Care Bears: Unlock the Magic (Switch, PS4, PS5)
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Posted on April 4th, 2025 by
There are many toy lines that came out in the 80s when I was a kid that are still popular today. Some examples would be Transformers, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, My Little Pony, etc. Another example that I didn’t know was still around until recently was Care Bears. That was huge when I was a kid, and they had lots of toys, plush, several cartoons, and even some movies! I think even I saw the first Care Bears movie when I was a kid (I remember it being surprisingly dark), and that movie even made more money than the Disney cartoon film it was competing against (granted that Disney movie was The Black Cauldron, but still). Now Care Bears are making a comeback and late last year I reviewed a 2D platformer starring the bunch. And now they have a new installment featuring an assortment of arcade style mini-games. Care Bears: Unlock the Magic is available on Switch and PlayStation consoles, but reviewed on Switch here.
Bubble Ghost Remake (Switch, PC)
Posted on April 2nd, 2025 by
When I was a kid, one of my favorite stores to go into in the mall was Babbages. I don’t think they’re around anymore, but they were kind of like a precursor to GameStop. They sold video games but mostly computer software and stuff. I didn’t really buy too many computer games then, but I still liked to look at the boxes because that’s how we found out about games before the Internet a lot of times. One of the game boxes that caught my eye was Bubble Ghost. It had two things I liked in games: bubbles (like in Bubble Bobble) and ghosts (like in Pac-Man). But I never got around to buying that game. Not sure why. Maybe it was too expensive and I didn’t think it was worth the money. A few years later they made a version of it on the Game Boy, but I never got around to buying it either. There were a few years as a kid that I didn’t buy a whole lot of Game Boy stuff, and I don’t really remember seeing it in a store anyway. So I never got to try Bubble Ghost. So that’s why I’m glad that I got to review this remake. It adds fancy hand drawn graphics and new levels and gameplay ideas. Basic gist is that you are a ghost and try to blow a bubble around obstacles and keep it from popping. Bubble Ghost Remake is available on Switch and PC, but reviewed on Switch here.
S. Prysm Destroyer (PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, X/S, PC)
Posted on March 31st, 2025 by
Pilot a mech and mow down robots with streams of bullets while you collect power-ups in S. Prysm Destroyer. It’s an anime inspired 2D run and gun platformer available on all current consoles and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here.
Hot Rod Mayhem (Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, X/S, PC)
Posted on March 26th, 2025 by
Race hot rods on crazy tracks in this cartoony kart game! It’s available on all current consoles and PC but reviewed on Switch here.
3D Don’t Die, Mr. Robot (PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, X/S, PC)
Posted on March 24th, 2025 by
Several years ago I reviewed a game called Don’t Die, Mr. Robot. It was a simple arcade style game where you controlled a square robot and avoided enemies while collecting fruit and coins and chaining explosions. And now they’ve made a 3D version of it. It’s available on all current consoles and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here.
Wallace and Gromit’s Grand Games!
Posted on March 21st, 2025 by
So we all know that Wallace and Gromit have had lots of stop motion clay adventures on the small and big screen. But did you know they’ve had quite a lot of video games, too? They’re both old and recent and cover a wide variety of genres, too! So to end Wallace and Gromit Week, I thought we’d go over all their video games here. And if there were/are any mobile games or browser games starring them, I won’t be going over those. Either I missed out on them or don’t feel like going THAT deep.
PowerWash Simulator: Wallace and Gromit Special Pack (PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, X/S, PC)
Posted on March 19th, 2025 by
A couple of years ago I reviewed a game called PowerWash Simulator. It’s a game where you use a power washer to hose down all sorts of things. Yeah they’ll make a game out of anything nowadays, won’t they? But since it is a video game, they got pretty imaginative with it, and you could download all sorts of DLC to power wash things like Final Fantasy 7 vehicles, Lara Croft’s mansion from Tomb Raider, Back to the Future vehicles, SpongeBob’s neighborhood, and Shrek’s swamp. All of those are cool and all, but it wasn’t enough to make me want to get them and play the game again. That is, until recently when they added a Wallace and Gromit pack. So I caved in and had to review it. Wallace’s inventions have made a mess of his house and machines, so he invents the WashLad to clean things up! The DLC and the game are available on all current consoles and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here.
O.W.L Projekt 2 (PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, X/S, PC)
Posted on March 12th, 2025 by
This has gotta be some kind of record! I only reviewed the first game a few short months ago, and now there’s already a sequel? But it’s pretty much more of the same. This time you play as a thing that looks more like the eggplant men in Wrecking Crew with a walking stick, and your job is to guide him around isometric diorama mazes to reach an exit block. Kind of reminds me of Captain Toad or those isometric adventure games you would see a lot on British computers in the 80s (or like Solstice on the NES). It’s available on all current consoles and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here.
Piczle Cross: Rune Factory (Switch, PC)
Posted on March 10th, 2025 by
Last year around this time I reviewed a game called Piczle Cross: Story of Seasons. It was a nonogram puzzle game and those types of puzzles in video game form are often called Picross or a variation of that name. But this one had a theme. The pictures you could make were based off of things and characters from the Story of Seasons games. These were farming sims that were around way before Stardew Valley got popular. You might know these games better as Harvest Moon, as that’s what those games were called before the rights changed. Anyway, the Harvest Moon/Story of Seasons games had a spinoff series called Rune Factory. These were more fantasy based, and they streamlined the farming parts so you’d have more time to go fight monsters in dungeons! I actually like the Rune Factory games more than Story of Seasons, and now there is a Piczle Cross game based on the Rune Factory series as well! It’s available on Switch and PC but reviewed on Switch here.
Reader Review: Kingdom Come Deliverance 1 & 2 (PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PC)
Posted on March 7th, 2025 by
I had my brother Ben review a game I probably would never play myself, but it’s nice to have variety every now and then. So please check out his review of this duology of games! –Cary
