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Game Phone Case: 168 Classic Games review

September 06, 2022 by Lucas Kelleher in device reviews

Will the Game Phone be a case for celebration? Or just phony game junk?

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September 06, 2022 /Lucas Kelleher
NES, mobile games, Contra, famiclone, Dig Dug, Emulation, handheld
device reviews
5 Comments

Hitman III review

July 01, 2022 by Lucas Kelleher in game reviews

Agent 47 returns for another round of assassination hijinks. It may be more of the same, sure. But more of the same is exactly what we wanted.

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July 01, 2022 /Lucas Kelleher
Hitman, PS4, stealth games
game reviews
2 Comments

Is Starlink: Battle For Atlas a Star Fox game?

June 29, 2022 by Lucas Kelleher in game reviews

Why play Starlink, Ubisoft’s toys-to-life game? Because it’s got your boy, Fox!

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June 29, 2022 /Lucas Kelleher
Starlink, Star Fox, Nintendo, Switch, Ubisoft
game reviews
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The Legend of Zelda Game & Watch review

June 27, 2022 by Lucas Kelleher in device reviews

Nintendo celebrated 35 years of The Legend of Zelda by releasing a special Game & Watch handheld. But is this odd little collectible worth picking up?

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June 27, 2022 /Lucas Kelleher
Game & Watch, Legend of Zelda, Zelda II, Link's Awakening, Vermin, handheld
device reviews
Comment

Samurai Shodown NeoGeo Collection review

May 26, 2022 by Lucas Kelleher in game reviews

Digital Eclipse brings us the definitive Samurai Shodown collection.

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May 26, 2022 /Lucas Kelleher
Samurai Shodown, NeoGeo, SNK, Fighting Games, compilations
game reviews
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River City Girls Zero and Reviving Classic Video Games

May 23, 2022 by Lucas Kelleher in game reviews, opinion

A new localization port of a Super Famicom beat’em up we never got in the west, River City Girls Zero brings 16-bit brawling to the Nintendo Switch.

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May 23, 2022 /Lucas Kelleher
River City Girls, Kunio, beat'em up, SNES, Switch
game reviews, opinion
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Fighting EX Layer: Another Dash review

March 14, 2022 by Lucas Kelleher in game reviews

One of our favorite fighting games in recent years has come to Nintendo Switch!

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March 14, 2022 /Lucas Kelleher
FEXL, Arika, Switch, Indie games, Street Fighter EX, Fighting Games
game reviews
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Samurai Shodown (Switch) review

March 07, 2022 by Lucas Kelleher in game reviews

The way of the Samurai is to know death.

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March 07, 2022 /Lucas Kelleher
Samurai Shodown, Switch, SNK, Fighting Games
game reviews
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Duolingo review

February 11, 2022 by Lucas Kelleher in game reviews

If you’re looking to study a new language—or even better, to keep up with stuff you’ve already learned—then Duolingo is a great option. But how does it “play”?

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February 11, 2022 /Lucas Kelleher
Duolingo, mobile games
game reviews
Comment

How “Free-To-Play” Ruins Our Favorite Games

December 10, 2021 by Kevin Kelleher in opinion, card games

“Free-to-play” is a euphemism which cloaks the dark and sinister hidden cost which games like these do in fact charge you, even if they’re not asking for cash money up front the old fashioned way.

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December 10, 2021 /Kevin Kelleher
Halo, Halo Infinite, Magic: The Gathering, MTG Alchemy, Xbox, free-to-play
opinion, card games
1 Comment

Metroid Dread review

November 24, 2021 by Lucas Kelleher in game reviews

The first new expansion of the Metroid story in over a decade, Dread is everything we’ve been missing about classic 2D Metroid.

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November 24, 2021 /Lucas Kelleher
Metroid Dread, Metroid, metroidvania, Nintendo, Switch
game reviews
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Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game – Complete Edition review

November 23, 2021 by Lucas Kelleher in game reviews, retrospective

The cult classic brawler returns from the delisted void!

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November 23, 2021 /Lucas Kelleher
Scott Pilgrim, beat'em up, Switch, Indie games
game reviews, retrospective
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Arcade1up cabinet review | X-Men vs. Street Fighter

November 22, 2021 by Lucas Kelleher in device reviews

Having X-Men vs. Street Fighter playable at home, in all its arcade glory, is a 90’s kid’s dream come true.

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November 22, 2021 /Lucas Kelleher
X-Men vs. Street Fighter, X-Men, Street Fighter, Arcade1Up, Capcom, X-Men: Children of the Atom, X-Men: Mutant Apocalypse, MvC, Arcade, Marvel
device reviews
1 Comment

Metroid Fusion review

November 15, 2021 by Lucas Kelleher in game reviews, retrospective

Even while Prime took things first-person, Fusion proved that 2D Metroid is timeless.

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November 15, 2021 /Lucas Kelleher
Metroid, Metroid Fusion, Game Boy Advance, metroidvania
game reviews, retrospective
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Super Mario 3D Land review

November 02, 2021 by Lucas Kelleher in game reviews

The 3D feature of the handheld may have been a dumb gimmick, but this one game managed to justify it.

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November 02, 2021 /Lucas Kelleher
Super Mario, Super Mario 3D Land, 3DS, platformer
game reviews
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Nintendo Switch Online subscription shenanigans

October 20, 2021 by Lucas Kelleher in opinion, news

Nintendo aims to exploit your N64 nostalgia to the fullest with their insanely overpriced Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack.

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October 20, 2021 /Lucas Kelleher
Nintendo Switch Online, Nintendo, Switch
opinion, news
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WarioWare, Inc. Mega Microgame$! review

September 10, 2021 by Lucas Kelleher in game reviews

Brilliance or insanity? Either way, WarioWare is quite possibly the greatest Game Boy Advance cartridge of all time.

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September 10, 2021 /Lucas Kelleher
WarioWare, MegaMicrogames, Game Boy Advance, Wario
game reviews
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Gato Roboto review

September 08, 2021 by Lucas Kelleher in game reviews

A charming little monochrome adventure that strikes a good Super Metroid-but-as-light-hearted-comedy vibe.

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September 08, 2021 /Lucas Kelleher
Gato Roboto, Indie games, Switch, metroidvania
game reviews
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Hitman 2 review

September 07, 2021 by Lucas Kelleher in game reviews

Agent 47 is back and badder than ever in Hitman 2: Assassination Boogaloo.

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September 07, 2021 /Lucas Kelleher
Hitman, IO Interactive, PS4, stealth games
game reviews
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Golazo! review

September 06, 2021 by Lucas Kelleher in game reviews

An arcade soccer game so retro, it is literally set in 1992.

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September 06, 2021 /Lucas Kelleher
Golazo, soccer, PS4, Switch, Indie games
game reviews
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