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Author: Aaron Botts

Preview: 30XX

Posted on February 16, 2021February 16, 2021 by Aaron Botts
Roguelikes and their ilk of varying degrees have always occupied a weird place in my life. On one hand, the skill required to keep at the “progress as... Read More

Definitely Not Fried Chicken Lets You Live Out Your Drug Kingpin Dreams

Posted on February 8, 2021February 8, 2021 by Aaron Botts
Business sims are nothing new these days, but have you ever considered the angle of living out your “legitimate business in the front, thriving secret drug lord empire... Read More

Review: Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game – Complete Edition

Posted on January 21, 2021January 22, 2021 by Aaron Botts
If there’s anything to be said about game preservation and the prevalence of digital media, Scott Pilgrim generally tends to be at the top of most people’s minds.... Read More

Gamer Escape’s Top 5 Reviewed Games of 2020

Posted on December 31, 2020December 31, 2020 by Aaron Botts
It has arrived: the end of the year. A year that felt simultaneously gone in a flash yet unbearably long. It sure has been an…interesting…start to a new... Read More

Review: Space Invaders Forever

Posted on December 20, 2020December 20, 2020 by Aaron Botts
It should go without saying how pervasive classic Space Invaders is in pop culture and gaming history. But that didn’t stop Taito from doing almost anything and everything... Read More

Platforms, Release Date Revealed in Leaked Persona 5 Strikers Trailer

Posted on December 4, 2020December 4, 2020 by Aaron Botts
For a while there, it seemed fuzzy on whether or not we would see the Phantom Thieves of Hearts grace our screens in the West with the Dynasty... Read More

Review: No More Heroes [Switch]

Posted on November 12, 2020November 12, 2020 by Aaron Botts
If there’s one thing I’ve learned about certain creators in the industry, it’s that sometimes the more esoteric and weirder ones in the fold tend to push out... Read More

Review: Airplane Mode

Posted on October 19, 2020October 19, 2020 by Aaron Botts
Here’s a fun fact about my own life: I had never traveled by air up until very recently. Even then, it was a handful of flights to and... Read More

Review: Serious Sam 4

Posted on September 25, 2020September 25, 2020 by Aaron Botts
It should come as no surprise to most that the focus in the first-person shooter space lately has primarily been multiplayer. In between the dearth of countless battle... Read More

Shenmue: The Animation Announced

Posted on September 4, 2020September 4, 2020 by Aaron Botts
Yu Suzuki seems to be going all in on making his Shenmue dreams come true. Because he’s going to be Executive Producing a 13 episode anime adaptation for... Read More

Review: Aokana: Four Rhythms Across the Blue

Posted on September 4, 2020September 4, 2020 by Aaron Botts
Here’s the thing. This isn’t the first time I’ve encountered visual novels as a reviewer or as a gamer. Admittedly, most of the titles that I’ve come up... Read More

Preview: Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout

Posted on July 26, 2020July 26, 2020 by Aaron Botts
Battle royale games feel like a dime a dozen these days, but there have been one or two that I’ve come across that I actually dig. Tetris 99... Read More

Hands-On: Darius Cozmic Collection Console

Posted on July 12, 2020July 12, 2020 by Aaron Botts
It was hard to deny how pervasive horizontal shoot-’em-ups were in the late 1980s and early 1990s. These tough-as-nails quarter munchers were in many an arcade at that... Read More

Review: The Last of Us Part II

Posted on July 3, 2020July 3, 2020 by Aaron Botts
Delays. Story leaks. A remake of the first game for the current generation. Working on other IPs in their catalog. Releasing at the end of yet another console... Read More

Review: Sludge Life

Posted on June 6, 2020June 6, 2020 by Aaron Botts
I’m no stranger to weird and offbeat media. Sometimes it can be nonsensical as hell, sometimes it makes pointed statements in very unconventional ways, and sometimes it just... Read More

Review: Saints Row: The Third Remastered

Posted on May 21, 2020May 21, 2020 by Aaron Botts
It’s weird. I remember a time when open-world sandbox games were the one thing that everyone in the gaming space went head over heels for after Grand Theft... Read More

Review: Streets of Rage 4

Posted on April 29, 2020April 29, 2020 by Aaron Botts
After 26 years (!!) without any entry in the series, you would think that fans of the long-forgotten Streets of Rage/Bare Knuckle franchise would have to resort to... Read More

Review: Yakuza 4 Remastered

Posted on March 13, 2020March 13, 2020 by Aaron Botts
Let’s be honest here. Were it not for writing for Gamer Escape, I probably wouldn’t have fell as hard for the Yakuza franchise as hard as I did... Read More

Review: Yakuza 3 Remastered

Posted on February 29, 2020February 29, 2020 by Aaron Botts
By now, it goes without saying how eager SEGA is to bring the story of the Dragon of Dojima to the masses as much as possible on PS4.... Read More

Review: SEGA AGES Sonic The Hedgehog 2

Posted on February 25, 2020February 25, 2020 by Aaron Botts
We don’t need to delve into the…complicated history of the Blue Blur, but it’s safe to say that 2020 has been shaping up to be a decent year... Read More
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