SpongeBob SquarePants The Cosmic Shake Review: Different, but Great

It's been a long, long time since we got a proper Spongebob platformer. Two years ago, Purple Lamp Studios released a remake of the classic platformer Battle for Bikini Bottom. This remake was met with mixed reception as it was riddled with glitches and performance problems such as horrendously bad pop in. It didn't help… Continue reading SpongeBob SquarePants The Cosmic Shake Review: Different, but Great

5 Characters who will NEVER be in Super Smash Brothers

Tomorrow Nintendo will be hosting another long awaited Nintendo Direct. This direct is all but guaranteed to show off at least one DLC fighter for Super Smash Bros Ultimate. So what better way to celebrate than talking about characters who we know will never get in Smash but we really want anyway. Yes that's right,… Continue reading 5 Characters who will NEVER be in Super Smash Brothers

Rorona to Ryza: An Atelier Retrospective Part 1: Atelier Rorona

Atelier Ryza 2 was just announced and is on track to be great given Gust's track record with Atelier. As a franchise, Atelier has gone through an odd evolution. If one were to skip one title in the series and then play the release after that, the gameplay wouldn’t seem to have changed much at… Continue reading Rorona to Ryza: An Atelier Retrospective Part 1: Atelier Rorona

Legacy of Rage a Street of Rage 4 Review

By Jre Best I have a deep appreciation for the Sega Genesis despite not being alive during the Nintendo and Sega console wars. But one thing Sega is notoriously good at is preserving their history through brilliant collections. One of the cornerstone games of my childhood was the brilliantly constructed Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection. A… Continue reading Legacy of Rage a Street of Rage 4 Review

Virtual Odyssey: April & May 2020: Nier Automata, Until Dawn, Splatoon and Xenoblade Chronicles

A Journey Through the Game of the 2010s April & May 2020 Jre Best Well, it's been a little bit. Sincerest apologies for the delays. These last two months have not been easy for anyone and I don’t help myself by putting so many damn words into these articles. Truth be told, Virtual Odyssey almost… Continue reading Virtual Odyssey: April & May 2020: Nier Automata, Until Dawn, Splatoon and Xenoblade Chronicles

VIRTUAL ODYSSEY: FEBRUARY 2020

Virtual Odyssey A Journey Through the Game of the 2010s February 2020 Jre Best Well, February was an interesting month. January was kind of an easy ride with me being able to finish four games in a relatively expedient manner. Granted all those games were quite short remasters of even older games but still, progress… Continue reading VIRTUAL ODYSSEY: FEBRUARY 2020