GORSD (Switch, PS4, Xbox One, PC)
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Posted on October 26th, 2020 by
OK try to keep up with this. You are an octopus creature who recently hatched from an eyeball. You must explore a dungeon filled with rooms and creepy floating dragon heads. In each room you must compete in an arena styled battle with robots. These battles are mazes where you can shoot the robots with your one bullet. In order to fire the bullet again, you must catch it before it hits you! In some mazes you must shoot robots, in others you must paint the maze all your color. GORSD combines aspects from classic single screen arcade games like Pac-Man, Crush Roller, Qix, Mr.Do!, and more. It’s available on current consoles and PC, but reviewed on Switch here.
Circuit Dude (Switch, Mobile, PC)
Posted on October 21st, 2020 by
Meet Circuit Dude. He’s a little robot who needs your help. Guide him to place chips into slots so he can power up his big invention (whatever that is). Run around 2-D top down mazes, solving puzzles along the way in this downloadable title for Switch, mobile devices, and PC (reviewed on Switch here).
Kids: Farm Coloring (Switch)
Posted on October 19th, 2020 by
Now the youngest of Switch gamers can color a selection of farm animals in Kids: Farm Coloring. There are twelve different animals in all, such as a rooster, pig, sheep, and more. Plus a blank page for free drawing. Use various colors, patterns, and drawing tools like pencils, crayons, markers, and others. Plus a selection of stickers for each page.
No Straight Roads (PS4, Switch, Xbox One, PC)
Posted on October 16th, 2020 by
Mayday and Zuke are in an indie rock band and they live in Vinyl City. Mayday is the guitarist and Zuke is the drummer. The city they live in is powered by music, provided by the NSR power company. Musicians can audition to be part of NSR, but when Mayday and Zuke try out, they are rejected. Later they find out their power output was higher than anyone else’s, and that NSR is withholding power and electricity to everyone except the very elite. And now they’ve banned rock and roll, too! Mayday and Zuke decide to use their rock music to rebel and take back the city for everyone in No Straight Roads. It’s kind of like a video game version of the 80’s song, “We Built this City on Rock and Roll.” It’s a 3-D platformer with an emphasis on multi-tiered boss fights and music timing gameplay. The game is available on most current consoles and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here.
Piffle (Switch, Mobile)
Posted on October 14th, 2020 by
You’re what looks like a person in a cat costume, and you’re happily playing with your dog. When all of a sudden, a blocky demon swoops in, takes your dog, and sends evil purple blocks all over the place. Now it’s up to you to bounce little kitten pellet balls called piffles to destroy those blocks and save your dog. Well it’s a good thing story doesn’t matter in this adorable action puzzle game. Piffle kind of plays like a cross between BreakOut and Puzzle Bobble/Bust-A-Move. It’s available to download on Switch and mobile devices, but reviewed on Switch here.
Fight Crab (Switch, PC)
Posted on October 12th, 2020 by
Is the first rule of Fight Crab not to talk about Fight Crab? Well too bad because I’m talking about it anyway! Fight Crab is what you expect it is. You’re a crab, and you fight other crabs. Punch and pinch your opponents, and use weapons like swords, guns, maces, and even chainsaws that your little crabs grab with their claws! Fight underwater, on beaches, as a giant crab in a city, on a dinner table, or even at the seafood section of a supermarket! It’s as weird as it sounds, and it’s available on Switch and PC, but reviewed on Switch here.
The Games of the Namcot Collection (Switch Import)
Posted on October 9th, 2020 by
A few months ago, we got a couple of downloadable only collections of Namco NES and Famicom games. I even wrote about them, which you can read here. But did you know that in Japan, they got a physical copy of the game on the Switch, and that it had different games and a new interface? I actually imported this game because it was only 30 bucks, which isn’t bad for an import title. So let’s take a look at this collection and what makes it different from the ones we got in the US!
Ary and the Secret of Seasons (Switch, PS4, Xbox One, PC)
Posted on October 7th, 2020 by
Ary and the Secret of Seasons is a 3-D platformer action adventure game that hearkens back to the PS2 days and is similar to titles like Jak & Daxter. The story is kind of a cross between Mulan and Avatar: The Last Airbender. You play as Aryelle, a girl who lives with her family in a magical world where people have the power to control the seasons. These people are called Guardians, and Ary’s brother Flynn is training to become one. But when Flynn goes missing and is presumed dead, their father is stricken with grief and it’s up to Ary to cut her hair, put on her brother’s uniform, and take his place to find Flynn and solve the mystery of why dark crystals are raining down upon the land. The game is available on most current game consoles and PC, but reviewed on Switch here.
Connection Haunted (Switch, PC)
Posted on October 5th, 2020 by
You’re about to connect to a server to boot up a classic FPS styled capture the flag game. But when you start, nobody is around to play. When someone else finally shows up, they don’t say anything in the chat and you can’t see them anywhere at first. Then mysterious shadows appear that can take you out of the game! Are the servers haunted? It’s up to you to find out in this psychological thriller disguised as a first person shooter from the early 2000’s era. It’s available on Switch and PC, but reviewed on Switch here.
Super-Skill Pinball (Boardgame)
Posted on October 1st, 2020 by
Super-Skill Pinball is a great example of how a boardgame’s mechanics and theme can be interwoven to produce a gaming experience that gives the “feel” of the original theme. Playing the roll and write boardgame Super-Skill Pinball: 4-Cade feels like playing a pinball. Someone rolls a pair of dice and then players use either die to record the movement of their pinball on their personal dry-erase game board, marking off locations as they are “hit.” Eventually, a player will “lose” their ball off the bottom of the board and will need to start again. After everyone has played through three balls, players total up their accumulated points to record a winner.
