Tag: author_name|Cheyenne MacDonald
Playdate Season 2 review: Taria & Como and Black Hole Havoc
We’ve officially made it to the end of Playdate Season Two, and what a season it’s been. Despite having half the number of titles as Season One, this latest round of weekly game releases has made a much stronger impression (on me, at least). If nothing else, it’s just been…
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Playdate Season 2 review: Tiny Turnip and Chance’s Lucky Escape
It's hard to believe that Playdate Season Two is almost over already, but here we are in week five with just one more drop of new games left to go after this. In the latest batch, we got the climbing metroidvania, Tiny Turnip, and Chance's Lucky Escape, a short point-and-click adventure…
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Playdate Season 2 review: Shadowgate PD and CatchaDiablos
Earlier in this Playdate season, I commented in a review that I “love a game that pisses me off a little.” Well, I may have shot myself in the foot with that one. Week four of Playdate Season Two brings us not one game that got my blood boiling, but…
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Playdate Season 2 review: Long Puppy and Otto’s Galactic Groove!!
We’re officially halfway through Playdate Season Two, and so far there have been no flops. Last week brought us a balanced serving of doom, gloom and delight, but this week is all about keeping things light and silly. That’s not to say the latest two games are a walk in…
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Playdate Season 2’s Blippo+ TV simulator is coming to Nintendo Switch and PC in color this fall
We’ve been getting a real kick out of the offbeat cable TV parody that is Blippo+, which arrived with Playdate’s Season Two, and now it’s looking like non-Playdate owners will be able to experience the strangeness too later this year. Panic, along with Telefantasy Studios, Noble Robot and the artists…
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Playdate Season 2 review: The Whiteout and Wheelsprung
Panic is not messing around with Playdate's second season. After starting off Season Two on the right foot with Dig! Dig! Dino!, Fulcrum Defender and the surprise rollout of Blippo+, the team has followed through with another strong pair of games for week two. The Whiteout and Wheelsprung are, like the…
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