Review by Matt S. Super Mario 3D World will be remembered as one of the better moments of Nintendo creativity, even in the context the long, storied and ridiculously prestigious history of its most visible mascot. Thankfully, what was once a Wii U exclusive has moved to a console that…
Read MoreReview by Harvard L.I really like Olija. It’s a smartly-designed cinematic platformer with a retro rotoscope-sprite art style, engaging gameplay and an incredible sense of atmosphere. It’s designed by Thomas Olsson, the one-man behind the aptly named Skeleton Crew Studio, and it comes after a long development cycle filled with…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. The Drawn to Life property has such amazing potential. Think about it; they’re platformers, where you get to be creative and draw your own characters and experience into the thing. The first Drawn to Life, way back on the Nintendo DS, and the sequel (DS and…
Read MoreInterview by Matt S. We didn’t get a chance to review it (because it released right in the middle of so much else being dropped on us), but Mad Rat Dead is a game worth looking at (and we’ve got it on our Christmas backlogs), because it comes to us…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. A LittleBigPlanet game without level creation tools? I wasn’t so sure about that. I mean, sure, Sackboy has become Sony’s mascot for the younger players over the last decade or so, making him the ideal vehicle to sell the PS5 as an all-ages console, but his games…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. As an art critic by trade, I’m partial to the idea that the arts should be a reflection on culture. Art has an educational and informational purpose that is often overlooked in those artistic mediums that become dominated by blockbuster entertainment, but the arts have traditionally…
Read MorePreview by Matt S. I never played Astebreed, the previous game from the two-person team behind the upcoming Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin. Astebreed didn’t really look like my thing,t but a game that promises to delve into Japan’s mythology and cultural passion for rice certainly is, and based on…
Read MorePreview by Matt S. Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin is a 2D platformer… but it’s also so much more than that. It’s a surprisingly complex rice-growing simulator, and that side of it is something of deep cultural value and meaning to the Japanese. With the preview embargo for the game…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. The Prinny platformers were infamous for being incredibly difficult games, where you would often need to work through all 1,000 of the “lives” that the game gives you. Now they’re on Nintendo Switch, and they’re excellent, satirical good fun. I take a look at these re-released…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Naveah tries to channel the same kind of melancholic mood and challenging puzzle-platformer action that drove the likes of A Rose In The Twilight and The Firefly Diary. It’s nowhere near as robust or evocative as NISA’s own efforts, but this game is not without its…
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