By Kimari Rennis There’s no doubt about it. Knack is back and better than ever. With new stylish moves, Knack will kick, punch, freeze, and smash his foes again to save the world and the humans once more. Lucas, his uncle Ryder, and the variable-sized hero travel towards the forgotten remnants of an empty warzone…
By Harold Goldberg *Generally, people know the shooter genre isn’t my favorite. However, I do like shooters when the writing is stellar (like that in the generally terrific BioShock series). But I’m very much looking forward to this blockbuster/juggernaut due to the writing. That’s partially because Jill Scharr, our awesome former intern, is one of…
By Jeffrey Mizrahi When the concept for Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle was first leaked, I initially thought it was a typo. A Mario RPG? Sure, it’s been done before, nothing surprising there. But the Rabbids? I don’t get it. Why are they here? While I never shared the animosity towards these little Minions predecessors…
By Kimari Rennis Here it comes! The award-winning pixelated fencing game called Nidhogg returns years later with a more violent and rather entertaining sequel. Nidhogg 2 is a gruesome, colorful 2-D fighting game. Its “Rock-Paper-Scissors” format provides simple controls and technical movements that test your reaction speed with parrying and getting the final blow on…
By Kimari Rennis Many gamers out there crave an experience that combines surviving, scavenging, building and killing zombies. Fortnite, via its paid early access program, is happy to scratch these itches. It’s a 3D, third-person tower defense, zombie fighting cornucopia. Zombies are referred to as Husks, which spawn from a malicious purple storm and seek…
By Harold Goldberg The 2017 Games for Change Festival stunned me both in a bad way and in a good way. First, I thought I’d see far more New York-based reporters and critics than I did. The lack of mainstream coverage was a bit disappointing because of the deeply educational and wildly fantastic new ideas…
By Kimari Rennis Adventurers! Role-players! Even those who can resist the urge to collect loot! You can come together as knights, wizards, and dark lords in the free to play 3D tower defense game, Dungeon Defenders 2. Trendy Entertainment has released a new game to add to its the small and growing Dungeon Defenders franchise. This…
