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VG Club 28: Solar Ash

November 10, 2024 Chris Scott

VG Club is going modern retro with a throwback to early survival horror in Crow Country Music in this episode are samples from the OST The Spine of the World…

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Projection: First Light – XB1 (2020)

October 21, 2020 Chris Scott

With the rise of indie games over the last decade, we’ve seen a rise in profile for smaller scale and experimental platformers. It’s not that they weren’t being made before…

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Battletoads – XB1 (2020)

August 28, 2020 Chris Scott

I have no deep nostalgia for Battletoads. The idea of knock off Ninja Turtles is kind of cool but I played that NES game for a weekend as a kid…

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Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2- XB1 (2020)

August 14, 2020 Chris Scott

When Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon came out two years ago, developer Inti Creates crafted something so close to Castlevania III that I was instantly in heaven when I played…

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Stela

October 18, 2019 Chris Scott

Stela is supposedly about a young woman witnessing the final days of an ancient mysterious world. I don’t believe Stela is the young woman’s name and based on the amount…

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The Forbidden Arts

August 23, 2019 Chris Scott

I love a lot of different types of games but 2D-action platformer is probably up there as my favorite genre. As such, the new indie-platformer The Forbidden Arts drew me…

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JackQuest: The Tale of The Sword – Switch Review

January 30, 2019 Chris Scott

There are a ton of indie retro-style platformers. Every week it seems like a new one is releasing and sometimes they blur together. JackQuest: The Tale of the Sword is…

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Dream Alone Review

July 11, 2018 Chris Scott

Since the debut of Playdead’s Limbo, there have been a steady handful of independent studios trying to capture the look, feel, and success of the critically acclaimed platformer. None though…

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Ratchet & Clank Review

May 11, 2016 Chris Scott

There was a time in video game history where companies anointed mascots to represent their brand. Nintendo had Mario. Sega had Sonic the Hedgehog. TurboGrafx had Bonk. And Sony had…

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Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: India Review

January 28, 2016 Chris Scott

Last April, Ubisoft dropped the first in a trilogy of side-scrolling Assassin’s Creed games, Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: China. I enjoyed the game immensely (review link here), feeling it captured the…

VG Club 28: Solar Ash

Projection: First Light – XB1 (2020)

Battletoads – XB1 (2020)

Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2- XB1 (2020)

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JackQuest: The Tale of The Sword – Switch Review

Dream Alone Review

Ratchet & Clank Review

Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: India Review

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