Category Archives: Game Reviews

Luigi’s Mansion 2 Review

Posted on July 4, 2017 by JC

This article was originally published at Another-Castle.com Luigi’s Mansion 2 Platform: 3DS Developer: Next Level Games Publisher: Nintendo The original Luigi’s Mansion was a GameCube launch title, often dismissed as a tech demo showing off the new systems graphical prowess, especially … Continue reading →

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Resident Evil: Revelations Review

Posted on July 4, 2017 by JC

This article was originally published at Another-Castle.com Resident Evil: Revelations Platform: PC, PS3, 360, 3DS, Wii U (reviewed) Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom I could open this review by talking about the mixed responses that last year’s Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City … Continue reading →

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Poker Night 2 Review

Posted on July 4, 2017 by JC

This article was originally published at Another-Castle.com Poker Night 2 Platform: PC, PS3. 360 Developer: Telltale Games Publisher: Telltale Games Poker Night 2 is a sequel to 2010’s Poker Night at the Inventory, a game that allowed players to play poker … Continue reading →

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Company of Heroes 2 Review

Posted on July 4, 2017 by JC

This article was originally published at Another-Castle.com Company of Heroes 2 Platform: PC Developer: Relic Publisher: Sega It doesn’t seem so long ago that every other game was a World War II shooter. And it is funny to think that it … Continue reading →

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Pikmin 3 Review

Posted on July 4, 2017 by JC

This article was originally published at Another-Castle.com Pikmin 3 Platform: Wii U Developer: Nintendo Publisher: Nintendo It has been close to ten years since the release of Pikmin 2 on the GameCube and five since Pikmin 3 was announced to be … Continue reading →

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Rise of the Tomb Raider Review

Posted on July 4, 2017 by JC

This article was originally published at Another-Castle.com Lara Croft and her next Crusade Rise of the Tomb Raider Platform: PC (Steam), Xbox One Developer: Crystal Dynamics Publisher: Square Enix I never really liked the original Tomb Raider games. I played a … Continue reading →

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My repeated adventures with a bunch of unlikely Mercenaries

Posted on March 8, 2016 by JC

This was written roughly five years ago for an old blog and was before the more recent (as of writing) Jagged Alliance releases. These releases were underwhelming making the tone of the first paragraph just as relevant. I think most … Continue reading →

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Video Game Reviews and Articles

Posted on March 4, 2016 by JC

This is a master list of many (though not all) of the video game articles I have written over the years. I wrote Aussie-Nintendo.com, Another-Castle.com and Heroes of Play; three sites that are now long defunct. I also have written … Continue reading →

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Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Review

Posted on March 1, 2016 by JC

I’m often late with games and I’m very late with this. The middling reviews on release and the less than middling reviews to last year’s sequel did a lot to put me off. However Duke Nukem Forever didn’t arrive in … Continue reading →

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Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings Review

Posted on February 29, 2016 by JC

Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings is one of those games that I was interested in but fully expected to be bad. When the bad reviews came out I wasn’t surprised however, it is also one of those games … Continue reading →

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