Mario Party is a tentpole series that goes through its ups and downs, and those tend to coincide with how much the developers mess with the basic format of giving people a board to move around and then minigames to compete over. For some reason, there are times when they…
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Exactly two things got me through the darkest days of the pandemic. One was my family, and a careful consideration of hygiene and risks in equal measure. The other (without exaggeration) were the Jackbox Party Pack games. Related reading: Many years ago we reviewed the very first Party Pack. Our…
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SongPop Party is, without a shadow of a doubt, one of the finest party games in existence. It takes something that is fundamentally compelling – music trivia – and gives people a no-frills way of playing that and, importantly, doing so with the music that they actually like. Now the…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Mario Golf: Super Rush is at its best when it’s not trying to be super or rush. When it’s focused on simply being a bright, colourful golf game, starring Mario and the gang, it is the best Mario sports title that we’ve seen in quite some…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. People often forget that the genesis of Super Smash Bros. was as a modest, local multiplayer, fun-over-competition brawler. Given how bloated and meta the series has become it is easy to forget that, but on the Nintendo 64, Super Smash Bros. had a tiny few characters…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. I’ve been a fan of Rock of Ages since right back at the first. ACE Team’s surrealist blend of tower defence, Monkey Ball and Monty Python should not by right work and yet… it works so, so well. With Rock of Ages 3, ACE Team delivers…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. With Rock of Ages 3, ACE Team is done. That’s not a criticism of the game, but rather an acknowledgement that there’s just nothing more to eke more out of the formula. As an eclectic blend of tower defence, Monkey Ball, Monty Python and party game,…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I’m going to go out on a very controversial limb here and say that minigolf is so much better than actual golf. Minigolf focuses in on the part of the golfing experience that is actually enjoyable – i.e. putting a ball in a hole – while…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. It claims to be a “golf game for people that hate golf,” and that is a good summary of the kind of irreverent humour that What The Golf? aims for. It’s not really golf at all though. Rather it’s a silly little physics puzzle game, good…
Read MoreReview by Harvard L. Moving Out is the latest title by the Sydney-based SMG Studios, the same team that has recently made a name for itself developing party hits such as Death Squared and Super One More Jump. It’s the latest entry in a genre of chaotic party games masquerading…
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