GATO ROBOTO

merritt k Aug 8, 2022. 3 minute read

The Best Games About Cats for International Cat Day

It’s International Cat Day, distinct from Caturday I suppose, so here’s a list of the best games about cats. Yes, cats appear in a lot of other games — I could have included Animal Crossing, or Skyrim, or even the recently re-released Darkstalkers, but these are games where you primarily play as or…

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merritt k Aug 3, 2022. 3 minute read

The Best Nintendo Switch Games Under $10

There are plenty of full-price retail releases on the Switch, many of which are excellent games worth checking out. But the console is also home to a number of games with substantially lower price points that are also great playthroughs. If you’re looking to pick up a new game without…

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merritt k May 6, 2022. 3 minute read

7 Games to Check Out in the Devolver Digital Sale

Devolver Digital’s got a huge sale on Steam right now — it runs until the 16th, and a ton of their titles are marked down. If you’re looking to pick something up, here are some games you should consider. Some of these made huge splashes when they were released, while…

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Nerium Jan 2, 2020. 8 minute read

The Top 12 Games I Played on Vacation Instead of Sleeping

Sometimes I play a lot of goddamn video games in a very short span. Most times, I don’t sleep very well. These two pillars of my personality tend to intersect over the holidays: when there aren’t many new releases and I look to my backlog for interesting things to write…

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merritt k Dec 2, 2019. 2 minute read

Gato Roboto is My Favorite Virtual Boy Game

I have a complicated relationship with Metroidvania titles. Super Metroid is one of my favorite games of all time, and the DS Castlevania entries are up there too. But the genre has become so oversaturated over the past decade, with dozens of games trying to recapture the magic of the classics by mechanically reproducing their…

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