We are in March of 2023 and one of the hottest new releases in the games industry is Resident Evil 4. One of the fastest selling Nintendo games is Metroid Prime. Counter-Strike has a new entry releasing this Summer. The Nintendo eShop on Wii U and 3DS is shutting down in a matter of hours, and my personal Wii U console has bit the dust until I can get around to learning how to solder. It’s as if time turned back about a decade or so, and I have no problem with this. The games mentioned prior have stuck around in people’s minds since they released a decade or two ago. Remakes or remasters make complete sense to make a game more easily accessible to today’s audiences (within legal means, that is) while also allowing for those who experienced them back at launch to see their favorites in a slightly …
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GFA: Cadence of Hyrule

Nintendo handed one of their most well-known franchises to a bunch of Canadians who made a game about dancing with death in a Crypt. It’s absurd, but did it lead to an absurdly good game in the eyes of a longtime Necrodancer player? Kinda. It’s easy. Really easy. Not to say that’s a bad thing, but keep in mind that a single playthrough took just over five hours and only led to two deaths for me, both of which were outside of dungeons and within the first two hours of play. The biggest contributing factor to this ease is how many mechanics are carried directly over from NecroDancer itself. From several enemies’ patterns to the way weapons and items function. This one-to-one mirroring makes things an absolute breeze as a longtime casual Necrodancer player. In addition to this frequent mirroring, health is about as common as mosquitoes on a Florida …
GFA: Nuclear Throne

It’s over. The End has come.. There’s nothing left but dust, weapons, and mutants. The only option is the Throne, The… Nuclear Throne. Such is the life of the twelve mutants all set to risk it all to find this mythical, supposedly world-saving macguffin, the Nuclear Throne. The world of Nuclear Throne is a top-down shooter. Death is nearly permanent, as Nuclear Throne fits within the category of a Rogue-Light, where death is a swift boot back to the start with the loss of all upgrades and both weapons currently held. Each run for the throne is randomly generated, with level shape, enemy and item placement all being determined by an incredibly fast generation system. Of course, RNG can needlessly throw you into impossible situations sometimes, but more on that later. Level progression only comes upon defeating every enemy in a stage, with a portal opening over the corpse …
GFA: Jungle Inferno Contract Campaign

Category: Fad Item is available for a limited time. Rating: 6/10 It has been 113 days since Valve turned out the long-awaited and seemingly fabled Pyro Update, better known today as Jungle Inferno. With this update, a grand total of 126 contracts, of which 84 are optional, were made available to players who purchased the Campaign Pass and I have since finished all of them. These are in-game challenges with rewards tied to them. With this pass running for $6, Or $4.50 during the current sale. was it worth the money? In short, kinda. Being able to play a game over a decade old with new objectives feels great, however not all of these objectives are up to the task. Shortly after launch multiple contracts were adjusted to be less impossible to complete under normal circumstances. However I think that several other contracts were in need of adjustments of this sort. …
Now this is A Year to Remember.
108 years. That’s how long it took for the Chicago Cubs to win the World Series again. Not being a baseball fan myself I can now understand why it’s such a big deal. The tension can be enough for some grown men to lose their fingernails, and for others to sweat in the rain. This sits as the sole game I have watched with complete interest, ranging from the opening Home-run to the final play in the bottom of the 10th. A well played game on both ends. I really don’t think we could have had a better game. Baseball fans are free to say what they wish. Now, the real question is how on earth Back to the Future got so darn close to the actual year… Where’s that Almanac?