Nickelodeon Kart Racers 2: Grand Prix (PS4, Switch, Xbox One)
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Posted on November 11th, 2020 by
A couple of years ago I reviewed Nickelodeon Kart Racers, a kart racing game featuring characters and tracks from multiple generations of cartoons from kids’ cable channel Nickelodeon. Now it’s back with a sequel with more characters, more tracks, and just more stuff in general. It’s available on all current consoles but reviewed on PS4 here.
Pokémon Café Mix (Switch, Mobile)
Posted on July 17th, 2020 by
You’re about to open up a café that serves food especially for Pokémon! And the waiters and cooks are Pokémon as well! Help prepare delicious dishes for your Poke-pals in this free-to-start puzzle game for Switch and mobile devices (reviewed on Switch here). Stir around Pokémon head icons to match them and make them disappear. It kind of reminds me of other action puzzle games on mobile like Yo-Kai Watch Wibble Wobble or the Disney Tsum Tsum game.
Pokémon Smile (Mobile)
Posted on July 15th, 2020 by
Pokémon has delighted and entertained kids for generations, and now the little pocket monsters are helping make brushing teeth a little more fun. Pokémon Smile is a brushing app for mobile devices (reviewed on iPhone here) geared towards very young children. Best of all, it’s completely free with no in-game ads or purchases. Not sure how it makes money, but good for them! But will it make kids excited to brush their teeth? You’ll just have to read on to find out!
Double Dragon & Kunio-Kun: Retro Brawler Bundle (PS4, Switch)
Posted on March 27th, 2020 by
Hey kids! Are you ready for a video game history lesson? Sure you are! Anyway, back in the mid-80s, game maker Technos created one of the first brawlers featuring a character named Kunio. He’s a hot-blooded high school student who sometimes gets into fights, but always stands up for his friends and against bullies. His first arcade game was a hit in Japan, and they brought it to the US under the name Renegade. A few graphical and name changes were made. The character now sported a sleeveless leather jacket instead of a Japanese school uniform, and instead of locations like an outdoor train stop, you fought in places like an underground subway station. It was a modest hit in the US and got a version on the NES, but it was nowhere near as big as the original game in Japan. The bosses at Technos wanted to recreate that success in the US, so they tasked the team to make another brawler that would really appeal to overseas audiences. So they created Double Dragon. Needless to say, that was a huge hit with countless arcade sequels and ports, a cartoon, and even a live action movie (it was famously bad, but fun in a B-movie sort of way). And now you can play almost every NES and Famicom version of the Double Dragon and Kunio-Kun series in a collection on the PS4 and Switch (reviewed on PS4 here). It even includes Renegade’s ‘sequel’ River City Ransom, as well as sports spin off titles like Super Dodge Ball! Yes! Super Dodge Ball was my favorite sports video game until Wii Sports came along!
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Tactics (PS4, Switch, Xbox One, PC)
Posted on March 13th, 2020 by
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.
Ice Age: Scrat’s Nutty Adventure (Switch, PS4, Xbox One, PC)
Posted on November 6th, 2019 by
Ice Age is one of the longest running computer animated movie series, and it stars a group of prehistoric animals like saber tooth tigers and woolly mammoths. But clearly the crowd favorite has to be Scrat the saber toothed squirrel and his constant chase for his beloved acorn nut. And now Scrat gets his very own game with Ice Age: Scrat’s Nutty Adventure. While chasing his acorn, Scrat stumbles across a hidden temple of the Scratazons, an ancient advanced race of saber toothed squirrels. Now in order to get his nut back, he must collect special purple crystal acorns across the land. Scrat’s Nutty Adventure is a 3-D platformer available for all current game consoles and PC, but reviewed on Switch here.
Pokémon Rumble Rush (iOS, Android)
Posted on August 9th, 2019 by
One of the most revisited Pokémon spin-offs has been Pokémon Rumble. In the game you play with toy Pokémon as you bash into other toy Pokémon in real time. The Rumble game on the Wii U even let you buy real toys you could scan, which would become the prototypes for amiibo figures! Now that Pokémon has found new popularity on mobile devices thanks to Pokémon GO, now the Rumble series is on mobile as well with Pokémon Rumble Rush (reviewed on iPad here). It’s basically an endless clicker in disguise, but it’s certainly one of the better ones I’ve come across.
Moad Racing (iOS, Android)
Posted on July 31st, 2019 by
How would you like to play a racing game where you can drive the A-Team van, Back to the Future DeLorean, Flintstones car, Jetsons ship, Simpsons car, Batmobile, and more? If it sounds too good to be true, well it kind of is, but you can sort of do that in Moad Racing. It’s a new free to play game for mobile devices (reviewed on iPad here).
The Worlds of Kingdom Hearts 3
Posted on July 5th, 2019 by
Well I FINALLY beat Kingdom Hearts 3. It’s getting harder and harder to get into these long games anymore! Anyway, I was impressed with the Disney worlds you tromp around in the game, so much so that I decided to write a blog about them. I will give a spoiler warning now, but don’t worry, I won’t spoil the plot for you as I think the storyline in Kingdom Hearts games are garbage and I don’t really play the games for the story anyway. I just like beating up baddies in Disney worlds. So if you haven’t played Kingdom Hearts 3 yet and want the worlds you explore to be a surprise, then don’t read this blog. Otherwise, have fun reading my opinions and observations of the Kingdom Hearts 3 worlds!
Spring Movie Mystery Case Files
Posted on June 21st, 2019 by
So with spring nearly over and summer almost here, I thought I’d go over the movies I saw in theaters this past spring. I’ll try to keep the spoilers to a minimum, but one or two may seep out here and there, so you’ve been warned!
