StarLightRiders: HyperJump (PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, X/S, PC)
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Posted on December 17th, 2025 by
This is a typical vertically scrolling bullet hell shooter with pixel graphics. StarLightRiders: HyperJump is available on all current consoles, but reviewed on PS4 here.
Schildmaid MX (PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, X/S, PC)
Posted on December 15th, 2025 by
I love how the title screen art for this game has a scantily clad Valkyrie riding a dragon in outer space battling a multiheaded hydra while a giant eagle looks on. And none of that is in this game. Except for the outer space part. Anyway, Schildmaid MX is a bullet hell styled horizontally scrolling shooter with a neat gimmick. It’s available on all current consoles and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here.
House Fighters: Total Mess (Switch, PS4, PS5, X/S, PC)
Posted on December 10th, 2025 by
This is an aerial combat game but instead of real jets you pilot toy planes inside a house. It kind of reminds me of an old Dreamcast game called Toy Commander. That game has a bit of history here because the founder of the GamerDad.com site, Andrew S. Bub, wrote a strategy guide for that game back in the day. And since House Fighters just focuses on the dogfights and is fairly family friendly, it also reminds me of another game I played more back then called Snoopy vs. The Red Baron. Anyway, House Fighters: Total Mess is available on all current consoles but reviewed on Switch here.
Bomb Kitten (PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, X/S)
Posted on December 8th, 2025 by
Help a mischievous looking kitten use dynamite to blow up blocks and enemies in a grid-like playfield in Bomb Kitten. If this looks and sounds like Bomberman, well, you wouldn’t be blamed for thinking that. Except this game takes out everything that made Bomberman fun. You’ll see what I mean by reading this review. Anyway, Bomb Kitten is available on all current consoles but reviewed on PS4 here.
The Good Old Days (Switch, PC)
Posted on December 3rd, 2025 by
I was a kid in the 80s, and because of that, there are a lot of movies around then that really shaped my childhood. These include trilogies like the original Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and Back to the Future films, as well as others like Gremlins and Ghostbusters. But one 80s movie that I wasn’t as big a fan of was The Goonies. I think it’s because in the summers, my best friend’s cousin would come over to visit and always bring her videotape of The Goonies and want to watch it with us every day! I got so tired of it! But like most other movies at the time, The Goonies got a few video games. The most popular were the NES games from Konami. The first one wasn’t really released in the US outside of arcades, but the second one was pretty popular, at least in my group of friends anyway. So if you liked the gameplay of those classics, you may want to check out The Good Old Days. It’s a 2D Metroidvania style platformer where you play as a group of kids called The Noogies. They’re tasked with finding treasure in underground caverns to make enough money to keep their parents’ house, but they only have one day to do it and they must compete with a gang of thieves! Only thing it’s missing is that catchy Cyndi Lauper song! The Good Old Days is available on Switch and PC, but reviewed on Switch here.
Plants vs. Zombies Replanted (Switch 1 & 2, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, X/S, PC)
Posted on December 1st, 2025 by
One of the most popular ‘casual’ tower defense style games has to be Plants vs. Zombies. The original game was even reviewed on this site (not by me) way back in the day (2009). There’s been a few spinoffs as well. I reviewed a pinball game based on the franchise in 2012, and there’s also the 3D Garden Warfare games (I hated I missed out on those, they look like fun). I also remember seeing the game a lot at PAX and E3 in years past, like costumed zombies from the game and they would give out paper cone hats to showgoers. And now, more than 15 years later, you can play a HD version of it on modern consoles with new levels and features. Plants vs. Zombies: Replanted is available on all current consoles and PC, but reviewed on Switch 2 here.
Gruniozerca Trilogy (Switch, PS5, Xbox One, PC)
Posted on November 26th, 2025 by
Originally homebrew NES games, Gruniozerca Trilogy is a trio of puzzle action games starring a little black guinea pig named Grunio. It’s available on most current consoles and PC, but reviewed on Switch here.
Twilight Parade: Moonlit Mononoke (PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, X/S, PC)
Posted on November 24th, 2025 by
Monsters from Japanese myths and folklore (called yokai) come together every year to have a parade on a day called Hyakki Yagyo. But the Oni monsters were too rowdy so they weren’t invited. But now they’re mad and causing trouble, so you must stop them in this horizontally scrolling 2D bullet hell shooter. Twilight Parade: Moonlit Mononoke is available on all current consoles and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here.
Pac-Man World 2 and the Act of Kindness
Posted on November 21st, 2025 by
Back in 2022, Pac-Man World: RePac was released. It was a remake of the original Pac-Man World game on PlayStation. I even wrote an article about it here. I encourage you to read that article I wrote because the original Pac-Man World game was a very special game to me as a game reviewer, and the remake was even my Game of the Year in 2022! I wondered if Pac-Man World 2 would get the RePac treatment someday, and this year it did! I didn’t like Pac-Man World 2 as much as the original, but it was still a special game to me and I thought I’d explain why in this article, and go over my thoughts on the RePac version of this game as well.
Windswept (Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, X/S, PC)
Posted on November 19th, 2025 by
A duck is swept away from its nest by a tornado and then meets a turtle and together they go on a 2D platformer adventure that is heavily inspired by 16-bit classics. ESPECIALLY the Donkey Kong Country series. Windswept is available on all current consoles and PC, but reviewed on Switch here.
