The Jackbox Survey Scramble (PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, X/S, PC, Mobile)
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Posted on December 2nd, 2024 by
If you have a bunch of people over to play games, but not enough controllers to play with everyone, then Jackbox has you covered! Their newest game is pretty much their take on Family Feud in that you must guess the highest (and sometimes lowest) answers on random surveys. All you need are cell phones to play! Just connect to Jackbox.tv on any phone and enter in the room code and you’re in! It’s pretty simple and works well. Two to ten players can play, with even more in the audience. I’m not sure where they get these surveys from, but I think you can submit answers to some of these surveys while you wait your turn to play. Anyway, The Jackbox Survey Scramble is available on pretty much anything you can play a game on, but reviewed on PS4 here.
Magic Cats Pots (Switch, Xbox One, X/S, PC)
Posted on November 27th, 2024 by
Two reviews right in a row about piecing together pottery? And from the same publisher no less? What are the odds? Anyway, here you piece together broken mugs, pots, plates, and more in this jigsaw puzzle style game. Some of the pottery has pictures of cats or cat patterns on them, hence the name. Magic Cats Pots is available on some current consoles and PC, but reviewed on Switch here.
Amelia’s Garden (Switch)
Posted on November 25th, 2024 by
Amelia is a young woman who finds a rooftop garden filled with broken pots, so she decides to fix them and plant things in them to restore the garden. Help her do so by solving simple jigsaw puzzles and playing a planting mini-game on Nintendo Switch. Amelia’s Garden is actually a sequel/spinoff to a game I reviewed a while back called Tell Me Your Story, Amelia just being a bit older since the last game. But if it weren’t for the similar art styles and the fact that the press release told me so, I would’ve had no idea these two games were related (I didn’t even know Amelia was her name in the first game).
Skater’s Solstice (PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, X/S)
Posted on November 20th, 2024 by
Help an ice skater collect stars and find the glowing exit on frozen ponds in Skater’s Solstice. It’s a 2D top down viewed puzzler. You can skate up, down, left, or right, but you can’t stop going in that direction unless you hit a rock or the edge of the pond. You must figure out the correct path to take in each level (50 in all). The game is available on all current consoles but reviewed on PS4 here.
Stilt Fella (PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, X/S, PC)
Posted on November 18th, 2024 by
When I was a kid, I always thought it would be fun to learn how to walk on stilts. But where would you buy them? And because of my disability, being blind in my left eye since birth and having limited depth perception and peripheral vision, it also affects my balance. It’s why I’ve never been able to ride a bike or skateboard. So stilts were definitely out of the question. But maybe I could do it in a video game? Well, here’s Stilt Fella, a game about guiding a dude through obstacles on stilts. It’s available on all current consoles and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here.
Zero the Kamikaze Squirrel (PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, X/S)
Posted on November 15th, 2024 by
Back in the 90s, 2D platformers starring cartoony animal mascots were all the rage, thanks to the popularity of Sonic the Hedgehog. One of the more prolific examples of this was Aero the Acro-Bat, who managed to get a sequel and a spin-off starring Aero’s rival: Zero the Kamikaze Squirrel. Recently these games have been re-released onto modern consoles, and I’ve been lucky enough to review the first Aero and his sequel. And now it’s time for the spinoff game. Aero’s rival Zero’s forest homeland is being destroyed by the evil lumberjack Jacques LeSheets and now Zero must go off and defeat him. Zero will use ninja throwing stars and dive moves to defeat enemies and bypass obstacles in this 16-bit 2D platformer. It’s available on all current consoles but reviewed on PS4 here.
Pearls of Atlantis (Switch, PS4, PS5, PC, Mobile)
Posted on November 13th, 2024 by
Pearls of Atlantis is a match three style puzzle game that kind of reminds me of a cross between Puzzle Bobble and Peggle. Drop colored pearls from the top of the screen into little baskets below. When three or more of the same color touch, they disappear. Your goal in each level is to clear out all the pearls that have little symbols on them, called “charms” in the game. It’s a pretty fun little casual puzzle game, and it’s available on most current consoles, PC, and mobile devices, but reviewed on Switch here.
Moe Waifu H: BlockBlast (PS4, PS5, Switch)
Posted on November 11th, 2024 by
Well I’m not sure what the “Moe” means but “Waifu” is what you hook your internet up to, right? Nah, I’m just joking. I know it means like a pretend girlfriend or something. Anyway, in this game you can unlock pictures of anime ladies in different outfits by playing an Arkanoid and BreakOut style block breaking ball and paddle game. It’s available on PlayStation consoles and Nintendo Switch, but reviewed on PS4 here.
The Plucky Squire (Switch, PS5, X/S, PC)
Posted on November 8th, 2024 by
Jot is the Plucky Squire and the titular hero of a series of children’s books in the game. In the books, he goes on all sorts of adventures with his two best friends: an artist wizard named Violet and the rock n roll mountain troll Thrash. With guidance from the wise wizard Moonbeard, the trio are able to defeat the evil Humgrump every time. But one day, Humgrump figures out how to break the fourth wall and take over the book, sending things in from the real world and kicking things out. So now it’s up to the Plucky Squire to hop in and out of the book, manipulating the pages himself while solving puzzles and defeating enemies. The Plucky Squire is a (mostly) 2D action adventure game similar to Zelda, and it’s available on most current consoles and PC, but reviewed on Switch here.
Super XYX (PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, X/S, PC)
Posted on November 6th, 2024 by
Super XYX is a vertically scrolling shooter that tries to replicate the look and feel of something you’d see in arcades in the late 90s/early 2000s. It’s available on all current consoles and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here.
