Reviews Archive

  • Review: Agents of Mayhem

    Agents of Mayhem is the follow up to Volition’s Saints Row IV from, it’s hard to believe, four years ago now.  While Agents of Mayhem isn’t a direct sequel, it is definitely a spiritual successor set in a shared universe, with hints, winks, and nods […]

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  • Review: Blacksea Odyssey

    Blacksea Odyssey is a game I first came across earlier this year at PAX South, and I quickly became enamored by its mix of twin-stick shooter mechanics and roguelike elements. Now that the Xbox One version has launched, I’ve had time to dive deep into Blacksea […]

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  • Review: ICEY

    ICEY is a traditional 2D side-scrolling action brawler with a player-controlled narrative twist. Players control ICEY, a cyborg born from a genetic lab, with one goal programmed into her mind: killing. ICEY wakes up in a deserted military compound greeted by a snarky narrator insisting […]

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  • Jigsaw Review: The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask Incarnation Puzzle

    Inspired by the final battle from The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask, this collectible jigsaw puzzle from USAopoly, titled Incarnation, depicts Link donning the Fierce Deity’s Mask as Majora’s Incarnation and the Moon Children wearing the four Boss Remains loom in the background. It’s a […]

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  • Jigsaw Review: Super Mario Bros World 1-1 and Welcome to Warp Zone Puzzles

    Nostalgic bliss awaits in USAopoly’s latest collectible videogame jigsaw puzzles themed after the original Super Mario Bros. Fittingly, these jigsaw representations of Nintendo’s platforming classic also put forth a high level of difficulty that’s sure to please retro gaming enthusiasts old enough to remember pounding […]

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  • Gear Review: PDP Media Remote for PlayStation 4

    PDP’s new PlayStation 4 Media Remote is an alternative to, not a replacement for, the company’s previously released Universal Media Remote. The operative word differentiating the two being universal, because whereas the last model was built as an all-in-one solution for controlling an entire center […]

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  • Review: Rescue Quest Gold

    What is it and who made it? Summoned forth by Boomzap Entertainment, makers of the multiplayer strategy conquest game Legends of Callasia, Rescue Quest Gold is a match-3 puzzler with a fantasy spellcasting twist. How much did we play? 112 levels in 11.6 hours of […]

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  • Gear Review: Logitech G413 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard

    Disclosure: A G413 mechanical gaming keyboard was provided to VGBlogger.com for review testing by Logitech. The G413 is now the fourth gaming series keyboard from Logitech that I’ve had the privilege to test out. And I do mean privilege, because if you ask me Logitech’s […]

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  • Summer Book Club Review: Deadpool: Drawing the Merc with a Mouth

    Welcome to VGBlogger’s Summer Book Club! All summer long, we will be providing weekly book reviews across a wide range of geek favorite categories, including art, comics/graphic novels, fantasy, gaming, and sci-fi, and welcoming you to join in on book discussions in the comments. So […]

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  • Collectible Review: Pixel Pals

    Pixel Pals are the coolest collectible figure line to come along since the advent of Funko’s Pop! vinyl toys about seven years ago. Created by Performance Designed Products (PDP), Pixel Pals are small figures depicting iconic video game heroes as 8-bit pixel art mosaics. They’re […]

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