Reviews Archive

  • Review: Text Wormhole

    Where do your expectations lead you when you hear the term bullet hell in relation to a video game? Likely that it will involve piloting a spaceship or some other flying craft through horizontally or vertically scrolling stages, dipping and diving through a constant bombardment […]

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  • Review: Golf Story

    As the saying goes, “Golf is a good walk spoiled,” which is why I’ve rarely ever found myself playing the sport unless it is in a video game. It’s not that I don’t appreciate the skill needed to be able to hit a tiny ball hundreds […]

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  • Review: A Mortician’s Tale

    I’d never heard the term “death positive” until a few days ago. As I’ve since come to learn, it is a movement encouraging people to be open and comfortable with discussing issues dealing with grief and mortality, subject matter that many of us in the […]

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  • Book Review: The Adorable Circle of Life Mini Book and Adult Coloring Book

    The animal kingdom is cute and cuddly and full of wonder and miraculous feats of evolution. It’s also brutal and unforgiving and devoid of sympathy for the weak and helpless. Mother Nature is indeed a cruel mistress. Aiming to soften the edge of nature’s sharp […]

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  • Review: Pinball FX3

    Zen Studios continues to set a high bar for video game pinball. I honestly didn’t think they could do any better than Pinball FX2/Zen Pinball 2, and even though Pinball FX3 feels more like an incremental step forward rather than an evolutionary leap into the […]

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  • Gear Review: Super NES Classic Edition

    Disclosure: SNES Classic Edition was purchased by VGBlogger.com for review purposes. For many gamers the SNES Classic is primarily a piece of nostalgia to add to the collection. Getting the chance to revisit a bunch of classic games on a dedicated console, remodeled to a […]

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  • Gear Review: KontrolFreek Destiny 2, Edge, Striker, and Gamerpack Alpha Thumbsticks

    It’s been another busy year for KontrolFreek. In addition to launching a brand new line of performance apparel for gamers, the company has continued to do what it does best–release a wide range of its signature analog thumbstick grips for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, […]

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  • Book Review: A Dog’s Way Home

    A Dog’s Purpose author W. Bruce Cameron is back at it again with another heartfelt tale to tell about a dog and its human. Toss away the bookmark, because once you crack open the cover you won’t stop reading long enough to lose your place. […]

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  • Review: Hob

    From Runic Games comes Hob, a fantasy action puzzle-platformer that switches things up from the studio’s previous work on the Torchlight series. The game opens with a knock at a door, which the titular character answers to be greeted by a friendly, towering robot on […]

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  • Book Review: 101 Video Games to Play Before You Grow Up

    Based on the title, you might be thinking that this book is just another compilation of some talking head’s best 100 (and one) games of all time, but it’s really not that at all. Targeted mainly at gamers 8-12 years old, 101 Video Games to […]

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