Released for their burgeoning DS, Electroplankton falls somewhere between a toy, a musical instrument, a rhythm game, and an art project…
Marty Allen
Marty Allen
Marty Allen is an artist, writer, and creative producer who lives in Brooklyn. Marty loves to write about video games, pop culture, and all sorts of things. He's written a pile of books and made a bunch of art and songs, but mostly he just plays Animal Crossing, walks his dog, and makes delicious sandwiches.
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Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros. Review Nintendo makes wonderful toys. Sometimes these toys are lovely diversions,…
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Game Reviews
‘The Red Lantern’ Review: A Rough Ride With Some Good Dogs
by Marty Allenby Marty AllenThe Red Lantern is a dog sledding simulation that’s lovely and ambitious when it works, but its many flaws make it tough to recommend.
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Game ReviewsGames
‘Journey to the Savage Planet’ Review: Exploration in Satire
by Marty Allenby Marty AllenJourney to the Savage Planet sticks the sometimes bumpy landing to create a colorful, pulsating package on Switch.
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The best thing about Animal Crossing: New Horizons is its accumulation of thoughtful details, so here’s our top 10 sweetest small flourishes.
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Games
Quarantine Island: The Challenging Joy of Animal Crossing Local Co-op
by Marty Allenby Marty AllenWhat it’s Like to Play Animal Crossing: New Horizons Local Co-op “I think I’m ready to share…
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Games
Top 5 Switch Games To Play While You Wait For ‘Animal Crossing: New Horizons’
by Marty Allenby Marty AllenAnimal Crossing: New Horizons can’t arrive soon enough. While we wait, though, here are 5 great Switch games that can help tide you over!
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“Sorry, but you are now alive” Talking is hard. In Speaking Simulator, you are a machine struggling…
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Join us all month as our staff looks back at the most influential games of the past…
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Join us all month as our staff looks back at the most influential games of the past…
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As Forager boots up, a pixelated picture of the developer, Mariano Cavallero, aka Hopfrog, appears with the…
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The books of Stephen King have influenced pulled at me over many years and many visits to the stack of books by the toilet.
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Game Reviews
‘Ape Out’ is the Jazz-Inspired Beat ’em Up, you did not know you Needed in your Life
by Marty Allenby Marty AllenApe Out is the ape-jazz-violence simulation you did not know you needed in your life. Smashing together…
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It is fun to be a cat. Cattails is a unique survival-sim with light RPG elements and…
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Note: Beware of Spoilers and Wrestling Analogies GLOW is a show about some awesome ladies from the…
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Nintendo left a lot unsaid with this year’s E3 Nintendo Direct. 2017 was one of the greatest…
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My girlfriend has no love for video games, and she loves Nintendo Labo. In the interest of…
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Playing Human Fall Flat is like watching a drunk toddler push a box around, try to climb it, and then fall off again and again. Which is to say that this unique and stylized physics-based puzzle game is fun, funny, at times frustrating, and best enjoyed with others.
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Game Reviews
‘Flame In the Flood’: A Beautiful And Harrowing Game of Survival
by Marty Allenby Marty AllenFlame in the Flood is Don’t Starve meets Toobin,’ and for the most part, it works. It’s beautiful, stylish, fun, difficult, frustrating, and overall well worth checking out for fans of both survival sims and stylish indies.
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You know all about durians, electric swords, and an arrow to the eye of a Guardian*, but…