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Review – Star Fox (2026)
Take a trip through the Lylat system once again in Nintendo's most recent revisit of the perennial N64 title. But with this being what is, effectively, the fifth time the SNES game has been remade, have we passed the point of absurdity?
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Review – Wax Heads
I can smell that fresh vinyl already. Wax Heads puts you behind the counter at a record shop. Can you make the recommendations? Can you handle the drama? Can you rise above? Probably! It's not really a game you can fail at.
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Review – MOLE
Sometimes you just want to crawl into a hole, and that's what MOLE is all about. Except it's a spooky hole. One that talks to people and makes them feel bad things. Navigate your giant drill deep into the Earth and tell it to stop.
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Review – Astronook
As my son’s obsession with all things space and planets continues to grow, I keep my eye open for games that might allow him to explore what he loves even deeper. Astronook caught my attention because it’s a so-called “cozy” experience, which definitely sounds perfect for a three-year-old. I’ll tell you what’s not cozy: trying to solve way-too-intense connect-the-dot puzzles…
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Review – R-Type Dimensions III
R-Type is a series with remarkable consistency. You can ask a group of fans what their favourite title is and almost every entry will be represented. For me, it’s R-Type III: The Third Lightning, but that might be because I love the SNES. Also, I’ve only played the first three games. Released in 1993 on SNES, R-Type III was the…
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Review: inKONBINI: One Store. Many Stories.
Last year, I found myself in a bit of a reading frenzy with books about shops, stores, cafes, and similar neighborhood establishments. I devoured the likes of Robert Seethaler’s The Cafe with no Name, Kim Ho-Yeon’s The Second Chance Convenience Store, and—to a lesser extent—Mai Mochizuki’s The Full Moon Coffee Shop as I sought the comfort of their feel-good dramas…
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Review-in-Progress – All Will Fall
Water, water everywhere, so it's time to get building. All Will Fall is a survival city-builder set in a soggy post-apocalyptic world where you have little space to build. Also, I didn't have enough capacity this month to play enough for review, so here's a preview of that.
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Review – Retro Rewind
Mmm, the smell of old plastic and magnetic tape. We lost something special with the downfall of the rental shop. Thankfully, we have games like Retro Rewind to take us back to those days where the late fee ruled over us all.
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Review – Timberborn
It's finally here! The 1.0 release of the best survival city-builder to date. Whoops! I think I just ruined the entire review. Well, you should read it anyway, because it's full of better words than this description has.
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Review – Crabmeat
Horror? Yeah, scary stuff. But check out this game about being the sole crewmate of a crabbing boat. Crabmeat! You just boat around the ocean, dropping crab traps and sorting your haul. Just watch out for the big ones.
