Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid: Burst Forth!! Choro-gon Breath (PS4, Switch)
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Posted on October 5th, 2022 by
Wow, now that’s a mouthful of a title! But what does all that mean? Well, “Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid” is a popular Japanese comic book manga series and anime cartoon. It’s about an ordinary office lady who one day stumbles on a dragon from another world. This dragon magically transforms into a maid lady and offers to clean her house in return for room and board. But when you’ve got a dragon in your house, nothing is ever ordinary and Miss Kobayashi and her dragon girl friends have lots of adventures and escapades together. And now they’re in their own video game! Here they are trapped inside a computer and the only way to get out is to play a 2-D vertically scrolling bullet hell shooter! It’s available on PS4 and Switch, but reviewed on PS4 here.
Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader? (Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, X/S, PC)
Posted on September 26th, 2022 by
Are you Smarter Than a Fifth Grader? is a TV quiz game show where adults try and answer questions that an elementary school kid might learn. But since it’s been a long time since we were in grade school, and may not remember all those facts, that may be harder than it seems! Luckily contestants on this show can get limited help from a panel of real life elementary school kids! And now you can play a video game based on this show for current game consoles (reviewed on Switch here). But wow, is this TV show even still on? I reviewed a 3DS version of this game show WAY back in 2015!
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge (PS4, Switch, Xbox One, PC)
Posted on July 8th, 2022 by
When the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles came out in the late 80s, I was a little too old by then to get into it fully. I didn’t get any of the toys, and I only watched the cartoon casually, and in secret, or else I wouldn’t look cool in front of the other guys. Of course I still probably wasn’t cool so it wouldn’t have mattered. Glad those days are over. But there was one aspect of TMNT that I could really get into and not have to hide it. And that was the video games, especially the four player arcade ones. EVERYONE was playing them, and aside from Pac-Man, I probably put more quarters into the TMNT arcade game than anything else. Years later when my little brothers were born, they got into the TMNT games, too. In fact, my brother Ben owns one of those TMNT Arcade1up cabinets. And my brother Jeff and I still joke about how when he was little and would whine to our mom every time I accidentally got the pizza in Turtles in Time. That story is also how we named our podcast. So with all those great memories of the TMNT games with me, I was super excited to have the opportunity to review TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge. Over the years, many have tried to emulate the feel of the classic arcade games and failed. But does Shredder’s Revenge do it right? SPOILER ALERT: HECK YEAH IT DOES!!! It’s available on most current consoles and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here.
Rifftrax: The Game (PS4, Switch, Xbox One, PC)
Posted on June 10th, 2022 by
My all time favorite TV show is 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. 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. I always thought it would’ve been cool if there was a MST3K video game. Last year I reviewed What the Dub?!, which is probably about as close to a MST3K video game as we’ll get. Until now, because the makers of What the Dub?! have teamed up with Rifftrax to make a similar game! It’s available on most consoles and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here.
Pokémon Oreos
Posted on March 11th, 2022 by
A while back I got a box of Pokémon Oreos so I thought I’d write about them here. I actually got them last Fall, so I’m not sure if they’re still available in stores, but I’ve been so busy with other reviews and things I’ve only had a chance to write about them now. So grab yourself a glass of milk and let’s take a look at them!
Marsupilami: Hoobaventure (PS4, Switch, Xbox One, PC)
Posted on December 31st, 2021 by
Marsupilami is a European comic book character who is a fictional animal with leopard like spots and a trademark super long tail. And he says “Hooba” a lot. Die-hard Disney Afternoon fans like myself might remember some trailer bumpers advertising the block with Marsupilami spelling out the Disney Afternoon logo with his tail. And I remember Marsupilami having some shorts on the Saturday Morning Raw Toonage show (but I think they were pretty annoying). But that’s all the notoriety that character has had in the US. But in Europe he’s had comics, multiple cartoons, a movie, and tons of merchandise. And now he has his own video game, a 2-D platformer very similar to Donkey Kong Country. In the game, an evil pirate skeleton thing has hypnotized all the animals, and now it’s up to Marsupilami to stop him! The game is available on most current consoles and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here.
