Review Fix 2018 Holiday Gift Guide

From video games to cool gadgets, the Review Fix Holiday Gift Guide has the geek in your life covered!

Songbringer: If you have a retro game fan that owns a PS4, this is the game for them. The original Legend of Zelda meets Sci-Fi fun and you have an adventure game they’ll remember for years to come.

3Doodler: This is essentially a pen that allows you to drawn in plastic. Although it takes some tip to master and the tip can get a little too hot for small children to use, the artistic-type in your family with definitely fall in love with it.

Super Mario Odyssey: The best Mario game in years is a must play for all video gamers and a great reason to pick up the Nintendo Switch as well.

LA Noire on Switch: OK, another Switch game. But have you played this game with the Joy Con controls or Touch Screen? It’s so cool and different that it breathes life into the already classic game.

Thimbleweed Park:
It’s just an awesome point and click adventure that is on every major console. And yeah it was made by the team behind the original Maniac Mansion.

My Friend Dahmer: Graphic Novel: The film is awesome, but the graphic novel that inspired it, created by John Backderf, is even better. A unique ride, it’s the type of graphic novel every comic book fans owe it to themselves to read.

Creepy Brawlers: A new NES game with Punch-Out gameplay and classic monsters from your favorite horror movies? Yes, this exists.

2018 World Almanac and Book of Facts: Although the internet makes all of this information readily available, it’s awesome to have everything in one book. Expertly laid out and a beauty to have on your bookshelf, it’s a nerd purchase and a damn good one.

HEX Star Wars iPhone Cases: If you’re a Star Wars fan, you’ll fall in love. These are beautifully made and are littered with detail.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14230 Articles
Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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