As turmoil and bloodshed break down over the Russian invasion in the Ukraine in these very perilous times with innocent civilians caught in the crossfire, there comes some positive news. A charity drive has been put together by developer Necrosoft Games (creators of Hyper Gunsport and Gunhouse) have collaborated with…

Every now and then, a concept so simple can be a pretty stimulating game with a lot of replay value. Nintendo perhaps seemed inspired by the arcade classic Joust, which precedes Williams Electronics' game by two years, and put their own spin on the action platformer. Whenever I talk about Super Smash Bros.' legitimacy as a fighting game, I generally…

DLC and microtransactions are no longer an uncommon practice in today's video game atmosphere. Takes on them range from being very controversial to ambivalent. Gran Turismo 7 is the latest entry in Sony's exclusive racing series, and fans have taken notice of the cost of the game's monetization and how its in-game currency is…

Bandai Namco, the publisher of the action RPG Elden Ring, has been taken aback by the success of FromSoftware's latest work. Although there was a lot of hype prior to its announcement trailer, and the studio's previous reputation with its Dark Souls series, the PS4 console exclusive Bloodborne, and its past works that include Armored Core, Otogi, and…

Smash Bros Ultimate for the Nintendo Switch is one of the fastest selling games in the fighter genre, and only trails behind Mortal Kombat in terms of best-selling franchises. It would only make sense to have one of the most popular modern video games featured at EVO (Evolution Championship Series), the year's biggest competitive…

Heading into the early 90's, home computers had become more accessible to consumers, and DOS games were becoming immensely popular, even alongside the success console games were achieving. With the advancements in technology, games would abandon the DOS format and games were more regularly being stored on CD-ROMs. When it comes to retroactively…

Ah, what's there to say about Super Mario Sunshine? It really seems to be one of the more divisive Mario games, aside from maybe Super Mario 2. I've heard takes like "it's not a real Mario game" or it's too gimmicky. I remember playing it initially and thinking Sunshine plays like a more polished Super Mario 64, but with the F.L.U.D.D. mechanic. And…