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4129 games reviewed
70.8 average score
70 median score
43.4% of games recommended

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Apr 9, 2021

I'll admit that this is a title that got off to a bit of a rocky start for me, with me essentially wondering what to do at first...

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8 / 10.0 - Luckslinger
Apr 9, 2021

As a fan of games that subvert expectations and are determined to simply be a bit weird, Luckslinger puts a smile on my face...

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8 / 10.0 - Say No! More
Apr 9, 2021

The thing about “weird games” is that they can be very hard to define or describe by typical genre rules or through comparison...

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6.8 / 10.0 - Gravity Heroes
Apr 9, 2021

With so many shooters of all kinds on the Switch it takes some effort to set yourself apart...

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8.5 / 10.0 - Cozy Grove
Apr 8, 2021

While bludgeoning or blowing away bad guys can always be good fun, everyone should have some time in their lives to slow things down...

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8.1 / 10.0 - What the Dub?!
Apr 8, 2021

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...

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8 / 10.0 - Astro Aqua Kitty
Apr 8, 2021

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...

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Ah, gotta love those niche specialty titles from overseas that bring a little flavor to the eShop...

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As a fan of literary classics I must say that seeing the names...

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7 / 10.0 - Breathedge
Apr 6, 2021

Breathedge is one of those titles where I'm not quite sure how to feel about it...

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Apr 6, 2021

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...

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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...

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Apr 1, 2021

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...

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7 / 10.0 - A Long Way Down
Apr 1, 2021

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...

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7 / 10.0 - What Comes After
Apr 1, 2021

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...

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7.5 / 10.0 - Narita Boy
Mar 30, 2021

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...

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Mar 30, 2021

Multiplayer games looking to pull in gamers of all ages and skill levels have a tough challenge...

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6.2 / 10.0 - I Saw Black Clouds
Mar 30, 2021

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...

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7.5 / 10.0 - The Game of Life 2
Mar 29, 2021

OK, so The Game of Life… you know, that board game probably everyone has played a bunch...

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Mar 28, 2021

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...

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