I reviewed Kirby and the Forgotten Land: Nintendo Switch 2 Edition. At an exceptional $80, it's got to be an exceptional game, right? Well, with those high standards in place, let's see how it fares (spoiler: it doesn't fare well, but that's business).
2025-08-31 16:46:13 +0000 UTC View Post
I reviewed Donkey Kong Bananza aka Red Faction Gorilla. It's a time trap for a girl with OCD who has to smash away every bit of earth. S'quite good, too.
2025-08-24 17:01:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Gotta be rid of those rats.
Games we played this week include:
(0:11:35) UFO 50
(0:24:25) Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines 2
(0:42:10) The Torture House
(0:46:00) Mafia: The Old Country
(0:47:00) Vampire Survivors
(0:50:40) Bridge Command
I reviewed Mafia: The Old Country. Another linear game with a vestigial open world, but unlike MindsEye, this one is surprisingly quite good for all its limitations.
2025-08-19 17:52:32 +0000 UTC View PostHello you swanky lot!
As I write this, I’m juggling a review of Mafia: The Old Country, drafting a historical document of Vampire Survivors’ Dairy Plant, and hydrating after moving a bunch of furniture and arranging my Boglin display. I’m also on a bit of an emotional one, so thought I’d take the time to drop a note of thanks to ev...
2025-08-17 18:03:48 +0000 UTC View Post
And we’d have gotten away with it too.
Games we played this week include:
(0:06:05) BioShock
(0:19:10) Night Freak
(0:22:45) Drag x Drive
(0:31:20) Mafia: The Old Country
(0:39:00) Calm the Storm
(0:40:40) This Game Will End In 205 Clicks
(0:42:10) Hop Havoc
I reviewed The House of the Dead 2 Remake. They took out the legendarily bad voice acting, replaced it with regularly bad voice acting, and then gave it worse controls and fewer features than the first House of the Dead Remake had. Why?
2025-08-11 21:53:32 +0000 UTC View PostHello, you lovely patrons!
What a few weeks it’s been! First and foremost, I’d like to apologize for not yet providing the written reviews I’d planned to do during the video break, and for skipping out on Podquisition last week. I have a Donkey Kong review partially done and I’m really hoping to get productive again over the next f...
2025-08-08 09:32:44 +0000 UTC View Post
A name you can trust
Games we played this week include:
(0:06:30) Evil Dead: Regeneration
(0:12:05) Powerwash Simulator 2
(0:16:30) Adventures of Elliot
(0:26:05) Heat: Pedal to the Metal
(0:36:20) Bridge Command
(0:41:20) Empty Epsilon
(0:42:30) Detroit: Become Human
(0:57:10) Nubby’s Number Factory
(0:58:30) ...
Hi, yours truly is not on this week’s episode. Sorry about that, this week was just a lot. Currently midway through the house move, and I think by about Tuesday I’ll be settled in and back to podcasting and reviewing.
Until then, Conrad and Laura are here to delight you!
2025-08-01 12:08:34 +0000 UTC View Post
I reviewed RoboCop: Rogue City - Unfinished Business! A standalone expansion to the enjoyable Rogue City, it's unnecessary and creatively flawed, but offers a good bit of fun with a full-length runtime.
2025-07-25 18:07:47 +0000 UTC View Post
It’s simply out of our hands.
Games we played this week include:
(0:12:30) Donkey Kong Bananza
(0:33:05) Let Them Trade
(0:38:15) Robocop: Rogue City
(0:45:15) Frosthaven
I may have taken time off videos, but I'm still reviewing for your delight! Bendy and the Dark Revival came to Switch, so I reviewed it. It's like a BioShock fangame that doesn't know what's good about BioShock.
2025-07-22 18:50:39 +0000 UTC View Post
We’re filling the time.
Games we played this week include:
(0:12:00) Bridge Command
(0:22:35) Tamagatchi Paradise
(0:30:40) UFO 50
(0:36:45) Patapon 1+2 Replay
(0:42:40) Donkey Kong Bananaza
(0:47:10) Bendy and the Dark Revival
A look at how YouTube is abusing its creators with financial threats to create a chilling effect that controls the very foundation of how we speak. This video's been a long time coming.
