Screw it. I wasn’t going to review this ‘game,’ because it’s free and it doesn’t even have microtransactions. But then I started playing with it, and felt compelled to write something about it, because I cannot fathom why Nintendo would expend the resources and energy to create this thing. It…
Read MoreThere is a very fine line between homage and slavish devotion. Both might come from the same place; a deep love of a particular game (or film, book, or otherwise), but where a homage uses that love to creative effect, to forge its own identity and often build on the…
Read MoreWord Search by POWGI is exactly what you’d expect. It’s offers your classic back-of-the-newspaper word search. Now don’t get me wrong. I love a good word search as much as anyone else. It’s relaxing in short amounts, and is fun to complete if you have a few spare minutes to…
Read MoreThe Nintendo Wii U has become a very solid device for fans of retro games. While the line-up of titles is not as comprehensive as what we enjoyed on the Wii, and there are some consoles that are almost absent (Where are my Nintendo 64 games, Nintendo!), but the Game…
Read MoreI love board games. I spend a lot of time playing them, and then spend a lot of time playing digital board games. My iPad, especially, has such a range of board games on it that I don’t even need friends any more (but seriously, friends, don’t leave me!). Related…
Read MoreWho doesn’t like Whack A Mole? One of the truly classic arcade games, Whack A Mole gives players a little hammer to thump moles on the head as they pop up out of the machine? The goal is as simple as tallying up as many points as possible as a…
Read MoreI know that Xenoblade Chronicles is considered to be the pinacle of JRPGs on the Nintendo Wii, but if you ask me, as good as that game is, it’s not the best at all. Pandora’s Tower, released very late in the Wii’s life (and, if you’re in America, after the…
Read MorePersonally, I still feel that the games that have effectively use the Wii U gamepad are few and far between. Wii U games rely too much on the novelty of being able to push everything off one screen and onto another. Affordable Space Adventures, however, uses the gamepad to manage your…
Read MoreI really like the idea of the Nintendo Wii U as an art platform. The gamepad has just the right screen size and precision to allow people to create reasonably complex art work. Unlike, say, the iPad, the stylus of the console is also perfect for the kind of fine…
Read MoreNintendo’s Amiibos have always been worthy collectibles, if for no other reason than the company seems committed to manufacturing scarcity so that not every fan will be able to find their favourite miniatures. But to date they have been complete misfires in terms of adding anything to the gameplay experience…
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