This game has been out for a while, but a reader requested I review it, so here you go.  A while back I heard about an endless clicker game featuring Metal Slug.  Metal Slug is an SNK 2-D run and gun game series that features some of the best sprite artwork I’ve ever seen.  So the fact they made an endless clicker about it for mobile devices (reviewed on iPad here) got me curious.

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In Battle Racing Stars, race as your favorite Halfbrick characters from games like Raskulls, Jetpack Joyride, and Fruit Ninja.  You’ll run on 2-D platform stages from those games as you jump and dodge obstacles and try to get first place.  It’s available to download free-to-play on mobile devices, but reviewed on iPad here.

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I was a child of the 80’s, and Jim Henson stuff was a big part of my childhood.  I watched TV shows like Sesame Street, The Muppet Show, and Fraggle Rock.  I saw films like The Dark Crystal, Labyrinth, and heck, the very first movie I ever remember seeing in a theater was the first Muppet Movie.  So I was very interested in seeing the new Netflix series The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance.  And I LOVED it!  I don’t normally binge watch things, but one day when I was off work, I watched two episodes of it in the morning and two more in the evening.  It was so good.  I’d watch it again if I had time.  So I was excited when I heard they were making a video game out of it, but I was disappointed that it was a tactics strategy RPG game.  I don’t like those.  Could my love of the series and Jim Henson stuff in general save this game for me?  Well you’ll just have to read this review and find out!  The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Tactics is available to download on all current consoles and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here.

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Arrrr, Matey!  Embark on a pirate-y arithmetic adventure in Math Land.  An evil pirate has stolen a gem that makes all these islands infested with purple gems and evil flowers.  You, as the good (?) pirate, must solve math problems and explore islands to collect special artifacts to stop him!  This game is great practice for grade schoolers who are working on addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division problems.  And even adults can enjoy this game as working out math problems in your head is a great brain exercise.  Math Land is available for Switch and mobile devices, but reviewed on Switch here.

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In this game, you start out as a generic hero ready to storm the evil lord Mr. Stiches’ castle.  As you approach, a few weak minions prepare for the worst, but one of the minions decides to kill the hero by dropping a chandelier on him!  After that, you take control of that minion!  When you approach the defeated hero, a talking sword hilt says that now YOU’RE the new hero!  But you still work for the bad guy, who tasks you with returning three special stones to the bosses that the original hero defeated.  But secretly, the sword hilt tells you to defeat those bosses again and get strong enough to battle your boss and become the Underhero.  Underhero is an action RPG game that turns RPG archetypes on their ear, since you are sort of on the enemies’ side!  It’s available to download on all current home consoles and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here.

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If you have a bunch of people over to play games, but not enough controllers to play with everyone, then Jackbox has you covered!  Their latest batch of party games is out, and all you need are cell phones to play them!  Just connect to Jackbox.tv on any phone and enter in the room code and you’re in!  It’s pretty simple and works well, and in some games, even people who don’t have cell phones can be part of the audience and participate.  The Jackbox Party Pack 6 is available on most anything that can play games, but reviewed on PS4 here.  Let’s take a look at all the games!

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Sometimes the simplest ideas can work out great.  That’s the case with Tilt Pack, a couch multiplayer game for up to four players for Switch.  All you do is move rectangle boxes with faces on them and they’ll flip and rotate as you try and knock the other boxes off the playfield.  And that’s it, really, but it’s surprisingly fun.  It’s like a sumo match with personified Pong paddles!

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If you like putting together jigsaw puzzles with pieces that look like broken bits of stained glass, then this game is for you!  It’s really more of the same from the first game, which I reviewed around this time last year, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing when it comes to these jigsaw puzzle games.  The theme of the last one was world travel, but I’m not sure what the theme is this time.  Weird stuff like clowns, jesters, and magicians, I guess.  Anyway, it’s available on nearly all current home consoles and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here.

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Back in the 90’s and seeping a bit into the 2000’s, one of the kings of arcade 2-D shooters was Psikyo.  Now NIS America has compiled a couple of collections of Psikyo’s games on the Switch, so today we’re going to take a look at the ones in Bravo, as opposed to Alpha.  I hate it that I missed out on reviewing Alpha earlier, but I liked this Bravo collection so much that I went out and bought them both, so I can talk about Alpha later.

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Shovel Knight is one of the most beloved and prolific indie games in the past few years.  It’s gotten several spin-off games and cameo appearances, and now you can play a card game featuring the characters.  Exceed is an existing card game with fighting game mechanics.  In fact, they did a version of it with Street Fighter characters that I reviewed last year.  So how does it fare with Shovel Knight themes?  Read on and find out!

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