Author: Aaron Botts
Review: Serious Sam 4
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Review: Giraffe and Annika
It’s not anything new in media in general, but you do have to admit that it’s kind of satisfying to see something merged together in a result that... Read More
Review: SEGA AGES Shinobi
It shouldn’t come as much of a surprise to core Switch players how convenient it is to track down and fire up an increasing number of classic/classic-styled titles... Read More
Review: MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries
2019 has shaped up to look like the year for a handful of long dormant franchises with dedicated fanbases finally getting the follow up they’ve been wanting for... Read More
Review: Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games: Tokyo 2020
Gaming is funny sometimes. In one era, you’re thinking that two of gaming’s most recognizable mascots would never appear on the same console. Later on, they’re competing with... Read More
Review: Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz HD
Let’s get this out of the way straight out of the gate: The Wii and the motion controls that came with it was and still is a strange... Read More
Review: The Ninja Saviors: Return of the Warriors
Dig if you will, a technological flashback. Arcades were the gold standard for graphical fidelity, game prices were extremely erratic, and swaths of beat ’em ups lined these... Read More