(Note: subtitles will be late this week due to Laura being away and me getting external help. They'll be up ASAP)
I reviewed Cyberpunk 2077 on Switch 2. A solid port of a game that genuinely won my heart after all this time. Once it hooked me, it had me.
Also, sorry for the lack of Podquisition this week! Between Laura being out for travel and my back being borked, we held off for a week. Apologies for not notifying y'all sooner, it has been a week!...
Hello there patrons wot do a patronage of my work!
I hope you are all doing as well as can be expected in this horror show of a world. Despite how scary things are, especially as as a queer person, I’ve been feeling lucky and I do intend to rub that luck in the face of those who wish to see us not thrive.
As y’all may know (becau...
2025-07-08 15:19:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Tale of Tales, a classically controversial indie developer and one of the first to spark what became the "art game" debate. I hated The Path for the longest time, but recently decided to retread it. Let's see how that went, 'cos lord knows walking in real life is very painful right now. Disabilities, yeah!
2025-07-07 13:38:30 +0000 UTC View Post
We’ve got some thinking to do.
Games we played this week include:
(0:23:25) Tamagatchi Plaza
(0:41:55) Dead Rising Remastered
(0:45:45) Death Stranding 2
(0:47:20) Chance’s Lucky Escape
(0:49:15) Tiny Turnip
(0:50:50) Cyberpunk 2077
I reviewed Tamagotchi Plaza, a shameless minimum viable product. It's one of the worst kinds of game - one that thinks being for children is a license to offer lazy slop.
2025-07-02 19:14:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Game companies love to inconvenience players or outright dump on accessibility if there's a "cool new feature" that they desperately want to push. Let's talk about that, and then look at the absolutely abysmal pushing of Ninendo's ridiculous "Virtual Game Cards."
2025-06-30 16:05:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Friendly fire. Some people defend it. I bloody despise it. Let's talk about that, especially with FBC: Firebreak demonstrating some of the worst ways you can possibly implement the bloody mechanic.
2025-06-23 13:40:30 +0000 UTC View Post
I reviewed FBC: Firebreak. More chore than game, it's amazing it was actually developed by Remedy because it looks and feels like something farmed out to a cheap studio-for-hire.
2025-06-22 18:01:41 +0000 UTC View Post
I reviewed Mario Kart World. It's big, pretty, and plenty of fun. Shame Nintendo is so disinterested in doing anything with the game's entire central gimmick (and then there's the $80 thing).
2025-06-20 18:30:45 +0000 UTC View Post
What would you choose?
Games we played this week include:
(0:07:55) Date Everything
(0:22:20) Quantum Witch
(0:33:20) Longpuppy
(0:36:05) Otto’s Galactic Groove
(0:37:55) Mario Kart World
(0:53:35) FBC: Firebreak
Don't set unrealistic expecations by constantly saying your game's director worked on Grand Theft Auto, especially if you made a feature-poor game ripped straight from the seventh generation that's set in an open world but punishes players for engaging with the open world.
MindsEye should NOT be as fascinating as it is...
2025-06-16 13:51:52 +0000 UTC View Post
I reviewed MindsEye. A rudimentary cover shooter lacking most of the mechanics of one. Actively hostile to the concept of an open world despite taking place in an open world. All the tropes of a seventh-generation game and none of the charm. Also it's just plain crap.
2025-06-13 17:58:44 +0000 UTC View Post
And not a drop to drink.
Games we played this week include:
(0:08:00) Mind’s Eye
(0:15:30) Switch 2
(0:18:45) Mario Kart World
(0:39:05) Ball x Pit
(0:42:40) Cyberpunk 2077
(0:50:40) Civilization 7
(0:56:35) Fast Fusion
(0:58:44) Street Fighter 6
(1:01:00) Switch 2 Welcome Tour
(1:06:40) Deltarune
(1:21:...
I reviewed Elden Ring Nightreign. A promising spin on the original with frantic fun to be had, it's a pretty good game that doesn't quite do enough to incentivize one's continued investment.
2025-06-11 17:22:00 +0000 UTC View Post
$80 games? $10 user guides? Wow, Nintendoatse sure turned heel! Anyway, time for HYPE!
2025-06-09 13:51:26 +0000 UTC View Post