Opinion

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Mobile game ports; a PC player glances at their monitor in a dark room.

Opinion / Indie / My Little Blood Cult / Tap Heroes

I Got Whiplash from Playing Mobile Game Ports On My Vacation

Please ponder prior to porting your phone game to PC.

Taylor Hicklen
January 2, 2024

Final Fantasy XVI demo titan

Opinion / Final Fantasy / Final Fantasy XVI

Final Fantasy XVI has the best demo I’ve ever played

Yoshi-P and Creative Business Unit III's latest title is everything I wanted, and I can't wait for the full release.

Tai Hofmann
June 13, 2023

Before the Green Moon impressions; you peer at the moon from a battered awning. It peeks out from beneath the haze, simultaneously close enough to touch and impossibly far.

Opinion

Before the Green Moon Impressions: Putting Down Roots

Stay here, space cowboy...

Taylor Hicklen
June 12, 2023

Summer game fest

Opinion / Summer Game Fest

I Went to Geoff’s Summer Games Fest Presentation and I’m Still a Hater

Summer Games Fest had a lot to show, but little to say overall.

Taylor Hicklen
June 12, 2023

A holographic Toad in a chefs uniform poses with ingredients behind a wooden divider.

Theme and Amusement Parks / Opinion / Nintendo

Super Nintendo World, Day 23: Tiers of the Mushroom Kingdom

Has anything changed since my last visit to Super Nintendo World?

Taylor Hicklen
April 25, 2023

From left to right: 1989 Little mermaid, Super Mario Bros. Princess Peach, then Super Princess Peach, and 2023 Little mermaid all staring at the camera either smiling or singing.

The Super Mario Bros. Movie / Opinion

I’m Tired of Super Mario Bros., Mermaids, and Girlbosses

A character is more than her "empowerment."

Steph Roehler
April 19, 2023

Pokemon Play Lab at PAX East

Events / Opinion / Pokémon

The Pokemon Play Lab is the most wholesome thing ever

Obstagoon, I choose you!

Radiant G
April 14, 2023