Category Archives: Switch

We have God of War at home?

I used to spend a regrettable amount of money on import gaming stores, all the way back to the Bad Old Days when I would justify dropping a hundred US dollars on an import copy of Toshinden for the Playstation … Continue reading

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My Little Soulslike Can’t Be This Cute

After finishing Black Flag Resynced and Battlefield 6, then bouncing pretty hard off a couple of games that didn’t hook me, I needed something light and fluffy and that didn’t take up a lot of time. I spent some time … Continue reading

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Do not question my commitment to Sparkle Motion.

OK, back to wholesome fare.  Fighting evil with the power of Sparkle. No, really. I’ve kind of gotten into the habit of picking up first party Nintendo releases whenever I go to Japan.  While I’m not a superfan of all … Continue reading

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In which, I give another Nintendo Mascot a try.

OK.  Technically I have played Donkey Kong games before.  To be very precise, I have played Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr, and Donkey Kong 3. Donkey King 3 was released to arcades 43 years ago. I understand there have been … Continue reading

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I Finished a Mascot Platformer

It’s certainly nothing to brag about, but I was pretty happy to get through the last bits of Super Mario Bros. Wonder over the last week.  I’m not exactly the world’s biggest Mario guy, but I happened to be in … Continue reading

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Two More Residents Evil Down.

To continue from my last post on everyone’s favorite zombie fighting series, I can confirm that Resident Evil 5 WAS, in fact, a bit of a step down from Resident Evil 4.  It’s not really an entirely fair comparison, of … Continue reading

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At this rate, I should be ready for Switch 2 around 2029.

So, playing through Assassin’s Creed: Mirage has not yet inspired me to dive full-heartedly into the terrifying morass of games I have built up over the years, but it did at least get me to look at my shelf of … Continue reading

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Two for Tuesday

After loading up the “Sofa” app with my backlog of Stuff to Play/Watch/etc, I thought I would start tackling some of the items in the list.  “Fighting games” seemed like a reasonably good place to start, since I only had … Continue reading

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Switch thoughts, 12 games later.

It’s safe to say that I’ve gotten more use out of my Switch recently than usual.  I just wrapped up my 12th game in a row with Qureate’s Prison Princess, an escape-the-room sort of puzzle adventure game with cute girls … Continue reading

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Let me be your HOG.

I haven’t played many hidden object games in the last few years, but I recently stumbled across the eighth entry in Sunward Games’ The Secret Order series on the Switch eShop, and since I’d played the first six games I … Continue reading

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