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I’ve dipped in and out of extraction shooters before, and while I always appreciate the tension, they tend to feel a bit sterile after a while. You get the adrenaline, sure, but not always the personality or long-term pull. Marathon surprised me because it has both. After a good number of hours on PS5, I’m still jumping back in, not because I … Read More

When Super Mario Bros. Wonder first landed back in 2023, it felt like a reset in the best way. After years of solid but safe side-scrolling entries during the Wii and 3DS era, this was Nintendo reminding everyone how inventive 2D Mario could be. I remember finishing it with a big grin on my face, impressed by how it mixed classic platforming … Read More

When I first heard about Pokémon Pokopia on the Nintendo Switch 2, I’ll admit I was a bit skeptical. Pokémon has had more spin-offs than I can count, and while some are great, plenty fade into the background pretty quickly. But after spending a good amount of time with Pokopia, I can confidently say this might be the best spin-off … Read More

There was a time when the Fatal Frame series felt like a quiet pillar of survival horror. It never had the blockbuster presence of something like Resident Evil, but it carved out its own identity with a slower, more intimate kind of fear. In recent years though, it’s slipped into the background. New entries stopped coming, and unless you were … Read More

There’s something a little unusual about revisiting a game that never really left. Tales of Berseria Remastered arrives as part of the Tales Anniversary Remastered Project, bringing a relatively recent entry in the series back into the spotlight with a fresh upgrade for modern hardware. It’s not the kind of remaster that feels long overdue, but for me, it landed … Read More

When most people think of the long-running Monster Hunter franchise, they picture intense action battles against towering beasts and the thrill of crafting powerful gear from the spoils of the hunt. But the spin-off series, Monster Hunter Stories, has always taken a very different approach. Rather than portraying monsters purely as prey, the Stories games explore a world where humans … Read More

I’ve been a fan of the Resident Evil series for as long as I can remember. Growing up in the original PlayStation era, it was one of those defining franchises that shaped how I saw video games. I still remember the tension of those early titles, the awkward tank controls, the fixed camera angles, and the constant fear of what … Read More

I’ve always liked the idea of the Ys series more than I actually played it. For years it sat on my backlog, one of those long-running RPG franchises I respected from afar but never fully committed to. That changed over the last few years when I finally started working through some of the modern entries. I played Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana, then Ys … Read More

When Neva first released in 2024, I remember thinking it looked beautiful. The watercolor art style caught my eye right away, and I’d heard plenty of praise about its emotional storytelling. But for whatever reason, I never got around to actually playing it. It slipped into that ever-growing backlog, but I did want to check it out at some point. … Read More

I’ve always had a soft spot for Mario’s sporting spin-offs. They’re the kind of games I dip into for “just a quick match” and then look up two hours later wondering where the time went. I sank an absurd number of hours into Mario Tennis Open on my 3DS, grinding through tournaments and perfecting trick shots on cramped train rides. … Read More