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Opinion: Based on the Zelda Direct, It Seems Hyrule Is Frozen in Time
4+ day, 21+ hour ago (215+ words) Flash forward nearly 28 years, and Nintendo threw all this at me right out of the gate with a completely upgraded graphics model. It looks clean, crisp, and stunning. And for me… that is exactly the problem. Again, I haven’t played…...
Trekking Through Xenoblade Chronicles X: Optimism in Deep Space
1+ week, 6+ day ago (538+ words) And yet, for as long as I’ve been able to admit this, which is more than a decade at this point, I’ve also considered it one of my all-time favorite games. Why? Because where the main story fails, the side…...
Splatoon Raiders Is Terrific, But Its Arcade Games Are Next-Level
2+ week, 5+ day ago (800+ words) As the summer turns to fall, the Game of the Year race is only heating up. We’ve already had several great video games in 2026, but with Marvel’s Wolverine, Control Resonant, and — the juggernaut — Grand Theft Auto VI looming, the war…...
Ocarina of Time???s Water Temple Is Great the Way It Is
3+ week, 3+ day ago (849+ words) The reveal of Nintendo’s remake of the 1998 classic The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time has stirred up incredible responses. Anytime I come across a video of someone reacting to the trailer, I stop and watch it because it’s nice…...
Splatoon Raiders Is Where Nintendo Really Lives
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (860+ words) Sam has been playing video games since his earliest years and has been writing about them since 2016. He joined The Punished Backlog in 2017 and became an Editor in 2022. He’s a big fan of Nintendo games and complaining about The Last…...
The Mermaid Mask Review: It's Tangle Tower 2, in the Best Way
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (691+ words) I recommend SFB Games’ Tangle Tower to anyone and everyone that I can. It’s a beautiful, funny, charming murder mystery game. It’s taken seven years for SFB to follow it up (they made the funky horror game Crow Country in-between),…...
The Best Video Games of 2026 So Far
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (1827+ words) 2026 has been a terrible year for the folks who make games. Behind the layoffs and financials are human lives that are often obfuscated in our discussions about this medium that we love. They deserve better. I proposed this edition of…...
Moss: The Forgotten Relic Review
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (933+ words) Quill is, without a doubt, the best part of Moss: The Forgotten Relic. She has a ton of spunk, which fuels her journey to rescue her uncle and then, in Book II, the entire kingdom. In a clever usage of…...
How Do We Feel About Mina the Hollower So Far?
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (1616+ words) It’s been a little over a month since Yacht Club Games released its hotly-anticipated 2D action-adventure title Mina the Hollower. The game, which features heavy influences from The Legend of Zelda, Castlevania, and Bloodborne, released to rave reviews, even garnering a…...
Recapping the Best (and Worst) Announcements of Not-E3 2026
3+ mon, 1+ day ago (1850+ words) I’m embarrassed to admit it, but after years of following E3 like an apostle, I totally forgot it was taking place this past week. Not-E3 2026 encapsulates that feeling well. In this piece, we’ll cover a lot of terrific game announcements — several…...