The common grocery store banana is going extinct. Climate change is leaving rain forests in ruin. This is not a great time for Donkey Kong. “Tropical Freeze” isn’t a subtle title either. Reality changed around Donkey Kong. So did he, enough to turn him from construction site nuisance to pro kart racer and into… Continue reading Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Switch)
Tennis doesn’t need the broadcast energy of other pro sports. Kintecism happens organically on the court. Lucky then for AO International Tennis, the dearth of personality isn’t crippling. Players fist pump after a successful point. They look dejected and defeated when losing. Nothing else really moves. Ball boys kneel next to the judge and never… Continue reading AO International Tennis (PS4)
The nostalgia Dragon’s Crown intends, even though it’s only five years old at the time of this remaster, is for a fantasy melee. Instead, it’s Gamergate. The percolation of Gamergate anyway. On Dragon Crown’s initial release, critics called out the pulpy, distorted female forms for their sexism. Things didn’t go well in terms of the… Continue reading Dragon’s Crown Pro (PS4)
Until something else, Gear Club Unlimited serves its role as a niche filler. The Switch lacks a real world arcade/simulation racing game. Good thing Gear Club exists then. It’s both, to a fault. There’s a sense this is a mobile update. A quick Google search confirms as such. The stock portraits serving as guidance in… Continue reading Gear Club Unlimited (Switch)
Before the Storm removes Life is Strange’s time travel safety valve. No longer do sci-fi trappings assist in the decision making. Before the Storm deals exclusively with emotionally resonant drama in telling its story. Protagonist Chloe Price is a brash, arrogant, deflective high school student. Millions of Chloe Prices exist at any time. Price’s shrugging… Continue reading Life is Strange: Before the Storm (PS4)
Coffee Crisis stars two panicked millennial baristas. Aliens came to Earth, but not to abduct people. Worse: They want our music and coffee. That’s disastrous. It’s not only aliens. Coffee Crisis finds the pair fending off old people and country music-adoring conservatives. Everyone tries beating millennials down in Coffee Crisis. This is not a world… Continue reading Coffee Crisis (PC)
For being ambivalent to violence at the beginning, Kratos still massacres stuff for the duration of God of War. It’s not as gratuitous now as it was in previous games. He doesn’t push innocent people into fire for his own benefit or shred the bodies of nude harpies anymore. There’s still plenty to maul though.… Continue reading God of War (PS4)
