Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for June 4th, 2019. Today was a bit quieter than I originally expected in terms of news, but perhaps that’s for the best as my time was a bit limited. With things being pretty slow as far as news goes, today we’re going straight to a review of one of those not-so-good games I mentioned yesterday. We’ve got summaries of the several new games that hit today, including such fine titles as Timespinner and Perchang. Finally, we’ve got the usual sales information that makes the coins in your pocket quiver in fear. Let’s get into it!
Reviews
Robot Squad Simulator ($14.99)

Believe it or not, I’ve had a lot of discussions about the nature of game reviews over the last 25 or so years of my life. See, one of the reasons these silly little ramblings seem to explode with the force of a Looney Tunes-style sausage-link-made-from-dynamite on occasion is that there are a lot of different perspectives about what a game review actually should be. Is it a buyer’s guide" An appraisal of the art" Should it strive for objectivity, or embrace the pure chaos of subjectivity" The only thing I can say for certain is that I am absolutely not going to answer any of those questions here. But one viewpoint I’ve had presented to me by a few people is that games ought to be judged for what they’re trying to be and how well they achieve that. Setting aside that such a review w...