Category: Video Game Reviews
REVIEW: Spider-Man: Miles Morales (2020)
MarcTheCyborg | Dec 5, 2020 | 0
A superhero mantle being passed down to a new character is a dicey concept – it can either be a completely benign change, moving from one loved character to another or an uninspired shift that appears to have awkward political motivations that can help spark creator rebellions like Comics Gate. Mi...
Read MoreREVIEW: Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War (2020)
MarcTheCyborg | Nov 13, 2020 | 0
The Starbucks latte of first-person shooters is back again, and similar to last year’s soft reboot/prequel of Modern Warfare, in 2020, we have a soft reboot/sequel to Black Ops. Call of Duty campaigns never fail to deliver the big-budget thrill moments, but their quality varies pretty widely when ...
Read MoreHalloween Video Game Pick: Blasphemous
Spike | Oct 31, 2020 | 0
The word “Metroidvania” gets thrown around a lot in retro gaming, and these types of video games have become an indie staple on all modern platforms. With all the competition, it’s hard to come across games that can go beyond the classic themes in the genre. Bloodstained: Curse of ...
Read MoreREVIEW: Jay and Silent Bob: Mall Brawl (2020)
Spike | Jul 25, 2020 | 3
It’s been twenty-five years since Mallrats hit the movie theaters in the United States, bombing spectacularly at the box office. After the success of Clerks, that didn’t stop the film from getting a huge cult following from the home video version, which made it a celebrated and highly qu...
Read MoreREVIEW: Samurai Shodown NeoGeo Collection (2020)
Spike | Jul 9, 2020 | 4
The beginning of the 21st Century was hard for SNK, the company that became the Rolls Royce of console gaming during the early years of the ’90s with their NeoGeo AES. This system was the first one to bring the arcade experience into your living room by literally making game cartridges out of ...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Last of Us Part II
The Last of Us Part II is the long-awaited follow up to Naughty Dog’s 2013 masterpiece, and finds Ellie at the age of nineteen and starting down a path of revenge after someone she cares for is taken from her. I’m not going to pussyfoot around this: The Last of Us Part II has been …
