2022 was a wild year for video games and a wild year for Scott McCrae.
Now that he has firmly entrenched himself in games journalism, you are all obligated to read and share his opinions. NO MATTER HOW TERRIBLE.
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All tagged pokemon
Best Of 2022: Maddie's Dance Beat | Winter Spectacular 2022
2022 was the year Madeline Blondeau rediscovered her love of writing about games.
These were the games that helped rekindle that flame.
SKELETON's Video Game Horoscope For 2022 | Winter Spectacular 2022
Skeleton didn’t feel like writing a Game of The Year list, so instead, they are investigating what YOUR game of the year says about you.
A Draft Of Jay Castello's Games Of The Year | Winter Spectacular 2022
Can we publish this? Is this a draft?
Is this a Game of The Year list? Is this a feature contemplating our relationship with work?
Only Jay Castello knows.
Update Patch | November 2022
The year is almost over but the video game news machine doesn’t stop no matter what. Alex Green is here with a rundown of everything that happened in the industry in November.
Review | Coromon - Gotta Gather Them In Their Entirety
There are plenty of Poké-likes out there at the moment and it takes a lot to be the very best, the best there ever was.
Does the newly released Coromon have what it takes?
We welcome Scott Nowbaveh to let us know.
Update Patch | May 2022
Even as (not) E3 was fast approaching last month, that didn’t stop the video game news from happening and millions of dollars being thrown around.
Alex Green is back to fill us in and let us know who is still playing Babylon’s Fall.
Natalie Raine's Games of The Year 2021 | Winter Spectacular 2021
We love a good ole GOTY list, don’t we folks?!
Join Natalie Raine as she highlights her highlights of the year.
Review Pokémon: Brilliant Diamond + Shining Pearl - A Fresh Coat of Polish | Winter Spectacular 2021
We thought about making the subhead of this review, “What is old is new again” but that could be almost any Pokémon game if we are honest.
We welcome Kyle Moffat to the site to break down what has changed and what hasn’t for BD and SP.
The First Annual startmenu Awards | Winter Spectacular 2021
This article is just like 2021 itself; it will make you laugh and make you cry, it is way to long and will be gone in a flash, it was a lot of hard work and we’re not sure it was worth it, but we got through it all together!
Welcome to The First Annual startmenu Awards!
Games, Mental Health and The Digital Realms We Escape To
Mental Health is a hard and complex thing and sometimes we just need a break from it all. Sometimes we just need to spend some time in another world.
Kelsey Raynor looks at the relationship between our mental health and the faraway worlds we spend time in.
Update Patch | August 2021
Last month felt like the beginning of a long reckoning and so it felt very strange to be “celebrating games” this month with Gamescom. Alex Green is back to help us run this strange gambit of news.
Update Patch | July 2021
Huge content warning, some truly awful things came out about the games industry this month. However, we and Alex Green felt it was necessary to cover it in our monthly round-up.
Review | Pokémon Sword and Shield: Isle of Armor
The Isle of Armor is exactly what the Wild Area should have been
Turn-Based Combat Suits My Busy Life
Michael Webber is growing up, thankfully the video game genre of his youth has aged better than most.
GOTY 2019 - Games James Bosco Wished He'd Played More of in 2019
Many games came out in 2019. James Bosco would argue too many. These games left him wanting more.
GOTY 2019 - Liam Gregory's Best Games (and The Worst Things) of 2019
2019 was pretty terrible and the video game industry was no exception, but at least Liam Gregory found some cool stuff to play…
Games, Happiness and Me
Alfie Kerr takes a trip through the games that make us feel a little better about the world.
Review | Pokémon: Lets Go, Eevee/Pikachu!
Dan Baker scrolls though the gorgeous Kanto region once again in Pokemon: Let’s Go. How does the revamp compare to it’s 20-something year old sibling?