Month: December 2016

Game Reviews, Visual NovelLeave a comment

Sakura Santa

Sam Lilly

Sakura Santa is a visual novel by Winged Cloud for computers, available on Steam. The reason I’m reviewing this is because it is available on Steam in the context that it is, in fact, a game. As this is the first one I’m talking about in the Sakura series, I guess I should explain a little bit about the series in general. Basically, this is an ongoing series of visual novel games, not necessarily related to one another, that seem to rely heavily on sexualized anime women and suggestive situations. Continue reading “Sakura Santa”

2D Platformer, Game ReviewsLeave a comment

New Super Mario Bros.

Sam Lilly

New Super Mario Bros. is a side-scrolling platformer for the Nintendo DS. The Super Mario Bros. series hadn’t seen much in the way of truly new games in quite some time, with their last major installment being Super Mario World on the SNES and not in name since Super Mario Bros. 3 for the NES. So it was high time the brothers jumped back in action. Thus, New Super Mario Bros. was made. It may seem a bit tired now, but let’s take a look back at the one that started this retro revival of mustachioed masters. Continue reading “New Super Mario Bros.”