Kirk Hiner
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Varlet
Varlet is billed as a "school life RPG," and I'm obviously too far removed from that life to find it terribly interesting—even with the turn-based battles against everyone's negative emotions.Read More
We're only a week into the 2025 NFL season, and we've already had a player ejected for spitting on an opponent. So, the big question for the Switch 2 release of Madden NFL 26 has to be whether players can spit on Dak Prescott. "Spit's in the game," right EA...
Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion is a direct sequel to 2019's Daemon X Machina. Don't worry about that, though.. These games may have stories, but they're not about them; they're about mech combat. And on that front, Titanic Scion delivers.Read More
I love that gamers in 2025 get an adaptation of a relatively obscure 1982 anime. I love that it actually incorporates cutscenes from that anime. I don't love the game itself, but I like quite a bit of it, so let's tune in to Space Adventure Cobra - Awakening.Read More
Shuten Order
The world is going to end in 168 days. Bad news, right? Not to the Shuten Order. They seem to be welcoming it. But then their leader and founder is murdered, apparently by one of his top ministers. You know this because you were that leader and founder.Read More
I had high hopes when starting Shadow Labyrinth that the game would be as bizarre as presented in its announcement trailer. I'm happy to say it is. But I'm unhappy to say it also gets caught in what should have been avoidable traps of the 2D action/platformer genre.Read More
The most rewarding question I can ask myself during a review period is, "What have I been missing?" I asked myself this early and repeatedly while playing No Sleep for Kaname Date - From AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES.Read More
When Nintendo unveiled the mouse controls for Switch 2, Nobunaga's Ambition: Awakening Complete Edition is the type of game that popped into my mind. I took this review specifically to test out the Switch 2's Joy-Con mouse functionality, and it makes a world of difference.Read More
As long as everything looks like a rave is about to break out, Disney will slap their name on anything Tron related and return their attention to the next Pixar flop. That being the case, I have to say TRON: Catalyst is one of the franchise's better game entries in...
HITMAN World of Assassination - Signature Edition is a hard game to get into—not because it's not fun, but because of prohibitive Internet requirements, excessive legalese, and numerous bugs. But when you're able to execute a mission without interference, it's wonderfully entertaining.Read More
Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess is exactly the type of game I was hoping we'd see on the Nintendo Switch 2. It's big, beautiful, and surprising…at least for a while.Read More
Once I was able to work past my standard JRPG inclinations and not fret too much over the efficiencies of my villages, I really, really had a great time with Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma. If this is the direction of future entries, I'll have my short sword and terra...
