Category Archives: First Impressions

First Impression Reviews: The Nintendo Switch 2 Hardware and Mario Kart World. Also a bit on Fast Fusion, and F-Zero GX: Switch 2 Emulation vs. Real Hardware

Posted on June 8, 2025 by Brian

Yes, I know, it’s been a while again.  I really should be able to write something at least once a month… bah.  Well, I’ve got something now, at least: a Nintendo Switch 2!  It is probably unsurprising that I got … Continue reading →

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Warcraft I Remastered & Warcraft II Remastered: A Badly Broken Dream Come True

Posted on November 25, 2024 by Brian

Just as a note, this is not a full review of Warcraft I or II, so if you know nothing about the game you probably will miss some of the context here.  Sorry about that.  The section about the missing … Continue reading →

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F-Zero 99 Impressions & Review – One of the Year’s Best Games!

Posted on September 30, 2023 by Brian

Introduction and On the Other ’99’ Titles Within the past few months, rumors of a new F-Zero game surfaced.  I wasn’t sure whether to believe them or not given how long it has been — it has been over 15 … Continue reading →

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Diablo IV Impressions (And How it Compares to Diablo II / DII Remastered)

Posted on July 9, 2023 by Brian

Introduction   Diablo IV, Blizzard’s latest title, released last month, and like a lot of people I bought it right after its release. As the title suggests, I am playing the game on Xbox Series X. Pre-release the game had … Continue reading →

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Game Opinion Summaries: Digital-Only Nintendo 3DS Games, Part 9: Si – Sw

Posted on March 9, 2023 by Brian

Part 9!  I got it done in a week again.  As usual, this is a mixture of full summaries and first impressions. That’s the best I can do. Table of Contents – Si to Sw- 21 games Siesta Fiesta Silver … Continue reading →

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Game Opinion Summaries: Digital-Only Nintendo 3DS Games, Part 8: Q – Sh

Posted on March 1, 2023 by Brian

It’s another update after only a week?  Yes, I do want to get this done this month.  It’s almost like a real website for a few weeks!  Heh.   Table of Contents: Q-R-Sa to Sh – 22 games Quarters, Please! … Continue reading →

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Kirby and the Forgotten Land (Nintendo Switch) First Impressions

Posted on April 7, 2022 by Brian

This post will be relatively short for an article on this site, but it is an important one: coverage of a new game! In Kirby and the Forgotten Land for Nintendo Switch, Kirby and a lot of characters from his … Continue reading →

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First Impressions: Super Mario Maker 2 (Switch) – The 2019 Game of the Year is here!

Posted on July 11, 2019 by Brian

First, one little site update — I just noticed that my Ever Oasis First Impressions article was missing from the Table of Contents page, so that error is now fixed!  For anyone who missed out on that great 3DS title … Continue reading →

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Mattel Intellivision – Game Opinion Summaries / First Impressions, Part 1

Posted on May 21, 2019 by Brian

I got this console a couple of months ago… and quickly decided I wanted to make a Game Opinion Summaries list for it, because why not?  I have not done a list like this yet for the Colecovision, which I … Continue reading →

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First Impressions: Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana (Vita)

Posted on August 24, 2018 by Brian

Ys VIII, which released in 2017, is the latest game in the very long-running Ys series from Falcom. Dating back to the mid ’80s, the Ys series of simple but fun action-RPGs. While the Ys series has never been as … Continue reading →

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