James Cunningham


232 games reviewed
78.0 average score
80 median score
69.1% of games recommended
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4.5 / 5.0 - SUPERHOT (VR)
Dec 20, 2016

SuperHot VR is one of the best games VR has seen yet.

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Dec 15, 2016

Drive!Drive!Drive! has the heart of a great arcade racer, but isn’t quite there yet.

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Dec 3, 2016

Digital pinball can’t replace real pinball, but it does an excellent job of approximating it.

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4 / 5.0 - Xanadu Next
Nov 28, 2016

While Xanadu Next is buggy and its menus just plain busted for controller use, the rest of the game is a wonderful trip through a classic JRPG world.

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4 / 5.0 - Slayaway Camp
Oct 27, 2016

Slayaway Camp is a brilliant and funny block-sliding puzzle game that’s drenched in good-humored gore.

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Oct 26, 2016

Yomawari: Night Alone is a game that will be remembered more for its tone and story than gameplay, but that’s enough to recommend it.

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Oct 24, 2016

DoDonPachi Resurrection is a monster of an arcade shooter.

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3.5 / 5.0 - GoNNER
Oct 19, 2016

Gonner is a single gameplay mechanic away from being a fantastic run & gun roguelike, and if you don’t mind passing up a set of options, that problem can be ignored.

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4 / 5.0 - Blue Revolver
Oct 17, 2016

Blue Revolver is a shooter that meets its audience more than halfway.

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4.5 / 5.0 - Thumper
Oct 11, 2016

By the end of Thumper, the speed is insane, the music wild and oppressive, and the feeling of just barely holding on to a beast that wants to send you flying so it can gnaw your bones is disturbingly strong.

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3.5 / 5.0 - Thoth
Oct 6, 2016

The result of all its elements is a shooter that requires thought and planning, but Thoth won’t let you go light on the arcade reflexes, either.

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4.5 / 5.0 - RunGunJumpGun
Oct 5, 2016

RunGunJumpGun is simple arcade action taken to its extremes.

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Oct 1, 2016

The Metronomicon is bright and upbeat fusion of two genres that shouldn’t fit together as well as they do.

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3 / 5.0 - DOGOS
Sep 10, 2016

DOGOS is close to being a fantastic free-roaming shooter and only held back by a few small issues and a giant glaring one.

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While the PC port is a little janky, the actual game of Little King’s Story is as instantly likeable as it’s ever been.

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Jul 25, 2016

Time Machine VR is the kind of game you tend to see at the start of a new technology.

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4 / 5.0 - Anarcute
Jul 21, 2016

Anarcute is a warm and fuzzy, utterly adorable game that plays with mob violence and social unrest.

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May 31, 2016

Score Rush Extended is a fantastic remake of what had already been an excellent shooter.

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4 / 5.0 - Lumo
May 24, 2016

Lumo is a big, puzzley, dungeon-romping love letter to the history of gaming, filled with references to a huge number of titles but still more than able to carve out its own identity.

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4 / 5.0 - Samorost 3
Mar 31, 2016

Samorost 3 is a fantastic point & click adventure game, and a perfect sequel to the previous two.

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