An unsung guilty pleasure of mine is the secret stress test known as Train Valley. A jaunty little jog through the legacy of locomotives that quickly becomes the most intense experience you’ll have…
June 17, 2025 | 10:00 EDT
Elden Ring Nightreign is not Elden Ring. I know Elden Ring is right there in the title, but trust me when I say that if you approach this one like it's just another Shadow of the Erdtree-style…
May 28, 2025 | 10:00 EDT
I will go ahead and start this one with a hot take: I do not like the Souls series. Something about it just absolutely does not click with me in any way. However, I am a huge fan of Armored Core,…
August 23, 2023 | 11:00 EDT
The One Piece manga celebrated its 25th-anniversary last year, marking an important milestone as the series sails ever closer to its finale. With such a long-running franchise, it’s no surprise that…
January 18, 2023 | 11:00 EST
Something that you can’t discredit the Gundam series for is the community that still inhabits it. Take the SD (Superior Defender/Super Deformed) sub-category of Gundam media, which transpired after a…
September 5, 2022 | 07:00 EDT
Digimon games have always come in a wide variety of genres. Some entries are simulation games where you'll need to correctly train your Digimon to have it evolve into greatness, others are full-blown…
August 4, 2022 | 11:30 EDT
It feels like it's been ages since a Gundam game with an original story has been released, especially in the West. For years it's been one arena fighter after another, but Mobile Suit Gundam Battle…
November 15, 2021 | 10:00 EST
With talent like Kenji Anabuki onboard, who has worked on classic Tales titles like Tales of Vesperia in addition to the upcoming Tales of Arise, Scarlet Nexus has much to live up to. While never…
July 1, 2021 | 10:30 EDT
It’s hard to believe that the Guilty Gear series is over 20 years old at this point. A franchise from a relatively unknown developer that once turned the fighting genre on its head, Arc System Works…
June 7, 2021 | 06:00 EDT
It isn't quite clear how or why a game like Doraemon: Story of Seasons came to be, but that doesn't mean that it isn't absolutely wonderful. To those who don't know, the Story of Seasons series are a…
September 18, 2020 | 11:00 EDT
Shonen as a genre has a few key components to it, one of which being the over the top battles. Thinking about titles like Dragon Ball, Bleach, or One Piece you think of the epic moments. A spirit…
March 29, 2020 | 12:00 EDT
In manga and anime through the ages, there have always been standout sagas that everyone held in the highest regard. Through the '90s and early 2000's titans like Dragon Ball Z, One Piece, Naruto,…
March 13, 2020 | 05:00 EDT
With streaming services like Crunchyroll and Funimation you no longer need to wait until Saturday mornings to get a good helping of Anime. This also means more of the strange and fantastic series are…
March 5, 2020 | 11:00 EST
Dragon Ball Z is a great series. It's been over twenty years since it ended, yet we're still seeing new merchandise and home media releases. Even now a new series, Dragon Ball Super, is capturing the…
January 27, 2020 | 11:00 EST
Dragon Ball is a huge franchise, with a ton of video game adaptations. A number of them have made their way to North America, but some have remained exclusive to Japan, like the Dragon Ball Heroes…
April 19, 2019 | 12:00 EDT
I've been a fan of Ace Combat for quite some time. Ever since I read Game Informer's review of Ace Combat 5 and ran to a local Blockbuster to check it out, I've been hooked. I also owned the original…
February 8, 2019 | 12:00 EST
When I was little, fighting games were listed alongside Power Rangers and professional wrestling as one of the many forms of media that my mother deemed "too violent" for me. My older cousin had a…
June 11, 2017 | 09:00 EDT
Digimon World: Next Order, the latest in the long-running Digimon World franchise has just been released for the PlayStation 4. This is the first time that this game has hit western shores, a Vita…
March 8, 2017 | 09:00 EST
Before I begin my review, I need to ask. Do you like the Dark Souls games? If you answered "no," this is your getting off point. Dark Souls III is the latest in the Dark Souls series, starting in…
April 25, 2016 | 01:00 EDT
Almost as long as there have been video games, there have been video games devoted to the story of Goku and his friends fighting the forces of evil. While some franchises are lucky to see a handful…
October 25, 2015 | 11:00 EDT
One Piece Pirate Warriors 3 is the third instalment in the Pirate Warriors series, a series of musou games developed by Dynasty Warriors' Omega Force that lets players play through all the story arcs…
August 31, 2015 | 01:23 EDT
After a development cycle interrupted by looming threats of legal action due to copyright issues, Chroma Squad, a Kickstarter turn-based isometric tactical strategy with Super Sentai spices, created…
May 11, 2015 | 09:00 EDT
Dragon Ball Xenoverse is the next game in the Dragon Ball franchise following the story of Goku and the rest of the Z fighters. Xenoverse takes the normal 3D fighting franchise and adds a twist to…
February 24, 2015 | 01:00 EST
There are a number of games that keep you invested as you play them, the one-more-turn mentality of not being able to put the game down. Dark Souls 2 - like its predecessors - goes a step further…
March 24, 2014 | 09:00 EDT