Tetris 99 is the Future We Didn’t Ask For

Tetris 99 is batshit. After February 13th’s Nintendo Direct revealed yet another re-purposing and re-imagining of Tetris, I was left incredulous. It’s not that the idea is, in and of itself, a bad one. Tetris has been a competitive game…

Jurge Cruz-Alvarez’s Favorite Games of 2018

Jurge Cruz is a senior member of Irrational Passions’ editorial team and the Social Media Editor when he’s not busy with school and work.

Alex O’Neill’s Games of the Year

Get your feels ready, because you know I’m bringing it.

Jarrett Green’s Games of the Year

I’d be lying to you if I told you I felt up to ranking the best games that came out this year the way we, and everyone on the internet, tend to do annually. I played a shit load of…

Quinten Hoffman’s Games of the Year

As the year that was 2018 begins to wrap up, I just wanted to say thank you to the Irrational Passions editorial team for taking a chance on me. This year may been have the single most impactful year in…

Tetris Effect VR Preview

I’m one of those lame folks that’s never gotten to sit down and experience a Mizuguchi game. For folks uninitiated, Tetsuya Mizuguchi is pretty known for his style of synthesia rhythm or sound/music-driven games, things like Rez, Child of Eden,…