The Smurfs: Mission Vileaf (PS4, Switch, Xbox One, PC)
Posted on December 24th, 2021 by
In the distant past, long before streaming services and 24-hour cartoon channels, there was a thing called Saturday Morning Cartoons. Kids back then, me included, looked forward to this time because it was one of the only times TV was made just for kids. And as a child of the 80s, one of the most popular of these cartoons I remember was The Smurfs. Originally a European comic strip, The Smurfs gained popularity in the US from the Hanna-Barbera cartoon. I was never a super big fan of it, but I watched it anyway because, one, kids will watch pretty much anything. And two, it came on right before the Pac-Man cartoon. In recent years, The Smurfs have had a bit of a resurgence with a handful of computer animated movies and specials, and a new series on Nickelodeon. And now there’s a new Smurfs 3-D platformer game. In Mission Vileaf, the evil wizard Gargamel has created a plant that can capture Smurfs and lead him to their hidden village. But luckily, Handy Smurf has invented the Smurfizer, a backpack spray gun that can destroy the plants and restore the vegetation that the Vileaf has contaminated. Now it’s up to Hefty, Brainy, Smurfette, and more to use the Smurfizer to de-contaminate their forest home and stop Gargamel’s plans. The Smurfs: Mission Vileaf is available on most current consoles and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here.
Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl (PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, PC)
Posted on November 12th, 2021 by
For several generations, youngsters have enjoyed watching shows on the Nickelodeon cable channel for kids. Heck, even when I was little back in the 80’s, I enjoyed watching Nick shows such as You Can’t Do that on Television, Danger Mouse, and Double Dare. Even more recently I’ve been known to watch shows on that channel like Invader ZIM and The Penguins of Madagascar. My younger brothers would watch shows on Nickelodeon, too, such as Rugrats and SpongeBob Squarepants. And now there is a fighting game featuring Nick’s vast history of cartoon stars. So yeah, it’s basically Smash Bros. with Nickelodeon characters. It’s available on nearly all current game consoles and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here.
Pokémon Unite (Switch, Mobile)
Posted on September 10th, 2021 by
I don’t really play a whole lot of PC games, so I’m not familiar with MOBA titles. MOBA stands for Multiplayer Online Battle Arena, by the way. But when a free-to-play Pokémon themed MOBA came out a while back, I knew I had to try it and review it! In the game you control your Pokémon directly as you work in teams of five to score goals on your opponent’s side. If you wanted me to describe it in my own inexperienced words, I’d say it’s like Pokémon mixed with basketball. I know people would disagree with that description, but that’s how I saw it. Anyway, Pokémon Unite is available for Switch and mobile devices, but reviewed on Switch here.
Sam & Max: This Time it’s Virtual (Oculus)
Posted on August 20th, 2021 by
OK I’m going to tell you a couple of things about myself that you may or may not already know. First, I’ve been blind in my left eye since birth. It doesn’t keep me from doing much, but I can’t drive because my lack of depth perception and peripheral vision wouldn’t be safe. I also can’t catch thrown objects to me very well, also due to the lack of depth perception, and I can’t see 3-D effects in movies and such. This means I can’t see the full effects in VR games either. Anyway, another thing about me is that I’m a big fan of Sam & Max. Sam is a genial 6-foot tall talking dog wearing a suit, and Max is his maniacal rabbity razor teethed sidekick thing. Together they dispense their wacky brand of justice as the Freelance Police, and have starred in comic books, point and click video games, and even a Saturday morning cartoon! And now they have their own VR game with Sam & Max: This Time it’s Virtual. Even though I can’t use VR to its fullest potential, I just had to play this game since I’m such a big fan of Sam & Max. So thanks to the help of my brothers and their Oculus Quest, I was able to review it!
