Scott MacDonald

Tails of Iron Review (Switch)

Tails of Iron Review: Rats of Redemption When I hear that a game is inspired by the Souls genre, I immediately think that game is not for me. Plenty of gamers appreciate the difficulty of those kinds of games, the sense of accomplishment when you finally manage…

A Monster’s Expedition Review (Switch)

A Monster’s Expedition Review: An Island-Hopping Museum Tour At some point during my time with A Monster’s Expedition—I fell asleep. To be honest, it happened several times. My day had been stressful, and I just wanted to relax and solve puzzles. I had been staring at the…

Labyrinth City: Pierre the Maze Detective Review (Switch)

Labyrinth City: Pierre the Maze Detective Review: Meet the Maze Master I need to start my review by stating that I’m not intimately familiar with Pierre’s literary adventures. In fact, what I know about the series I learned from the Internet. I just happened to see a…

Mina & Michi Review (Switch)

Mina & Michi Review: Friendship in the Forest Mina & Michi is an adorable action/puzzler about friendship and adventure. Mina, a little girl, and her friend Michi, a…I don’t know what it is. A goblin? A person in a monster suit? Whatever. It’s obviously friendly if that…

Wave Break Review (Switch)

Wave Break Review: Introducing the Fine Art of Skateboating Wave Break is an interesting beast. The developers bill it as a “skateboating” game, and that’s accurate. It’s a bit like the developers took Wave Race and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater and smashed them together. Normally, game and…

Paradox Error Review (Switch)

Paradox Error Review: A Sinister Glitch in the System Rules are meant to be broken, and so are walls, especially the fourth wall. Not breaking walls is just so passé. As an editor, I have, shall we say, an aggressive opinion about when it’s appropriate to break…