Tristan Jurkovich
Tristan Jurkovich began his career as a journalist in 2011. His childhood love of video games and writing fuel his passion for archiving this great medium’s annals. He dabbles in every genre, but he’s particularly enthused with RPGs and portables. Secretly he enjoys the Just Dance series a little too much. Aside from writing, Tristan also hosts a plethora of shows on his YouTube Channel, ReActionExaminer.
The Best Black Friday Deals for Best Buy, Target, and Walmart
Along with the release of the Fall’s big games, the second thing I look forward to during this season are the Black Friday deals....
Shining Light on Nintendo’s Forgotten RPG Series Golden Sun
Despite Nintendo’s long list of properties and genre explorations, they have very few RPGs under their belt. One of them, Golden Sun, hasn’t been...
Looking Back Over 25 Years of the Mana Series: The RPG Tree of Life
This month marks the 25th Anniversary of the Mana series, which began on weird terms. The first game launched for the Game Boy in...
Exile’s End Review
Despite Nintendo’s reluctance to make a true Metroid sequel, indie developers have taken to making their own.
It’s definitely not a genre waning in popularity,...
Twisted Fusion Review
Kickstarter is a great service that has helped hundreds of developers accomplish their dreams via the power of crowd funding.
We’ve gotten masterpieces like Shovel...
The PS4 is getting Third-Party Pro Controllers
Are you unsatisfied with the PS4 controller? Do you wish it had more buttons, or that it was more like an Xbox One pad?...
Nintendo Switch to be Fully Unveiled in January
Gamers first got a hint of Nintendo’s next console via then president Satoru Iwata in March 2015 as "Nintendo NX". After long waits and...
Chase: Cold Case Investigations – Distant Memories Review
Portable systems are kind of the perfect way to digest visual novel games
Like Kindles, or any other tablet, it’s like reading an interactive book,...
New 3DS RPG, The Alliance Alive, announced from FuRyu
FuRyu is a somewhat new Japanese developer mainly dealing in RPGs. The first thing some may think of is last year’s Legend of Legacy....
World of Final Fantasy Demo Drops a Week Before Launch
While Final Fantasy XV has yet to release thanks to its delay back in September, there’s another game in the franchise, World of Final...
Azure Striker Gunvolt 2 Review
Mighty No. 9 may not have been the Mega Man game everyone wanted, but there is a new game in town that may satiate...
Ninja Usagimaru: The Mysterious Karakuri Castle Review
A sequel to last year’s Ninja Usagimaru: The Gem of Blessings, Ninja Usagimaru: The Mysterious Karakuri Castle is something of a mouthful.
Best described as a...
Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past Review
Dragon Quest VII first launched on the PS1 on 31 October 2001 in North America. This remake for the 3DS, Dragon Quest VII: Fragments...
New Danganronpa Game Has Japanese Release Date
Japanese developer Spike Chunsoft has revealed the Japanese release date for the next Danganronpa title, Danganronpa V3: Everyone's New Semester of Killing. It's coming...
Sundered announced as a Lovecraft inspired Metroidvania
Hot off the heels of porting their first game, Jotun, to consoles, Thunder Lotus Games announced their new project: Sundered.
Like Jotun, Sundered boasts hand...
Sky Force Anniversary Review
Sky Force Anniversary is a port of the third game in the Sky Force series, originally released on iOS in 2014. This version is...
Square Enix announces another Final Fantasy XV mobile spinoff
Square Enix announced yet another spinoff to Final Fantasy XV in the form of another mobile game over the weekend. It’s called King’s Knight:...
Sony’s Tokyo Game Show 2016 Press Conference Wrap Up
A mere week after Sony’s meeting to announce the PS4 Slim and PS4 Pro, the company stepped onstage prior to Tokyo Game Show’s official...
DOGOS Review
DOGOS takes place in a world where mechanically enhanced humanoids from space, Zeetnuks, have taken over Earth fifty years ago. You, Desmond Phoenix, are...
Latest Nintendo Direct focuses on 3DS
Yesterday morning Nintendo held their first Direct since their set of E3 presentations back in June. The focus of this presentation was cemented on...
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