Games with James
James MastromarinoA quick weekly roundup of my work editing NPR's Gaming coverage and producing NPR's Here & Now.
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Orbitals is Nintendo’s It Takes Two
Had a behemoth game not sucked all my reviewing time away, I’d likely be raving about Orbitals. As such, I can only give it a qualified recommendation based on the few hours I played it with my wife. It’s gorgeous and bubbly; Nintendo’s kin...
Star Wars: Zero Company impressions
Tactics fans have it good this year, between Mewgenics, Ledgerbound, and the upcoming Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave. If I wasn’t so overbooked on game reviews, I’d have easily poured over a dozen hours into another new title in the genre: St...
Game Remakes and Grand Theft Auto 6
A leaker splattered footage of a Grand Theft Auto 6 build across the internet this week, irking a studio that had instituted extraordinary security measures to prevent that very thing from happening. I produced a radio spot on the leaks and...
Ledgerbound director Russ Nickel on writing an RPG about a horny insurance adjuster
As previews for Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave gushed across the internet this week, an indie game inspired by that storied franchise slipped onto Steam after a short, unexpected delay. Ledgerbound emulates the series’ old-school rock-paper-s...
WarioWare meets your camera roll in Pictonico!
Pictonico! (yes the exclamation point is part of the title) is absurd and absurdly fast-paced. It’s WarioWare for your phone, speckled with photos sourced from whatever albums you give it access to. Loathe as I am to pass personal pictures...
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