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‘Wink & the Broken Robot’ Game Review: Retro Inspired and Very Inventive

Wink & the Broken Robot is a new 2D platforming Game Boy Color title that was developed by Max Oakland. In this game, you’ll play as the title character Wink and go on a vast journey to help recover parts for a broken robot. There are nine worlds with 28 stages total in-between, each filled with various enemies and mechanics you’ll need to master to achieve

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‘ROMEO IS A DEAD MAN’ Game Review

ROMEO IS A DEAD MAN is a surprising project that feels like it shouldn’t exist in today’s market. What makes it special is undoubtedly why it stands out in today’s gaming market. It is a strange, slightly uncomfortable, and emotionally messy game. Whether you connect with it or not, you can’t deny that it commits fully to its vision. This is not another blockbuster designed

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‘Sleep Awake’ Game Review: Blumhouse’s Journey Through Dystopian Horror

When I first heard about Sleep Awake, I didn’t quite know what to expect. The pitch sounded wild. Players take the part of a woman in a collapsing, dystopian city where sleep is what kills you as soon as you drift away to slumber. That alone was enough to grab my attention from the start. Another reason was that it’s a game published by Blumhouse

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‘Big Hops’ Game Review: Big Adventure Awaits You

I’ve always been a fan of new and creative ways that developers come up with when presenting 3D platformers.  I sometimes worry that when starting a new platforming game, I’ll come across something either too difficult or too long, and thankfully Big Hops fits somewhere in the middle.  Big Hops is a new action platformer developed and published by Luckshot Games. I had the pleasure

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‘Metroid Prime 4: Beyond’ Game Review

Metroid Prime 4: Beyond is a nostalgic return to the beloved series of space action adventures. It is the culmination of more than 20 years of stories set in this universe, with this character, exploring strange worlds and discovering mysterious lore. What immediately stands out about Metroid Prime 4: Beyond is its confidence. It does not rush to reassure players with nostalgia alone, nor does

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‘Kero Kero Cowboy’ Game Review: Hopping Through the Frontier

Kero Kero Cowboy is a brand new Game Boy Color-inspired sidescrolling platformer developed and published by MetagameMike. In fact, this game is not only inspired by the Game Boy Color games of yesteryear; this title can actually run on original Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance hardware if you purchase this game on the developer’s Itch.io store page. While this review will be covering

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‘MARVEL Cosmic Invasion’ Game Review: Fight for the Universe

MARVEL Cosmic Invasion is the latest side-scrolling beat ’em up from developer Tribute Games and was published by Dotemu and Gamirror Games. You may have heard of Tribute Games’ hit game, 2022’s TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge, and MARVEL Cosmic Invasion continues their streak of fun and exciting beat ’em ups. Cosmic Invasion has a large roster with 15 characters that span across the history of Marvel

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‘Identifile: Desktop Dungeon’ Game Review: Fun Battles With PC Viruses

Identifile: Desktop Dungeon is the first game developed and published by Gearbyte Games on any major storefront. Identifile is an action roguelike that combines elements of a dungeon crawler, clicker-style gameplay, and the difficulty of a bullet hell game. The game takes what could be considered a classic dungeon crawler and turns it into a file manager-based system that is similar to older versions of

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‘Constance’ Game Review: Unique and Ambitious

Constance is another Metroidvania-like game that was released this year. It is heavily inspired by games like Hollow Knight: Silksong and the Rayman series. But it doesn’t shy away from its influences. It proudly expresses itself and still tries to be something entirely of its own. Constance was created and published by Bildundtonfabrik, PARCO GAMES & ByteRockers’ Games. This is a game that sends you

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