RECENT OPINION PIECES

Is 2024 the year Xbox can overtake PlayStation?

In Sony’s latest financial report, the publisher announced they won’t be releasing any big first-party exclusive games this year (including through March 2025). This means no new God of War,...Read More

Palworld early access preview: fixing the tedium in survival-crafting games

The moment I set up the blueprints for a wooden chest and my Cattiva ran over to help construct it, a sense of relief washed over me. Palworld is the...Read More

Sea of Stars captures the look and gameplay of 16-bit era, but lacks the heart

I really wanted to write a full review of Sea of Stars. The nostalgia-baiting indie RPG looks gorgeous for fans of isometric pixel art, and the 90s Golden Age of...Read More

Starfield’s first several hours are slow and messy, but it gets better

One of the highest anticipated games of the year starts off not with bang, but with a whimper. Starfield is the next big open world, single player, first-person RPG from...Read More

Tears of the Kingdom has the perfect tutorial area

Leave it to Nintendo to consistently prove their expertise in game design. Not only with the decades-classic Zelda formula, but in iterating upon that success time and again. In The...Read More

The Super Mario Bros. Movie Review

As video games have grown increasingly sophisticated, so too have their cinematic adaptations evolved. Infamously the first Super Mario Bros. movie, now 30 years old, is a live-action, laughable travesty...Read More

Diablo 4 Early Access Beta Impressions

Last weekend, Blizzard Entertainment hosted an early access for the upcoming open beta for Diablo 4, available to pre-order purchasers. As a long-time fan of the click-happy action-RPG, I remained...Read More

Ranking all 8 Gym Tests in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet

Previous generations of Pokémon games had players fighting through enemy trainers while solving little puzzles before reaching the Gym Leader. Then rinse and repeat eight times before unlocking the finale....Read More