The Young Folks Best Video Games of 2017

    Oh, man. What an effort it was to get this list together. This year, we accumulated our writer’s favorite games and discussed, as democratically as possible, exactly what belongs in a top 10 video games of 2017 list.…

Video Game Review: Sonic Forces

Unfortunately, I’m what you may call a “Sonic Fan”. I have played nearly all Sonic titles to completion, sans a few Game Gear titles and my knowledge of the character and his universe is large enough my Gamertag could be…

Post Sonic Mania, Sonic The Hedgehog Retrospective

After two weeks of delay, Sonic Mania arrived on PC on August 29th, to very little fanfare in comparison to its releases on console on August 15th. However, it stands as solid game even on the PC port, despite some…

What The D-Pad Podcast #5 : Destiny 2 is a Scam?

Our weekly gaming news podcast adventures continue! This week join Evan as he plays last year’s tragic fan-creation AM2R prior to this fall’s release of Metroid Return of Samus on the 3DS. He is joined by our music editor Ryan,…

Video Game Review: Sonic Mania

Original content, do not steal. Sega has had a certain obsession with maintaining the relevance of Sonic the Hedgehog. The character has been taken into multiple genres, teamed up with other franchises, and even rebooted just to be quickly undone.…

What The D-Pad Podcast #3 & Sonic Mania Gameplay

Welcome back to a new episode of What the D-Pad, and aside from an Amiibo controversy, there hasn’t been a whole lot of news to dive into this week, except that Evan did a lot of gaming the past week!…

15 Games To Watch For In 2017

2016 is finally over and done with, and thank Arceus for that. However, 2016 was a good year for games; and if that’s any indication, 2017 is looking pretty bright on that front. I’ve gone through all games currently scheduled…