Johnny Malloy has written for 25YL since 2019. A lifelong gamer who considers The Binding of Isaac to be a subversive masterpiece. He has written an extensive series of articles about Castlevania, Super Mario Bros, Final Fantasy, and Resident Evil. He enjoys writing fiction when he's not watching RedLetterMedia videos on YouTube. He has one of those faces. Sorry about my face. It can't be helped. He's @mistercecil on the Twitter. Follow him if you like wild tangents and non sequiturs.
There are worse ways to spend $1.99. Sure, that sounds like an awful recommendation-and it is-but let me explain what I mean first, and then you can judge how awful I am at pull quotes. The Gunman Clive HD Collection The Gunman Clive series doesn’t give a damn. Is it cowboys vs. cowboys? Or is […] More
Hot on the heels of our dive into The Legend of Zelda franchise, we now jump, stomp, and dive into the most iconic and popular video game franchise ever, the Super Mario Bros. series. Each week, we’ll take a unique look at each game in the series, and discuss aspects you may not have considered. […] More
It’s the end of the decade and we’re looking back at what games we loved the most. I’ve compiled a list of my 10 favorite games of the last 10 years. Since lists are always divisive by nature, I feel compelled to say that I formed my list by using a very simple metric: What […] More
Super Mario Maker 2 is getting a major update on December 5, and the big news is that you will be able to play as The Hero of Time himself: Link. When the original Super Mario Maker released on WiiU there were constant updates; however, most of them were merely superficial additions, such as adding […] More
It’s hard out there for indie games. How do you get any exposure when triple A titles get all the coverage? What’s more, how do you stand out in a sea of other indie games? Not all games are created equal, and when a game is released with just a quick trailer and some screen […] More
When Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair released last month, I was more than a little surprised how little notice it got. Where the original Yooka-Laylee was a loving, if sometimes too accurate, re-creation of the N64 classic Banjo-Kazooie and near-classic Banjo-Tooie, Impossible Lair is Playtonic’s attempt to revisit their Rare days designing Donkey Kong Country […] More
Golf Story, from Sidebar Games, is exclusively for the Nintendo Switch and is available for purchase through the Nintendo eShop. There are also physical copies of the game available via Limited Run Games. There are so many little things in Golf Story that I could talk about, but I fear that laying them all out here would […] More
At 25YL, we love gaming, and moreover, we love The Legend of Zelda series. That’s why we’re going to cover the entire official Nintendo franchise, including the handheld games, every week. We kick off our in-depth coverage with the 1986 original, The Legend of Zelda. I can hear that tiny creak flipping open the NES […] More
This review is based on the Nintendo Switch version. What can you say about a game like Crash? I barely remembered playing these games when they first came out, or so I thought. As I went through all three games in the Crash PSX trilogy, only now all dolled up and remastered, I remembered so […] More
Oh hi, I’m Johnny Malloy, a lifelong gamer who not only was lucky enough to have grown up in the golden era of the NES but is also old enough to remember ColecoVision and even owned and knows what an Intellivision is. I enjoy everything from JRPGs like Ni No Kuni to cutesy 3D […] More
When Monty Python’s Flying Circus premiered in the UK on October 5, 1969, no one knew what to expect. Pitched simply as a comedy show with some sketches, it was clear immediately that it was so much more than that. Inspired by the British radio program The Goon Show (1951–1960), the Python troupe sought to […] More
I hold the work of Edmund McMillen, creator of such well-known indie games as Super Meat Boy and The Binding of Isaac, in very high regard. Not just because his games excel at being instantly rapturous experiences, but because they come from a unique, uncompromising, honest place. For all the nods, references, and winks to […] More
Here you'll find all collections you've created before.