Kirk Hiner
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Atari Mania
I absolutely love the concept behind Atari Mania. I'm a bit cooler on the execution, perhaps because I experienced many of these games first-hand, and can therefore see what they could have done with this concept. I'll let you decide if I'm being fair.Read More
If you played Trails of Cold Steel III and IV, The Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero does a great job of filling in some of those story gaps. If you've never played a Legend of Heroes game, it's a great place for JRPG fans to start.Read More
Little Orpheus
Little Orpheus—an Apple Arcade game now remastered for Nintendo Switch—is the latest sci-fi/fantasy adventure to take us deep into the center of the Earth. Or did it? That's what hapless cosmonaut Ivan Ivanovich Privalov would have us believe, but General Yurkovoi is not so sure.Read More
Fans of any of the series know what to expect from Xenoblade Chronicles 3, and this latest (and last?) entry delivers on all counts. But is it better than the others? That depends upon your preferences.Read More
Originally released in 2004, Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II just made its debut on Nintendo devices. And although the nostalgia is there, I'm sure I would've enjoyed the game more if I'd been able to play it in the early aughts.Read More
After the Ogre army invades Garuda and seizes the capital, the wounded Vera is presented with the Mythic Wings, an artifact that could allow him to single-handedly reclaim his homeland...provided he's willing to do a lot of grinding.Read More
Koei Tecmo has jammed Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes with as many elements from Three Houses that they could shove in. There's a level of comfort in that, but if Byleth's "school days" stuff put you off earlier, it’ll also put you off here.Read More
I don't know exactly how to talk about Yurukill: The Calumniation Games. It does so much, and caught me so completely off guard, that any approach to summarizing it seems inaccurate. The only thing I can say with certainty is that I really enjoyed playing it.Read More
If Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising proves anything, it's that there's something to be said for spunk. This action adventure game from 505 Games may serve as a precursor to the forthcoming JRPG Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes, but it manages to stand pretty well on its own.Read More
In Touken Ranbu Warriors, a collection of 15 swords in human form use Musou gameplay to stop the History Retrograde Army from traveling through time to mess up the course of history. And man, do they look good doing it!Read More
RiffTrax: The Games is basically an updated and licensed version of What the Dub?!, which was originally a knockoff of RiffTrax to begin with. Both games are developed by Wide Right Interactive, and both can be a lot of fun with the crowd...or beverages.Read More
The House of the Dead is a game I played in much the same way that the Whopper is a burger I ate. It was there when no better options were available. Now I'm playing it again on the Nintendo Switch as The House of the Dead: Remake, and I...
