There may be no Summer Olympics in Tokyo this year thanks to the pandemic, but that won’t stop Sonic and his friends from winning some gold medals and conquering the games in Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.
Alien abductions are never this radical. Follow Redneck Ed as he fights to the death for the enjoyment of the crowd in the oddly hilarious Redneck Ed: Astro Monsters Show 2D platformer.
WarriOrb is a fun platformer that blends a lot of different elements well. It’s a dungeon crawler at heart though, with smooth controls, great artwork, challenging enemies and a humorous backstory.
Sea Salt is a delightful arcade horror type game that features Lovecraftian mythos, terrified townspeople and merciless murder. And you play the bad guy, in the form of an elder god. This crazy game will capture your heart.
Excerpt: Sonic Forces takes a little bit of a darker turn for the beloved series, with Sonic captured and players expected to fight to liberate him. Thankfully, its all in good fun, making Sonic Forces yet another hit for the franchise.
This week, our Modern Gamer gets repeatedly blown up playing Tank Maniacs. But it’s all in good fun, especially when the art style and gameplay for this single or multiplayer tank battler is so smooth. As a bonus, she plugs in a new Steam controller to her PC. See how that goes!
Williams Pinball: Volume 5 features three classic tables from the golden age of arcades. All are faithfully reproduced with beautiful graphics and accurate ball and gameplay physics. Tables in this volume include Tales of the Arabian Nights, Cirqus Voltaire and No Good Gofers.
Lace up your racing shoes and join Modern Gamer Melissa Pierce this week as she combines old school with new cool in the delightfully fast play of Sonic Mania and the Encore DLC.
The aptly named Dead Dungeon is like a fun master class for platformer experts. It requires pixel-perfect movement in order to traverse its 50 levels while gathering deviously placed collectibles along the way. You’ll also probably die in this one, a lot!
This week we launch the inaugural Modern Gamer column with brand new GiN Host Melissa Pierce. She’ll be taking over the Time Waster slot on Saturdays. First up, a game that has slowly expanded to every single gaming platform, the odd but good GoNNER.
