It’s official: at nearly $678 million in takings so far, The Super Mario Bros Movie is the biggest grossing videogame movie adaptation of all time (as well as the biggest grossing movie of 2023)—as reported by The Numbers. And given that it’s only been out a couple of weeks so far, you can expect that number to climb to even more unassailable heights before its run is over.
That’s a…
Read moreThe debate over whether Doom 3 is good or not will likely run until the day actual demons overrun the Earth, but it’s fair to say id Software’s threequel is a slower-paced experience than the other games in the series. It emphasises horror and atmosphere over raw, blistering speed, while combat encounters tend to have you battling handfuls of enemies rather than roomfuls.
If that’s your b…
Read moreThe last few years have seen some really good fast-paced arena shooters release, and the latest one I’ve got for you is KILLBUG. In Killbug, you are the Killbug, and you have to kill as many other bugs as you can before you die. That’s it, that’s the deets.
Drawing on the lineage of Devil Daggers or Hyper Demon, Killbug has you learning to master fluid movement, wallrun, and double-jumpin…
Read moreBy some miracle, I successfully went the entirety of Final Fantasy 14: Dawntrail without wanting to bone the giant two-headed lizard man Bakool Ja Ja. A surprising feat considering just how many players seem to be down bad for him, somehow putting him on the same level as folk like moody bad boy Emet Selch and goofy gluttonous catboy G’raha Tia.
The last fortnight has seen an abunda…
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