There is something strangely ironic about returning to 1986’s Castlevania for the game’s 30th anniversary: picking the title up on the 3DS Virtual Console feels more like I myself am waking the dead as opposed to taking them on. If…
TYF’s Top 10 Nintendo GameCube games
For a lot of people, auditory and visual sensation provokes nostalgia more than anything else, and for many millennial, those associated with the games on the Nintendo Gamecube are no exception to this rule. In fact, it may be the gold…
Why You Need To Play ‘Metroid’
Given that we’re being met with the 30th anniversary of Nintendo’s most frequently shelved franchise this summer, I find that it’s often lost on people exactly what made these games in the Metroid franchise so great, as Samus only appears…
TYF Column: What We’ve Been Playing July ’16
After a Mid-year review in June, the What We’ve Been Playing column has returned! While it may seem that Pokemon GO is what was on everyone’s minds for the month of July (because it was) doesn’t necessarily mean that our…
The Definitive & Comprehensive Pokémon Go Review
Only after three weeks, and two updates later, can I give my definitive review of Pokémon Go. For the first few weeks, it was touch and go; I would touch and it wouldn’t go. The first week of gameplay doesn’t…
Nintendo announces NES Classic plug-and-play system
Nintendo is banking on the retro game boom for the holiday season with the announcement of a miniature NES plug-and-play system. The company announced the release of the NES Classic Edition in a press release issued earlier today. The system marks…
Pokémon Go, Our First Impressions!
It’s amazing how, even as a nearly crazed Nintendo fan, this is the first new Pokémon “game” I’ve picked up in almost 15 years. Despite this, the second people were talking about catching a Ratatat in the park or a…