Those of you obsessed with Spyro back in 1998 are going to love the Spyro Reignited Trilogy, which takes our beloved dragon on beautiful adventures. Featuring the voice of “Sponge Bob Squarepants” Tom Kenny, everything about this pack of games is pure quality.
Author James Swallow is the writer of The Latter Fire, one of the best Star Trek novels that we have ever reviewed. Now he turns his attention to spy thrillers with Nomad. Packed with the same thrills one might expect from a blockbuster movie, Nomad is predictable but fun.
A perennial favorite in Japan, the Dragon Quest RPG has never been hugely popular in the west. That should change with Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age, a title that is as good, and equally beautiful, as any turn-based RPG that you will find.
The Time Waster this week is a game called Winterberry that is all about getting a bear fat enough to survive through the winter.
Pokémon: Let’s Go, Eevee! harkens back to the good old days of Pokémon Yellow. It has all of that same, classic gameplay, but with a modern take on the plot and story. And when combined with a Pokéball, it enhances the gameplay even more.
While The Five Trials might appeal to some readers, the gratuitous use of sexual assault and torture as plot devices will probably keep this one far away from most mainstream readers. It’s even harder to take as an audiobook.
Those of you craving more, and better, BattleTech action should check out BATTLETECH Flashpoint, the first of three DLCs for the core mech battling game. Flashpoint adds more story-type missions, more mech types, a new environment, access to LosTech and good late-game challenge.
The Time Waster this week is a mobile game called Don-Ay that seeks to combine charity with gaming in a way Billy hasn’t seen before. Come by and see if Don-Ay can rescue your time while helping out our furry friends.
Townsmen has existed on the PC for a while, and later on mobile platforms. Now it jumps over to consoles for the first time, laying its foundation on the Nintendo Switch. Find out if this one is worth building on in our deep dive review.
The plot of Skyward is intense, amazing and almost everything a Brandon Sanderson fan could want out of a book from him. In fact, though Skyward is a standalone tale, it would be a great candidate for a sequel or series.
