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Tag Archives: Action

The Insight: Dead Man Romeo’s Juliet Is A Source Of Danger, Obsession And Emotional Instability!

By Khloe Wilkerson Being dead in most video games means failure. In Romeo Is a Dead Man, death is only the beginning. Some video games gently invite players into their worlds; others disorient them on purpose. This game does both. From the moment I started playing, I could tell it wasn’t interested in being comfortable…

February 26, 2026 in The Insight.

The Insight: Hades II Features A Cornucopia Of Rich Myth And A Fireworks Display of Witchy Spells!

New York Game Awards and GG! Fest ticket (which includes the big, Supergiant Unplugged live concert) are now available! Get them before they sell out! By Khloe Wilkerson If Hades II is about anything, it’s defiance. Against fate, against family, against time itself. Supergiant Games returns to the Underworld with a sequel that burns brighter, fights…

October 28, 2025 in The Insight.

The Insight: Kimari Rennis Returns To Write About Monster Hunter Wilds And All Its Beast Bashing Brilliance!

By Kimari Rennis  In the thick greenery of the Scarlet Forest where the treetops block your view of the sky and the area around you feels alive, I found the Doshagamas, massive bear-like monsters with the face of a hairless, droopy mastiff, scratching tree trunks and leaving clumps of fur on the forest floor. Hidden…

March 4, 2025 in The Insight.

The Insight: In Pepper Grinder, You’ll Dig This Spicy Mix Of Thrills And Boss Battles

By Khloe Wilkerson Pepper Grinder, available on Nintendo Switch and PC, is an original indie game featuring intense combat, smooth platforming, and a striking visual design. This adventure equips you with a powerful drill and propels you onward through a variety of 2D paths. You must use a drill to navigate the terrain, relying on…

May 16, 2024 in The Insight.

Games Of The Year: Resident Evil 4 Remake Left Our Writer Hooked, Even When Running Low on Bullets

As the year winds down, we are looking at some of the great games we missed. We thought Resident Evil 4 Remake is the perfect story for the Halloween season. By Ronald Gordon Game remakes used to be a little hit or miss. Yet recently they’ve begun to vastly improve on the experience of the…

October 30, 2023 in The Insight.

The Insight: Armored Core VI Feeds A Fiery Love Of Mechs That’s Been Burning for Years

By Ronald Gordon Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon is everything I wanted in a mecha game. There’s power, there’s speed, there’s weight, and there’s weaponry, all compacted into a game with fantastic combat and understandable, clear challenge goals.   Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon, the Mech Action game developed by From Software and…

September 19, 2023 in The Insight.

The Insight: How Hi-Fi Rush Is Making Our Once-Unrhythmic Writer A Rhythm King

By Ronald Gordon Rhythm games come in all shapes and sizes, but surprisingly few games manage to incorporate rhythm as well as Hi-Fi Rush does. Its environment is entirely infused with the music you hear and vibe to. So you’ll have little trouble both fighting and moving to the beat, as you whack enemies with…

February 14, 2023 in The Insight.

The Insight: Baldo: The Guardian Owls Seemed To Be An Awesome Fantasy Tale. And Then, This Happened.

By Makeda Byfield I’m a sucker for mystery. Baldo: The Guardian Owls, recently released on the Apple Arcade, offered tons of it! The adventure game followed a young man named Baldo as he attempted to solve several quests’ throughout his village. What fun! Young Baldo is a chosen kid, and the townspeople need him. The…

October 6, 2021 in The Insight.

The Insight: Bartlow’s Dread Machine Can Be Crazy Difficult, But It’s Well Worth Your Time

By Isaac Espinosa President Theodore Roosevelt has fallen into the clutches of an otherworldly force, and it’s up to you to save the United States by ridding it of the scum! Bartlow’s Dread Machine is an action game developed and published by Beep Games, Inc. and Tribetoy. In game environments that looks like artifacts from…

November 11, 2020 in The Insight.

The Insight: The Outer World’s Peril On Gorgon Is Both Somber And Astonishing

By Ronald Gordon Corporate secrets. Every major company has them, and when it comes down to it there’s no way to hide them forever. And it seems like the bigger the corporation, the more devastating its confidences. The Outer World’s new downloadable content demonstrates this with a disastrous secret, one that explains the existence of…

September 23, 2020 in The Insight.

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