 - Himno
Sep 6, 2019

Falling into the category of "Uhm, I'm not quite sure what's going on here" we have Himno, a title that seems to be trying to go for a randomly-generated platformer vibe, but that ends up just being kind of flat and uninteresting in the process...

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9 / 10.0 - River City Girls
Sep 5, 2019

While the beat-em-up genre was absolutely a staple of both the arcades and the early console days more recently titles have been few and far between...

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7.5 / 10.0 - Hyperforma
Sep 5, 2019

Part of what makes me a huge fan of indie titles is walking into new experiences that take me by surprise...

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Sep 5, 2019

Being put in charge of choosing the headlines that will run for a big city's major source of news must be a weighty responsibility...

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Sep 5, 2019

This is one of those titles that is obviously laser focused on a specific demographic that's looking for a casual game to relax with but I don't have a problem with that...

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Sep 4, 2019

Never having played this series, but having heard stories, I wasn't ready for the WTF factor to this game...

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