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Reviews Steam Written By: Jonathan A. 

(Review) The Ambassador: Fractured Timelines

August 10, 2020 Ailingforale 0 Comments Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Indie, Nintendo Switch, PC, RPG, STEAM, The Ambassador: Fractured Timelines, The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild, tinyDino Games, Twin-Stick Shooter, Xbox One

There is a fair bit of use to the time-stopping ability that stops it from feeling like a gimmick and I’m happy to see they struck that note just right.

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Nintendo Switch Reviews Written By: Jonathan A. 

(Review) JackQuest: The Tale of The Sword

February 3, 2019February 7, 2019 Ailingforale 0 Comments Action, Adventure, Crescent Moon Games, Indie, JackQuest, JackQuest: The Tale of The Sword, Nintendo eShop, Nintendo Switch, NX Games, Platformer, Playstation 4, PS4, RPG, STEAM, Xbox One

What’s this sorcery? A hard-ish platformer I can finish? Check out this game that doesn’t leave a bruise where it kicks you!

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PAX PAX West 2018 Written By: Jonathan A. Xbox One 

(PAX West 2018) State of Decay 2: Day Break DLC

September 2, 2018 Ailingforale 0 Comments Action, Adventure, Microsoft, State of Decay 2, State of Decay 2: Day Break DLC, Xbox One

State of Decay has long been one of those games I’ve enjoyed, but haven’t really gotten into. Dying Light was

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PAX West 2017 Written By: Jonathan A. 

(PAX West 2017) Mages of Mystralia

September 3, 2017September 8, 2017 Ailingforale 0 Comments Action, Adventure, BOREALYS Games, Indie, Mages of Mystralia, Pax, PC, PS4, STEAM, Xbox One

Mages of Mystralia, being one of the games that I was looking forward to playing at PAX, was thankfully not

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PAX West 2017 Written By: Jonathan A. 

(PAX West 2017) A Hat in Time

September 2, 2017September 2, 2017 Ailingforale 0 Comments A Hat in Time, Action, Adventure, Gears for Breakfast, Indie, Pax, PAX West 2017, PC, PS4, STEAM, Xbox One

“Super Mario 64, Banjo-Kazooie, Psychonauts! These kind of 3D platformers are no longer made, but people still want to play

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PAX West 2017 Written By: Jonathan A. 

(PAX West 2017) Monster Hunter: World

September 1, 2017September 2, 2017 Ailingforale 0 Comments Action, Adventure, Capcom, Hunting, Monster Hunter: World, Pax, PAX West 2017, PC, PS4, Xbox One

If I’m going to be completely honest, while Monster Hunter: World does look beautiful it wasn’t your traditional Monster Hunter

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"News" Thoughts Written By: Jonathan A. 

Monster Hunter World, Not For Nintendo But Still Pretty

June 13, 2017June 13, 2017 Ailingforale 4 Comments Capcom, Monster Hunter, Monster Hunter XX, Monster Hunter: World, PC, PS4, Xbox One

Well if you haven’t heard it a million other places already, Monster Hunter is getting a graphical upgrade and skipping

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Reviews Steam Written By: Jonathan A. 

(Review) Rise of the Tomb Raider (Second Opinion)

February 16, 2017January 2, 2018 Ailingforale 0 Comments Action, Adventure, Crystal Dynamics, PC, PS4, Rise of the Tomb Raider, Square Enix, STEAM, Tomb Raider, XBox 360, Xbox One

Having thoroughly enjoyed the Tomb Raider remake of 2013, it was an easy to decide whether or not I wanted to

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Released Reviews Written By: Jonathan A. 

(Review) Tumblestone

July 11, 2016 Ailingforale 5 Comments Action, Casual, Indie, Match 3, PC, PS4, STEAM, Strategy, The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild, Tumblestone, Wii U, Xbox One

Have you ever played and enjoyed a Match-3 or puzzle game? Well let’s cut to the chase; go buy Tumblestone.

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Released Reviews Written By: Andrew R. 

Review: Rise of the Tomb Raider

May 5, 2016June 30, 2016 Andrew R. 0 Comments Action, Adventure, Crystal Dynamics, PC, PS4, Rise of the Tomb Raider, Square Enix, STEAM, Tomb Raider, XBox 360, Xbox One

While the Tomb Raider series is a long running franchise with a checkered past garnering opinions from reverent to contemptible,

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Released Reviews Written By: Jonathan A. 

Review: The Bridge

October 1, 2015 Ailingforale 2 Comments Big Angry Balls, PC, Playstation 3, Playstation 4, Playstation Vita, Puzzle, STEAM, The Bridge, The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild, Wii U, Xbox One

The Bridge confuses me something fierce. Much like, I assume everybody, I enjoy a good puzzle game every now and

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Kickstarter Highlight Written By: Jonathan A. 

Kickstarter Highlight: The Dwarves

September 27, 2015 Ailingforale 0 Comments Dwarves, Kickstarter, Kickstarter Highlight, KING Art Games, Linux, Mac, PC, Playstation 4, Tactical RPG, The Dwarves, The Dwarves by Markus Heitz, Xbox One

The Dwarves is a Tactical RPG based on the novel The Dwarves by Markus Heitz. I may not have read this

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PAX Prime 2015 Q&A Written By: Jonathan A. 

PAX Prime 2015: Fortified! Q&A With Adam Garib (Live)

September 24, 2015June 30, 2017 Ailingforale 0 Comments 3rd Person Shooter, Action, Clapfoot Inc., Fortified!, Indie, Local Co-Op, Pax, PC, Robots, STEAM, Steam Early Access, Tower Defense, Witch Beam, Xbox One

Like something from a 1950’s alien invasion movie, Fortified! comes out of nowhere and makes me enjoy it! Seriously, the

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PAX Prime 2015 Written By: Jonathan A. 

PAX Prime 2015: SteamWorld Heist

September 17, 2015June 30, 2017 Ailingforale 0 Comments Image & Form, Nintendo 3DS, Pax, Playstation 4, Playstation Vita, STEAM, SteamWorld Heist, Wii U, Xbox One

Having somewhat “recently” gotten off my SteamWorld Dig high, I was really looking to pick up a sequel. Alas, this

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PAX Prime 2015 Q&A Written By: Jonathan A. 

PAX Prime 2015: Homefront – The Revolution Q&A With CJ Kershner (Live)

September 1, 2015June 30, 2017 Ailingforale 0 Comments CJ Kershner, Dambuster Studios, Deep Silver, Freedom Fighters, Homefront, Homefront: The Revolution, Kaos Studios, Pax, PC, PS4, Xbox One

Having been a huge fan on the highly underrated Homefront game, I was very excited when another Homefront game was

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Updates and Stuff

-(5/31/22) Yes I’m doing some reviews lately. I’ll get back to dev’n when I’m done with my current reviews.
-While patching my first game Mazungeon, I broke it so it’s off the Play store. You can see on the site what it was like when it worked. You can also play a previous version here.

-Thank you to all developers and PR people who make this wild ride possible. It is a pleasure!

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