I played MindsEye, and it’s bad. Developer Build a Rocket Boy says the game has come a long way since its launch last year, and while it might be less worse, it’s still not good. Yet I recently spent a couple weeks playing it from start to finish, and despite everything—despite it being bad in…
Weird Weekend Weird Weekend is our regular Saturday column where we celebrate PC gaming oddities: peculiar games, strange bits of trivia, forgotten history. Pop back every weekend to find out what Jeremy, Josh and Rick have become obsessed with this time, whether it’s the canon height of Thief’s Garrett or that time someone in the…
Pot, Kettle, Black. Now fully aware of fire-hungry crawling monsters lurking in the shadows, I jump out of my skin at scuttling sounds behind me. I swing around and breathe a sigh of relief. It is just my house, which has sprouted legs and is dutifully following me on my odyssey to Moon Mountain. First…
Catching a talkie? Hello there, lovely people. (Hey, Alex is off right now, so I’m nabbing the catchphrase.) It’s been a Mario-filled week with the launch of a certain record-breaking motion picture. Yes, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie came out fire flowers blazing this week. Reviews followed in the footsteps of its predecessor, with critics…
Following performance improvements last month. If you’ve been wanting to try out the System Shock Remake and happen to have access to a Switch 2, Nightdive Studios has now released a demo on the eShop. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
The rhythm game is not coming to “legacy hardware”. The rhythm roguelike Ratatan was originally planned for the Switch, but in an update this week, developer Ratata Arts has announced it will no longer be coming to Nintendo’s original hybrid platform or the PlayStation 4. Fortunately, it’s still on the way to the Switch 2….
Unlock some themed statues. Nintendo is celebrating The Super Mario Galaxy Movie in all sorts of ways, and as part of this, a new event has now officially gone live in its free-to-download mobile runner, Super Mario Run. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
There’s a new subscription service on the block: Indie Pass, which promises access to “a curated catalog of games from indie developers” for $6.99/month. Indie Pass is set to launch on April 13 with 70 games, most of which are unfamiliar to me—they come from the catalog of publisher indie.io, the company behind the service,…
One might wonder, given the endless selection of good videogames out there: Why play a bad one? But let me turn that idea around on you. Given the endless selection of good videogames out there, what’s more enticing than one you’ve never heard of? Maybe it’s bad, but has one fascinating idea. Maybe it has…
Buy up the galaxy. The Super Mario Galaxy Movie goes beyond the cinema with merchandise and much more. Now, to add to the new movie’s launch, Monopoly is back with a new Galaxy-themed board. Read the full article on nintendolife.com