Content from Last 48hrs

Donkey Kong Bananza This is a game of highs and lows. There are times it really shines, but for every part I enjoyed there was another part that was annoying or aggravating to play. The presentation is charming, but it's full of busywork that's not really fun or even engaging, it's just there. I enjoyed it enough to finish it, but that's about all I can say for it. Grade: 2/5

New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe I was under the impression that the New series wasn't that well-liked, so I wasn't sure what to expect but Nintendo fans are crazy, man. This was great! It was like playing a more modern version of Super Mario World. I cleared every level, got every secret exit, collected every star coin and cleared star road to get 5 stars on my save file. Then I did it all over again in New Super Luigi U. I enjoyed Luigi U even more because of its focus on shorter, faster levels. Although it was kind of a bummer that they re-used the same world map as the main game. Anyway, I thought this was going to be a double entry with Star Fox but holy shit, fuck that game! I genuinely can't remember the last time I hit such an insane difficulty spike in a video game. I was enjoying the campaign just fine. Some levels were a little challenging but I was getting used to it. And then I got to the boss of Area 6 and I wanted to fucking scream. Like, death after death after death with no fucking idea what the hell I was doing wrong. And when I finally managed to beat that level, the final one was even worse! You're fighting another squad and you can barely keep them on screen long enough to try to hit them, they keep moving in ways the camera can't even track and as soon as they disappear off-screen they're already behind you somehow, trying to crawl up your ass. I made it to the final boss once, with only one life left and that motherfucker just immediately swallowed me and blew up my ship. I think I hate this fucking game, oh my god!