Do U Even Forklift? (Switch, PS5, X/S, PC)
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Posted on June 17th, 2026 by
A few years ago I reviewed a realistic forklift simulation game and didn’t like it. But what if you took that concept and simplified the controls and made the objectives less realistic? Would it be better? Well that’s what we are here to find out with Do U Even Forklift?, a top down viewed game where you control a forklift lifting stuff and moving it around. It’s available on all current consoles and PC, but reviewed on Switch here.
Nitro City Racing (PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, X/S, PC)
Posted on June 15th, 2026 by
You know those old arcade games and handhelds where you steer a car on a straight road in top down 2D fashion, switching lanes in order to avoid cars? Well, Nitro City Racing is just that in 3D. It’s available on all current consoles and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here.
Cozy Stickerville, the most chillax of boardgames?
Posted on June 13th, 2026 by
Some boardgames are tense affairs where victory or defeat rests on the knife edge of a card draw or roll of the dice. Cozy Stickerville is not that game. As the name implies, Cozy Stickerville has players cooperating to create a story about starting up a little town. Cards are flipped up and players make choices on how to respond or what to do, and then look up the results in a book of stories. The most common result has the player(s) take a sticker from the sticker book (with over 800 stickers in it) and add it to the main game board, representing something new added to their town. It could be as simple as a bird nest or tree, or perhaps its a new building like a barn or house. There are no truly epic decisions to be had. Do you go fishing today? Perhaps read up more about the mysterious town founder? Or maybe you’ll build a house for that new couple who came to the country to get out of the city. You can’t really win or lose, but there are choices to be made and stickers put on the town will eventually reflect those choices. There’s just something visceral about peeling a sticker out of a book and then slapping it down on your own little town – I just made this! After ten 30-minute or so sessions, each representing a year of game time, the game is complete and players will be able read up on one of five final endings based on their choices within the game. Cozy Stickerville is like going through a choose-your-own adventure game with friends but when you’re done, you’ve stickered yourself a cute little town to show for it.
Cozy Stickerville
Designer: Corey Konieczka
Publisher: Unexpected Games
Players: 1-6 (best with just a few)
Ages: 8+
Time: 30 min (at a time)
(review copy furnished by publisher)
Psyvariar 3 (Switch 1 & 2, PS5, X/S, PC)
Posted on June 10th, 2026 by
Psyvariar was a vertically scrolling bullet hell shooter series in the arcades around the late 90s/early 2000s. It had a sequel soon after, but I’ve never heard of these games, or don’t remember them. But then, shooters like these were a dime a dozen back then. And now, more than two decades later, here’s a third game in the series. Psyvariar 3 is available on current consoles and PC, but reviewed on Switch 2 here.
Unbox the Room (Switch, PC)
Posted on June 8th, 2026 by
Last year I reviewed a game about packing things in boxes in a house. It wasn’t very much fun, just like in real life. But what about unpacking things from boxes once you move into a new home? Would that make a better game? (turns out, yes it does) Unbox the Room lets you unpack boxes and arrange the items in little rooms. It’s available on Switch and PC, but reviewed on Switch here.
Nero & Sci: Integral Edition (Switch, PC)
Posted on June 3rd, 2026 by
Here’s a fact about me. I’ve never liked math. If I ever became a super villain, there are two ways you could defeat me. My only two weaknesses are country music and math. So when I get a press release claiming a game will make me like math, I’m like, “OK, challenge accepted.” So here’s Nero & Sci. Nero is a shy lonely little alien who works at a library, and one day while dusting off some old books in the basement, Nero knocks off one of the books and it opens up and all heck breaks loose. Then Nero meets a little flying jellyfish thing named Sci. Together they must save the day in this 2D puzzle platformer. It’s available on Switch and PC but reviewed on Switch here.
Atomic Owl (PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, X/S, PC)
Posted on June 1st, 2026 by
In the mythical land of Judanest inhabited by bird people, an owl prince and his band of warriors protect the kingdom. One day an evil crow named Omega Wing releases all the Tengu and uses a Dark Feather to hypnotize the prince’s troops. Now it’s up to the owl prince to stop him in this 2D hack and slash platformer. Atomic Owl is available on all current consoles and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here.
R-Type Dimensions III (Switch 1 & 2, PS5, PC)
Posted on May 29th, 2026 by
Even though they’re no longer around, game maker Irem made some of the most popular games in the arcades back in the 80s. Some of these include Moon Patrol and Kung Fu Master, but probably their most famous was the shooter series R-Type. Consoles back then would often times show off their version of R-Type for its graphical prowess, and it was one of the most challenging shooters back then. It’s so popular they still make R-Type games today, and I even reviewed one a few years ago (R-Type Final 2). And here’s another one with R-Type Dimensions III. I reviewed the first R-Type Dimensions, which was a remake of R-Type 1 and 2. And this one has R-Type 3, which was originally on the SNES and later on the GBA. It’s available on some current consoles and PC, but reviewed on Switch 2 here.
LumenTale: Memories of Trey (Switch, PC)
Posted on May 27th, 2026 by
Back when I was writing game reviews for The Dallas Morning News in the late 90s, I was designated as the resident Pokémon expert. This was back during the initial boom, so I was writing Pokémon articles left and right. I’d like to say that Pokémon helped pay my way through college. But it also meant that I was reviewing a lot of similar games, too, such as Digimon, Monster Rancher, etc. So it’s always interesting when I get to review another monster battler. In LumenTale, Memories of Trey, you play as Trey, a young man who has lost his memory. A kid finds you passed out in the woods and carries you back to professor’s house. They decide that to help you get your memories back, you should become a Lumen, who captures and trains monsters (called Animon) to fight and help out people. And so that’s what you do! The game is available on Switch and PC, but reviewed on Switch here.
Soldner-X 2: Final Prototype Definitive Edition (Switch, PS4)
Posted on May 25th, 2026 by
