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While bludgeoning or blowing away bad guys can always be good fun, everyone should have some time in their lives to slow things down...
There are absolutely some amazing party games out there on the Switch to enjoy with friends, but if you're on a tight budget perhaps the general need to buy them in bigger, and thus more expensive, packs makes them feel like a risk...
I like it when games manage to surprise me a little bit, especially when they’re in genres where I feel like I’ve seen just about everything...
Ah, gotta love those niche specialty titles from overseas that bring a little flavor to the eShop...
As a fan of literary classics I must say that seeing the names...
Breathedge is one of those titles where I'm not quite sure how to feel about it...
The Switch, now that it has been thoroughly established, has really become a sort of window into the state of games from previous generations, having the advantage of being able to play them on the go...
There's nothing wrong with an old-school shooter, where your goal is simple to run, gun, and make a bloody mess out of your enemies along the way...
Oh how perilous the eShop is in the budget category, filled with games that look like they could be promising but with many letting you down...
The roguelike deck-builder has certainly seemed to be en vogue for the past few years but at least we've gotten some well-conceived and executed games out of the trend...
It's always a bit of a challenge for me to review games that really aren't games, whether interactive novels or in this case semi-interactive and fixed narrative experiences of a sort...
With an old school cinematic action adventure feel and dripping with neon-lit nostalgic ooze I have no doubt that Narita Boy is targeted squarely at people like me who practically grew up in the arcades...
Multiplayer games looking to pull in gamers of all ages and skill levels have a tough challenge...
While back in the day I was never much of a fan of the FMV game fad that accompanied the explosion of access to CD drives back in the day I've actually been a moderate fan of the recent resurgence of the genre in this generation...
OK, so The Game of Life… you know, that board game probably everyone has played a bunch...
Budget games are always a bit of a gamble, as there are definitely titles that surpass expectations and then there also are those that you wonder whether they were ready for prime time in the first place...
It's best to open with honesty, and in this case I'll admit that to this point the Monster Hunter series has always intimidated me...
While the general premise is that you'll eventually play as each of a crew of 3 criminals who got busted trying to bring in their big score all you really need to know is that this is a pretty decent puzzle platformer on a budget...
While side-scrolling slashers have been around for quite some time, and tend to show up in some abundance, I’ve more often than not been disappointed by them historically...
Stealth games, in general, usually aren't my bag for whatever reason but while El Hijo heavily involves that mechanic there's enough charm and variety that it works for me...