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Super Meat Boy 3D Review - Time to Beat the Meat in 3D
In the ways that matter to me, Super Meat Boy 3D is a great adaptation of the original. The story remains intact as the mostly minimalist satire on Mario that it always was. The evil Dr. Fetus has once again kidnapped Bandage Girl, and it’s your job to save her by dodging a whole lot of buzzsaws.

Barely Magic Mike
Mar 309 min read


Grime II Review - Grime and Punishment
GRIME II is another entry into the Metroidvania genre hoping to stand out from the many currently flooding the industry, and in some ways, it does just that.

Ole Gamer Joe
Mar 306 min read


MARVEL MaXimum Collection Review - Sensational or Venomous?
Enjoy our full review of the Marvel MaXimum Collection from Limited Run Games!

Ole Gamer Joe
Mar 279 min read


Screamer Review - Achieves the Need for Speed or a Total Burnout?
A game like Screamer gets me intensely excited for a couple of reasons, ironically neither of which has anything to do with the original Screamer games from the 90s, which I never played and had never even heard of prior to giving this modern reimagining a spin. Don’t hate me; hate my youth.

Barely Magic Mike
Mar 2210 min read


Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War! - Totally Bugged
Most other reviews you see of Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War will probably be focused on the Starship Troopers property itself and how much fans of both it and first-person boomer shooters will get on with this indie entry. That's not how this review is going to go, fair warning, and for some of you, that might be a good thing.

Barely Magic Mike
Mar 167 min read


1348 Ex Voto Review - A Plague Fail
Did 1348 Ex Voto live up to expectations?

Ole Gamer Joe
Mar 126 min read


Collector’s Cove Review - Gotta Collect It All… or Not?
Is Collector's Cove the next cozy game worth playing?

ScrambledAshton
Mar 117 min read


GreedFall: The Dying World Review - The World’s Dying and So Am I
GreedFall: The Dying World is the follow‑up to GreedFall, a 2019 RPG that was met with mostly positive reactions despite a few quirks. The goal with the sequel was to expand upon the original game in nearly every way, with deeper storytelling, character development, combat mechanics, and improved visuals. Spoiler alert: it fails in nearly every regard.

SilentSigns
Mar 107 min read


MOUSE: P.I. For Hire is a Crazy Noir Shooter with Serious Style!
I am thrilled to report that Mouse: P.I. For Hire is so much more than a pretty face and yet can’t help but gush about the presentation first anyway. The characters are the stars of the show, moving with such an authentically wobbly, wavy bounce that you hardly even want to stop looking at them to shoot them.

Barely Magic Mike
Mar 54 min read


Docked Review - Under Pier‑formance
There seems to be a simulator for just about everything these days. You can mow the lawn, power wash a house, run a food truck, or maybe even own your very own gas station. But Docked has us working in what is notoriously a dangerous field where we operate heavy machinery and move massive cargo containers from location to location.

Ole Gamer Joe
Mar 56 min read


Planet of Lana II Review - A Stunning Sequel That Hits Hard
Much like the first game, Planet of Lana 2 is a puzzle platformer, with a bit more emphasis on the puzzle side of that. The 2.5D side scroller has a plethora of different environmental puzzles to solve to progress through the story. There are a few similar puzzles from the first game; some require you to use Mui to take out cameras or androids or need you to run away from attacking robots or animals.

ScrambledAshton
Mar 46 min read


Lost and Found Co. Review - Finding an Indie Gem
This review of Lost and Found Co. will tell you everything you need to know about this adorable indie!

Barely Magic Mike
Mar 45 min read


Scott Pilgrim EX Review - I Think We Should See Other People
Scott Pilgrim EX, or EX, like ex-girlfriend (I guess that makes sense), is once again an arcade-style beat 'em up that blends elements of River City Ransom. It has features such as the ability to shop, explore an open city at your own leisure with set goals to follow, and even hosts light role-playing game elements.

Ole Gamer Joe
Mar 37 min read


Demon Tides Review - A Chaotic, Charming 3D Platformer That Won My Heart?
They say the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over, which probably explains why 3D platforming with my bad depth perception makes me feel CRAZY, so color me surprised when I find myself bouncing, gliding, and climbing around the world of Demon Tides with a smile on my face.

ScrambledAshton
Feb 198 min read


Styx: Blades of Greed Review - A Classic Stealth Series Reborn?
or those in the know, you’ll recognize that Styx: Blades of Greed is not this sassy goblin’s first outing – just the first one in quite some time. Having been preceded by Styx: Master of Shadows in 2014 and its follow-up Shards of Darkness three years later, Blades of Greed already has a firm stealth foundation to build upon.

Barely Magic Mike
Feb 178 min read


Edgar Allan Poe’s Interactive Horror: 1995 Edition Review – Nevermore!
Developer Inscape and publisher Warner Interactive Media originally released “The Dark Eye” in 1995. It was a very experimental take on the point-and-click adventure genre that featured 3D rendered environments but functioned more like a 2.5D adventure game with its fixed camera perspectives.
Ophidian Mind
Feb 155 min read


Nickelodeon Splat Pack Review - I Double Dare You to Play This
The Nickelodeon Splat Pack collects three 16‑bit era games into one very strange package. It features not‑so‑classics like AAAHH!!! Real Monsters, Rocko’s Modern Life: Spunky’s Dangerous Day, and GUTS.

Ole Gamer Joe
Feb 126 min read


Crisol: Theater of Idols Review - Now We Got Bad Blood
Enter the world of Tormentosa, an island somewhere within a twisted, otherworldly version of Spain that has fallen under a wretched curse. Playing as Gabriel, an overly formal soldier, you’ll unravel the mystery behind this curse, learn the origins of a Sun God, and most importantly answer the age-old question: how many times can I pump myself full of random blood-filled needles before something terrible happens?

Ole Gamer Joe
Feb 1010 min read


ROMEO IS A DEAD MAN Review - Suda51's Most Famous Love Story
Romeo is a Dead Man is a third-person action game first and foremost, but saying it's JUST an action game would be selling it short. In what might be Grasshopper Manufacture’s most ambitious release to date, players should go into this game with an open mind.

Ole Gamer Joe
Feb 109 min read


Fighting Force Collection Review - Some Brawlers Should Stay in the Past
It’s been decades since Fighting Force originally released, but now it's back in a brand-new collection from Limited Run Games, bringing this retro relic to modern platforms for the first time. But should Fighting Force 1 and 2 have stayed in the past?

Ole Gamer Joe
Feb 55 min read
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