Marcus created Top Shelf Gaming to celebrate the awesome things about the video game industry while challenging the areas of the video game community that could be improved. He loves playing guitar and eating tacos, but never at the same time.
We’re trying out an idea we’ve had for quite some time now. Moving forward, all of our Game of the Month winner announcements will be accompanied by a video. Instead of awkwardly starting in October, we’ve decided to catch for the whole year. Expect one Game of the Month video every week through January until […] More
Mario Party has been turning friends into enemies since 1998. Everyone on staff has fond memories of playing the Nintendo 64 entries. Over the years, the game has strayed away from its classic board game formula, but Super Mario Party on Nintendo Switch is a true return to form. So the Top Shelf Gaming staff […] More
I grew up in the church and while my relationship with it has changed in recent years, I still crave the earnest passion of a tight-knit spiritual community. Rarely have I felt as connected to my community and united in my ideals with others than my regular church-attending days. But for the last five years, […] More
Super Mario Party is out now and we tested out Sound Stage, one of the brand new game modes. It’s a mode where you and up to three other players compete in rhythm-based challenges using the Joy-Con. Master of this mode will grant you the Gem of Spirit. Watch our video below to see just […] More
It’s not often that the entire TSG staff all plays the same game to completion so that they’re able to talk about it. In another special episode of Trust Sircle, the boys compare the action-packed Marvel’s Spider-Man on PS4 to its spiritual successor: The Batman Arkham series. Supplement Reading TSG Asks: What makes Marvel’s Spider-Man […] More
Everybody faces conflict. Sometimes these conflicts are mild inconveniences while other times they are unexpected, unavoidable, and life-threatening. The latter is often true in video games, which, by their nature, are filled with obstacles that will impede your progress or end your play session altogether. For decades, mindless violence has been the primary method in […] More
I’ve had my eye on Wandersong since I first saw the trailer back in January. Successfully funded through Kickstarter, Wandersong follows a jovial bard in his quest to save the world through song. If it sounds silly, perhaps to the point of absurdity, that’s because it is. Creator Greg Lobanov knows this and addresses this […] More
Nintendo Directs are always full of surprises. After being delayed a week, Nintendo fans were eager to see just what surprises were waiting inside the September Nintendo Direct. Here’s what the TSG staff had to say on Twitter about some of the announcements made during the Direct using the hashtag #DailyHotTake. Luigi’s Mansion 3 A […] More
Despite being one of the best looking and feeling Metroidvania games of the modern era, Guacamelee was heavily criticized for its excessive use of memes and pop culture references. The folks at Drinkbox Studios carefully considered this feedback and determined that for the sequel, the best thing to do would be to double down on […] More
What’s better than a bunch of PAX announcements? A bunch of announcements from before PAX! Welcome to another edition of #DailyHotTake. Destiny 2 Forsaken calls for lost guardians These hot takes are a bit negative, but Marcus is actually quite excited for Destiny 2 Forsaken. The new game mode Gambit is addicting and the story […] More
We know it’s been a while, but your favorite hosts just had to come back to talk about this insane scandal that has blown up in the game industry. Here’s our post-mortem of the Filip Miucin plagiarism drama that is still infuriating Marcus and Devin weeks later. Catch up with them and their lives over the […] More
A month after proposing to my girlfriend, I went with her to her hometown to meet her grandparents who were visiting from Peru. They were very kind and loving towards me but only spoke Spanish. I communicated with them as best as I could but found that my five years of Spanish in high school […] More
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