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OpinionImpressionsEpic’s New Hero-Collecting Game Seems Fine, Has Vague Connections To Fortnite
The most striking thing about Battle Breakers, Epic Games’ new free-to-play collectible character role-playing game for PC and mobile devices, is its rocking ‘90s cartoon style opening, complete with theme song lyrics. “Monsters from the sky / want us all to die / they’re hidin’ underground / now they must all be found.” Good stuff.…
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OpinionImpressionsAge Of Empires II‘s Remaster Kicks Ass
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition is a lot. It adds new campaigns, civilizations, revamped enemy AI, and 4K graphics, in case you’ve been waiting to see a flood of medieval warriors clash incomprehensibly with one another in crisp detail. Remastered and slightly reworked, one of the defining real-time strategy games of the turn of…
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OpinionImpressionsLegend of Bum-bo Is A Pleasing, Puzzling, Poo-Filled Prequel To Binding Of Isaac
I’ve been staring at my computer screen for three minutes trying to decide where the piles of poo should go. If I can get four of them in a row, I can fling a pile at the rotting sack of guts bearing down on me, and temporarily block it. But no matter how I tried,…
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OpinionImpressionsLet Us Not Forget About The Ninja Saviors
Yes, yes, I know. Our Switch backlogs are huge already. Pokémon is about to come out. Nintendo’s even surprise-releasing games. But if you enjoy the side-scrolling beat-em-up genre, don’t forget that The Ninja Saviors: Return of the Warriors is just sitting there on the eShop waiting for you. Much like 2016’s Wild Guns Reloaded, Ninja…
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OpinionImpressionsNintendo’s Ambulance Game Is Giving Me Some Serious Dreamcast Vibes
All I could think as I played through a few levels of The Stretchers, Nintendo’s new eShop-exclusive Switch game, is that it feels like a Sega Dreamcast game I somehow forgot to play back in 1999. It’s got that low-poly, bright-colored aesthetic, a tiny little open city in which wreaking cartoonish havoc is acceptable, and…
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OpinionImpressionsModern Warfare‘s New Maps Are A Lot Less Campy
Today’s big Modern Warfare update brings two new maps, and the free content feels like a small step forward for the heavily criticized multiplayer aspect of the new Call of Duty As promised with the new Modern Warfare, all maps are going to be free for everyone, and released across all platforms simultaneously. But after…
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OpinionImpressionsSuper Lucky’s Tale Is Better On The Switch, But Also Worse
Following his debut in Oculus Rift launch game Lucky’s Tale, adorable fox hero Lucky gave traditional platforming action a try in Super Lucky’s Tale for the Xbox One and PC. New Super Lucky’s Tale for the Nintendo Switch is an enhanced version of Super Lucky’s Tale, with new and remixed levels, story cinematics, and a…
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OpinionImpressionsOne Helpful Way To Cope With My Chronic Illness: Memes
A little under a year ago, everything I ate started making me feel sick. Even after removing the most obvious trigger, I still couldn’t get through a meal without stomach cramps, nausea, or diarrhea. Turns out I have Irritable Bowel Syndrome, or IBS. At this point, the only thing that makes me feel better is…
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OpinionImpressionsMario And Sonic At The Tokyo Olympics Has Lots Of Fun Events, Few Ways To Play Them
The latest installment of Sega and Nintendo’s Olympics crossover series takes Sonic, Mario, and friends to Tokyo to compete in more than 30 summer sports mini-games. There’s a single-player story mode, online and offline play of single events, and that’s about it. No online or offline tournaments, no creating custom event playlists. Just pick and…
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OpinionImpressionsDisney Classic Games: Lion King And Aladdin Is A Lovely Little Retro Bundle
Announced in August and released this week for PlayStation 4, PC, Switch, and Xbox One, Disney Classic Games: Aladdin and The Lion King bundles together several different versions of two of the best movie tie-in video games ever made with concept art, music, and videos to create an excellent package that’s sure to please fans.…
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OpinionImpressionsDisgaea 4 Might Not Be The Best Disgaea, But It’s My Favorite
No game in Nippon Ichi Software’s long-running series of ridiculously deep tactical role-playing games will ever capture the magic of the original Disgaea. But Disgaea 4: A Promise Forgotten, released this week on PlayStation 4 and Switch as Disgaea 4 Complete+, has a level of humor and charm that makes it a joy to return…
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OpinionImpressionsLonely Mountains Goes From Good To Great Once You Bike Off The Beaten Path
There are trails to follow in Lonely Mountains: Downhill, thethrilling mountain biking game from developer Megagon Industries, clear paths indicating the safest route from start to finish. Learning these trails is step one. Ignoring them is step awesome. Successfully funded on Kickstarter and available now on Steam, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4, Lonely Mountains: Downhill…
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OpinionImpressionsIce Age: Scrat’s Nutty Adventure Feels Like A PS2 Game And That’s A Good Thing
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 nothing has actually released in the last 3 years. Until late last week. For some reason the world received a new Ice Age video game, starring Scrat. It’s weird that…
By Zack Zwiezen
