Direction Quad (PS5) Review: A Delightfully Tricky Frog Puzzle-Platformer

Eastasiasoft, in collaboration with developer No Checkpoint, brings Direction Quad to the PS5 as a fresh port of their inventive indie title. This compact 2D top-down adventure casts players as a plucky young frog named Quad, leaping through treacherous swamp mazes on lily pads and precarious platforms, all while gathering shiny coins and scurrying bugs amid a prophecy-tinged storyline involving a wise toad's trials.  

Cassette Boy (PS5) Review: A Quantum Twist on Perspective Puzzling

Forever Entertainment's Cassette Boy is a quirky puzzle-action RPG where you awaken in a darkened realm after the moon vanishes, because you stopped looking at it, prompting a surreal quest guided by a glowing orb to restore reality by hunting down the lost celestial body. What starts as a straightforward pixelated adventure spirals into a mind-warping journey through quantum-inspired oddities, blending exploration, combat, and brain-teasing challenges in a world governed by observation.

THE GAMING PARADISE ... A 2026 Mission Statement!!!

It is officially 2026, and times are more uncertain than ever. The world continues to be assaulted with chaos, and corruption on a global scale. Even gaming has been drawn into the fray as AI, and it's chip use/abuse threatens the very hobby we've all enjoyed for decades. Here at THE GAMING INFERNO things are off to a slow start as expected of a new year. Games barely release on all platforms in January, and most of what we see hitting store shelves isn't worth covering. Mind you, I do realize games like Code Vein II are scheduled for release among others, but the probability of me scoring something like that has diminished. Mostly over PR conflict, and studio staff changes. Regardless, I am going to give it my best shot this year to cover what I can whenever I can. The worthy stuff only. I'll still be reviewing PS4/PS5, and Switch releases as I get them.

THE GAMING INFERNO Looks Back At 2025

This year, 2025, has been a roller coaster ride of chaos and blessings. The world has been hit by a maelstrom of fear campaigns unlike any time in previous human history. We're on the brink of another world war, immigration has led to many innocent killings, political corruption persists, and the average nation borne citizen struggles to make it by each day as their rights and freedoms are stripped away. Even in all these trials and tribulations though good finds a way. People unite in prayer, and are helping one another more as the world turns their attention to Jesus Christ, the true savior that we all should have been following and hoping for instead of these political idols, and idols in general.

Big Trouble in Little Chimney PS5 Review: Holiday Horde Chaos!

Big Trouble in Little Chimney, developed by FobTi Interactive and published by Ratalaika Games, delivers a chaotic holiday twist on the arena survival shooter genre. In this fast-paced bullet-hell experience, players take on the role of a shotgun-toting St. Nick battling endless waves of mischievous Christmas critters including baddies like rogue turkeys, gingerbread soldiers, and nutcracker brutes, each spilling out from a cursed chimney threatening the festivities.