With 2023 wrapped up, here’s our most-read video game reviews and columns of the year.

5. A Product Of Its Time | “Persona 3 Portable Remastered” (2023) Game Review

Much like with Persona 4, Persona 3 got the remastering treatment. Like Persona 4, actual changes made to the game are relatively minimal, as it seems Altus simply wanted to recreate the original Persona 3 experience.

4. The Worst Areas in Soulsborne: #110-101 | Column from the Editor

From Software has been particularly active since the late 2000s up until now. They started with Demon’s Souls, went through the Dark Souls Trilogy, Bloodborne, then Elden Ring. They also went through a few of them in the process and refurbished them.

This piece, as well as pieces in the future complementing this one, will seek to rate every single area ever found in the aforementioned From Software games.

3. A Great Game On Paper … | “Persona 5 Tactica” (2023) Game Review

 Persona 5 Tactica greatly and deliberately distances itself from the turn-based, Pokemon/Sims hybrid style gameplay. Instead, it offers the player a bird’s eye view of a given map and allows them to use their characters of choice to fight enemies in turn-based combat. Similar to playing a game of Persona 5 Chess.

2. 5 More Ways To Improve “Retro Bowl” | Column from the Editor

The mobile game “Retro Bowl” is constantly updating and its developers listen to fan feedback. Here’s five more ways “Retro Bowl” could be improved.

1. Top 5 Biggest Differences Between “Retro Bowl College” And “Retro Bowl”  |  Column from the Editor 

I’ve written extensively about New Star Games’ mobile game “Retro Bowl” and have just picked up “Retro Bowl College.” If you’re a longtime player of the first game and want to pick up its sequel, here are the biggest differences you’ll notice.