The Gems

November is almost over and the month is leaving with a final, quiet week. Not much releasing this month. But for…

Mario Kart Tour’s big winter update went live yesterday and it feels underwhelming, making me question whether or…

The most striking thing about Battle Breakers, Epic Games’ new free-to-play collectible character role-playing game…

Why is Luigi still scared of ghosts? After all, it was nearly 20 years ago that he Hoovered up an entire building…

The last Ice Age film or short came out back in 2016. There has been the talk of a new film or TV series, but…

One of the poorer habits I have is playing handheld games in bed before I fall asleep. It’s not the best move—even…

Mario Kart Tour is a fine racing game. The graphics are lovely. The simple touch controls are fine once you get used…

Magic: The Gathering Arena isn’t the same as ripping open Magic packs with your childhood best friend on a sunny…

I play games because they give me pleasure, but sometimes, that pleasure comes specifically from a desire to master…

Entering into the busiest video game season of the year, we didn’t exactly need Apple Arcade, nor did we really want…