Relicta (Switch, PS4, Xbox One, Stadia, PC)
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Posted on May 24th, 2021 by
A few centuries in the future and we’ve got terraforming biome bases on the moon. Well, I’m assuming it’s the moon, they call it “Luna” in the game so it could be a moon on another fictional planet. Anyway, in Relicta you play as a scientist on one of these bases, and she’s testing a new pair of gloves that have the power to manipulate gravity and magnetism on nearby objects. When her daughter comes to visit and a freak accident puts her and other members of the crew in danger, it’s up to the scientist to use the special gloves to solve puzzles to save the day. Relicta is a 3-D first person puzzler available on most current consoles and PC, but reviewed on Switch here.
Pac-Man 99 (Switch)
Posted on May 21st, 2021 by
Battle Royale games usually pit you against 100 or so other players as you fight to the death with the last one standing the victor. Most of these kinds of games are shooters, and because of that, I never thought I’d play a Battle Royale style game. But a couple of years ago, Nintendo released Tetris 99, which I still play from time to time. Later they released a similar game called Super Mario Bros. 35, which I dabbled in a little bit, but not much (I’m not as big of a fan of the original Super Mario Bros. game as people think I am). But boy they sure got me with their latest ‘99’ Battle Royale style game featuring a classic. This time with Pac-Man 99, where you play the original Pac-Man game against 99 other players! It’s available as a freebie to Nintendo Switch Online users. But how does it work? Well you’ll just have to read on to find out!
Chaser Tracer (Mobile)
Posted on May 19th, 2021 by
Aliens have created an artificial sun to destroy the Earth, and the only way to stop them is to decode their symbols by tracing over them before they do! OK, dopey story out of the way, this is just a game where you quickly trace over different symbols before the computer can. It has a nice 80’s neon theme at least. Chaser Tracer is available on mobile devices, but reviewed on iPad here.
World Splitter (PS4, Switch, Xbox One, PC)
Posted on May 17th, 2021 by
You are an alien-deer-rabbit thing and your spacecraft has crash landed on a planet. All of these little critters in your UFO escape, and one of them is chomping on a device like a dog chew toy. This device splits the world into two dimensions, and now you must solve puzzles while switching between the two worlds as you collect all your little critters. World Splitter is a 2-D action puzzle platformer and it’s available on most current consoles and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here.
What The Dub?! (PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, Xbox X, PC)
Posted on May 14th, 2021 by
You wanna know what my all-time favorite TV show in the whole wide world is? It’s Mystery Science Theater 3000. Man I love that show! In it, a guy and two robot puppets are sent out in a space station by two mad scientists, and are forced to watch bad movies and make fun of them. You might’ve seen this show and not even realized it, because most of it is just the old movie with a silhouette of theater seats and the characters at the bottom talking all throughout the movie. It hasn’t been on TV in a long time, but you can still catch it in syndication and on Netflix. Some of the show’s creators and stars have gone on to do similar works, like Rifftrax, which are great, too. But MST3K is still my favorite. Since I like video games a lot, I always thought it would be neat if they made an MST3K video game. But until they do, What the Dub?! may be the closest thing to that. It’s a party game where you watch clips of old movies, type in missing dialogue in your phone, and vote on the funniest submissions. It’s available for nearly all current game consoles and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here.
Narita Boy (PS4, Switch, Xbox One, PC)
Posted on May 12th, 2021 by
In the early 1980s, a famous computer programmer gets his memories erased by an evil computer program named HIM, and now that program threatens to take over the digital world. Meanwhile, a gamer who enjoys playing on the computer late at night gets sucked into the PC, and is transformed into the hero Narita Boy. Armed with the Techno-Sword, Narita Boy must defeat HIM and save the programmer’s memories. With the storyline and graphics, this game was clearly inspired by the classic movie TRON. The title screen even looks so much like the TRON movie poster, I’m surprised Disney didn’t sue! Anyway, Narita Boy is a 2-D platformer hack and slash with some Metroid-like exploration elements. It’s available on most current consoles and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here.
Bite the Bullet (PS4, Switch, Xbox One, PC)
Posted on May 10th, 2021 by
In the far future, most humans have left Earth for other planets as food is scarce. The people who still live on Earth have cybernetic implants installed that allow them to eat anything. And I do mean ANYTHING. Rocks, metal, zombies, you name it, just to survive in this war-torn Earth where food is hard to come by. When trouble erupts, it’s up to Chewie and Chewella to run and gun and eat their way to victory. Bite the Bullet is a 2-D run and gun game where you can eat any enemy to boost your stats. The game has been out for a while, but has new DLC which adds, “new levels, enemies, double the frame rate for animation, and plenty of secrets.” The announcement of this new DLC is why I’m reviewing the game now, but since I didn’t play it before, I haven’t noticed the difference. But anyway, Bite the Bullet is available for nearly all current consoles and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here.
Pureya (PC, Mobile)
Posted on April 28th, 2021 by
A little girl is playing with a pachinko machine in her room. Pachinko is kind of like pinball, except you shoot marbles to the top of a field full of notches, and the marbles roll down and you hope they land in spaces that give you points. Not sure why she has one in her room, but when she runs out of marbles, she reaches on a high shelf for a bowl with more marbles so she can keep playing. But when the bowl spills and the marbles roll around amongst her other toys, the girl uses her imagination (presumably), and plays mini-games related to her toys to get her marbles back. Either that or she lost her marbles both literally and figuratively. Anyway, Pureya is a mini-game collection where you play a series of ten second games to earn marbles, then you use those marbles in the pachinko machine to unlock more games and other goodies. It’s available to download on PC and mobile devices, but reviewed on iPad here.
Inked (Mobile)
Posted on April 26th, 2021 by
You are the nameless hero, a retired warrior who lives with his companion Aiko. Not sure if they are husband and wife, but they live in a world made up of hand-drawn black and white sketches. Like what you’d see in an artist’s notebook. Their world kind of has an Asian theme, with Japanese shrine gates and whatnot, but there are also futuristic Stargate looking portals at the end of each level for some reason. Anything is possible in sketches I guess. Anyway, one day the hero and Aiko discover a bird with a broken wing, and set out on a journey to find out what happened to it. Inked is a puzzle game for mobile devices, but reviewed on iPad here.
Bladed Fury (Switch, PS4, Xbox One, PC)
Posted on April 21st, 2021 by
In ancient China lives a princess named Qi, who is also very skilled with swords. One day she battles a demon in her father’s quarters, but gets tricked and ends up being accused of killing her father herself. While fleeing from her palace, Qi notices some people who shouldn’t be there, and decides that something isn’t right. Now in exile, Qi must battle warriors and demons to prove her innocence and find out what’s really going on in her kingdom. Bladed Fury is a 2-D platform hack and slash with fast action and a unique visual style. It’s available on most current consoles and PC, but reviewed on Switch here.
