2022 has been quite the year of surprises, of both the pleasant and unpleasant variety. In my particular case however, folks might say that I was – pardon the god-awful pun here – shell-shocked. I'm still reeling from things, and most likely will be for quite some time, but rest assured that I will be okay. As much I would love to delve into details, that would be a whole different kind of rev... more.

The goofy, self-proclaimed womanizer - Larry, Larry Laffer - is back again in another adult-themed, comedy-esque point-and-click adventure for Nintendo Switch. This time, the charming, leisure suit wearing doofus is stranded on the island of Cancúm (following the events of the first game, Wet Dreams Don’t Dry.), and where Larry is being forced to marry the island chief’s daughter. From the... more.

It's not often that I get to play a different kind of game (let alone getting to play period, buuuut that's a whole different epic boss fight of a story for another time…), but when I was asked if I wanted to play a novel, y'all can only imagine my curiosity. In all of my years of saving worlds, rescuing princesses, and winning championships, I had never come across – much less heard of – a ... more.

It has been years since Atari released a brand-new IP (the Recharged series not withstanding). Kombinera for the Atari VCS is a new puzzle game that sees the player through 300 levels of obstacles and traps, in an effort to combine balls together. There is no story or villains; Kombinera is purely a video game in every sense of the word. When you start the game for the first time, you are sent rig... more.

Jeff Minter is a popular game developer in Atari gaming circles. His love for animals - especially lamas - have played a major role in his celebrity, which goes way back to the 1980s when he founded Llamasoft to develop games for 8-bit microcomputers. His resume of games include popular titles such as Attack of the Mutant Camels, Gridrunner and the vector-based arcade shooter, Tempest, among many ... more.

Another year, another KOF game by developer SNK. As someone who owned a Neo-Geo AES back in the day, there was nothing more exciting than a new KOF game. Since its initial release with KOF ‘94 back in 1994, The King of Fighters was always guaranteed to have a sequel the following year due to its popularity. Developer SNK invented team-based fighting games with this series, and it continues to be... more.

The Halloween Holiday may now be a distant memory, along with all its ghouls, ghosts and goblins; but the legend of Pumpkin’ Jack continues to live on as a remastered release for Microsoft’s next-gen console system(s). As ‘Jack’ the Pumpkin Lord, the player is sent back to the physical realm to do the Devil’s bidding.  Before the game starts, the player is introduced to an owl w... more.

Helping to establish the cute ‘em up subgenre, Cotton by developer Success has spanned across the ages. The first game in the series, Cotten: Fantastic Night Dreams, first launched as a coin-op in 1991. This ground-breaking shooter would eventually see success outside the arcade, as it was ported to console systems like the Turbografx CD, Sony PlayStation, SNK’s Neo-Geo Pocket and the Japanese... more.

Imagine attending a school trip with friends on a beautiful, sunny afternoon. Everyone on the school bus is getting along and enjoying each others’ company. Silly jokes are shared - and laughter abounds - as the bus travels towards its destination. Basically, it feels like a normal day, until the bus enters a tunnel… While seemingly out of place, the school bus in question has a television ... more.

Shmup aficionados who experienced computer gaming during the mid-to-late 1980s on the Commodore Amiga and Atari ST -- and then during the early 1990s on the Sega Genesis/Megadrive console -- should be familiar with the knuckle-whitening, blistering action of Turrican by developer Rainbow Arts. This frantic, futuristic shmup was eventually given a sequel - known plainly as Turrican II - and release... more.