Ideally, art provides contemplation of life’s inevitable hardships.  But far too often, many modern movies deliver little more than sugar-coated platitudes. But that’s not the case with Makoto Shinkai 2011’s film, Children Who Chase Lost ...

It’s time to revisit the SNES-era as Leonardo, Donatello, Michelangelo, Raphael team up again in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge, while cyberpunk-fantasy series Shadowrun is re-launching on consoles. If nostalgia isn’t your thing, don’t ...

The charming indie shooter arrives on Switch with an optional easier difficulty and city restoration component. But expect the same horizontally scrolling action that references everything from Gradius, U.N. Squadrun, to Life Force. The shoot ...

Across the past thirty-six years, Ayumu Watanabe has helped craft a multitude of animated series and feature films. When working for Shin-Ei Animation during the eighties, he earned recognition for his his work as an ...

Like some other recent compilations, Wonder Boy Collection offers a subset of the franchise’s history. The two arcade and Genesis/Mega Drive titles are adeptly emulated, but the subset of entries and the limited amount of ...

Typically, upgraded rereleases bring nominal changes. But Reborn bucks trend, improving everything from the game’s engine, art, and tone. It’s still far from perfect but it’s a vast improvement. Tragically, the Metal Max series has largely eschewed ...

This week, a pair of Switch titles (Ye OLDE Cribbage Club: A Later Daters Game and Later Daters Premium) are aimed at older gamers. Maybe the demographics of the medium are changing- or audiences just ...

Who knew these was angling in the afterlife? Fishing Paradiso begins with the game’s youthful lead interacting with a giant, celestial jellyfish. The godly marine creature announces that you have just died. But heaven, according ...

A sum of familiar elements, Souldiers delivers solid, exploration-based action-platforming led by a trio of playables.   Game descriptors “metroidvanias”, “soulslike”, and “roguelike” are pervasive in 2022. Seemingly every week, publishers both large and small ...

What the Universe Dreams About…. For some, 2016’s Your Name might have served as an introduction to the artistry of Makoto Shinkai. The story of two teenagers who enigmatically switched bodies could have been the ...