Month: November 2023
‘Hitman: Blood Money — Reprisal’ iOS Review – Superb and One of Feral Interactive’s Best
Many years ago, I remember seeing a few copies of the Hitman Absolution collector’s edition in stores. Those didn’t end up selling out and were discounted heavily. I was not familiar with the series at that point, I just remember hearing a lot of folks lament the changes that game made to the formula. I…
Read MoreRazer Kitsune Arcade Controller Review – I’m a Believer
Somebody once told me that leverless controllers for fighting games were a gimmick or cheating. I didn’t really know what they meant because I had only just started dipping my toes into the world of fight sticks with the 8BitDo Arcade Stick for Nintendo Switch and PC. I never had a chance to try a…
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‘Gubbins – It’s A Word Game’ Review – Sometimes The Extra Gubbins Make The Difference
Is that the full title then? Gubbins – It’s A Word Game (Free)? I’m just going to call it Gubbins from here on out. If I need to talk about normal gubbins, I’ll write it without the capital letter G like I just did there. But I don’t have an old brown sofa, so the…
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‘Tiny Connections’ Review – It Really Is All About Your Connections
Short Circuit Studio is up-sizing their scope. No longer content to dwell in the realms of the Teeny Tiny, the developer has now moved up a full grade to merely Tiny. Tiny Connections (Free), that is. Its previous game, Teeny Tiny Town, was a lovely little update to a well-established older mobile game with a…
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‘Samurai Shodown II ACA NEOGEO’ Review – It’s Time For Another ‘Shodown’, Again
I keep thinking that I might not need to review all of these double dip ACA NEOGEO releases that are covering titles that already existed via the decade-old Dotemu versions. And who knows? Maybe I don’t. If I have something to say, however, then I’m going to go ahead and do it. Samurai Shodown II…
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‘Football Manager 2024 Review’ – Touch (Apple Arcade, Switch), PC (Steam Deck), Mobile (Netflix), and Console (PS5) Covered
SEGA and Sports Interactive released multiple versions of Football Manager 2024 across different platforms earlier this month. While that has always been the case for the different versions of the game as the series expanded to more audiences, this year sees it arrive on even more platforms than in recent years, and even gives us…
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‘Metal Slug 3 ACA NEOGEO’ Review – SNK’s Biggest Slugfest Returns
All the way back in August of 2012, Dotemu and SNK released an iOS version of the NEOGEO classic Metal Slug 3. For its time, it was about as good of a port as you could ask for, hampered only by the difficulty of playing such a precise game with virtual controls. But time marches…
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‘Blazing Star ACA NEOGEO’ Review – A Bonus Shooting Star in SNK’s Sky
Having largely exhausted the supply of NEOGEO games that hadn’t been ported to mobile before, Hamster has been moving in re-doing some of the games that were previously brought over by Dotemu. It makes sense, as SNK’s less comprehensive initiative with Dotemu mainly focused on the biggest hits from its catalog. They were good versions…
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