About Cubed3

Independent, honest and trusted video game reviews since 2003

Independent, honest and trusted video game reviews since 2003

Here at Cubed3, we are passionate about video games.

From the neon-lit buzz of arcades to the satisfying click of composite cables into CRTs, all the way to the latest 4K blockbuster hits, we devour video games for breakfast!

With a side helping of films, music, and anime, it’s a well-rounded diet of incredible worlds and characters that bring us joy every day!

Video game reviews since 2003

Video game reviews since 2003

Not a typo – we’ve been reviewing games since the turn of the century, back when HD gaming was in its infancy and CRT televisions still ruled many bedrooms.

Cubed3 was founded in 2003 with a mission to cover the latest Nintendo-specific games, while also diving deep into retro favourites!

With the rise of the Wii, Nintendo DS, and online gaming, Cubed3 expanded with innovative community features – game collections, interactive quizzes, online match-ups, and even tournaments!

Cubed3 also expanded to cover a wide range of multiplatform gaming – including PlayStation, Xbox, PC and mobile gaming!

Where we are today

Where we are today

Having reached our 20th anniversary, we took a step back and looked at the website as a whole.

Our core strength lies in reviews and feature articles – video game reviews, tech reviews, and opinion pieces, each bringing decades of industry expertise.

We highlight the strengths of the best games and call out those that simply aren’t worth your hard-earned cash!

Our full 10-point review scale is designed to really distinguish between the best of the best.

Only 1% of video game reviews we publish are awarded with the perfect score.

With reviews and feature articles in mind, we rebuilt Cubed3 from scratch, re-launching in 2025. All-new code and an all-new and contemporary design that lets the words fully shine without any clutter!

Our mission remains the same:

Helping you make an informed choice on what to play or watch, through independent, honest reviews.

Meet the Team

We wouldn’t be where we are today without a dedicated, experienced and passionate team – who all breathe video games. Not literally, of course!

Jorge Ba-oh

Jorge Ba-oh

Managing Director, Founder & Developer

Jorge is Cubed3's founder, launching the site with a cheque from his mum back in 2003. A huge fan of Nintendo and retro games - including The Legend of Zelda, Pokemon and the Super Mario series.

Jorge manages Cubed3's technical and UX side, working to develop the backbone of the site with the latest tech. Fun!

He lives and works in Brighton, enjoys design, arts, music and the occasional visit to the outside world!

Adam Riley

Adam Riley

Operations Director

Adam joined up with Cubed3 back when it was merely a fledgling website, providing snippets of news to eager gaming fans. It was not long before he made a strong impression, bombarding Jorge with constant news submissions. Having been a creative talent from a young age, it was only a short time before he squeezed his way into the small team and took control of the retro review side of C3. Once his confidence built up, which certainly did not take a long time, he dipped his toe further into the writing scene with a slue of in-depth articles and even took on the role of Editor for others' work.

Moving away from causing waves throughout the Industry with his rapid-fire news updates, numerous exclusive interviews, and visits to press events, now in the role of Operations Director he focuses more on strong relations with game developers and PR teams, finding new opportunities for the website's growth, as well as producing radio shows, doing voice acting, and even a little bit of modelling from time to time! He really does get about.

Cubed3 just wouldn't be the same without him!

Az Elias

Az Elias

Games & Editorial Director

Az started playing video games with the SNES and Game Boy, and has owned a variety of systems over the years, being open to most types of games. His favourite series include The Legend of Zelda, Final Fantasy and Metroid.

A passionate Welshman, Az created the website WalesInGames.com, documenting video games that reference his home country of Wales, and highlighting and promoting Welsh representation within one of his favourite hobbies. Follow @WalesInGames on social and video channels for fun Welsh gaming content!

Az's other passions include tennis, football, cats, and slowly but surely trying to learn Welsh. Iechyd da!

Sandy Kirchner-Wilson

Sandy Kirchner-Wilson

Social Media and Community Manager

Sandy has been playing and enjoying video games ever since receiving a Game Boy Color at the age of seven. As an avid follower of Nintendo and Sony, he has had many great (and not so great!) gaming experiences with every genre. If he had to pick one genre to play above all others it would be horror action, as exemplified by his favourite series Resident Evil.

Lilly Kirchner

Lilly Kirchner

Senior Editor and Writer

Loving the world of JRPGs and puzzles, Lilly has been a fan of video games for a long time. Her favourites include Final Fantasy X, Professor Layton and Persona 5. She enjoys anime and cosplaying, and has a degree in Psychology research. One day she hopes to connect hobby and job by researching how video games can aid people in real life.

Ofisil (Athanasios Aravositas) has contemplated on the meaning of life the universe and everything at least 42 times. He carries around a wooden sword, wears a +5 INT -15 CHA cloak, and plays life in Nightmare Mode.

Luke Hemming

Luke Hemming

Social Media Manager

Quiet reviewer with a love for all things Nintendo.

Street Fighter Connoisseur and sucker for any Fantasy considered Final. Recent Dragon Quester.

Outside of the gaming world rabid Comic Book Collector who always thought Robin deserved more credit and PR/Super Sentai Aficionado.

Brian Emanuel

Reviewer

Canyarion

Reviewer

Cassey Lo Reniva

Cassey Lo Reniva

Reviewer

Cassey is a graphic design specialist who loves dancing, cooking, photography and video-making, oh and playing with her cute cat, Miko!

Her highly adaptable working attitude and dependable nature means she can turn her hand to anything that comes her way, and that is why she is quickly becoming Cubed3's lifestyle expert, taking on and enjoying the lighter side of the gaming world, from anything cute and fluffy to tinkering with tech and gadgets, as well as dabbling in a bit of retro videogaming from time to time.

Expect to see her glowing up Cubed3's social channels!

Chris Leebody

Chris Leebody

Reviewer

Chris is a 26 year old English Literature graduate (currently studying masters degree in journalism) from Belfast, United Kingdom.

He is a full time training journalist who has been playing video games since he was a small child and has spent the best part of half a life times earnings so far on buying games. He is a particular fan of PC gaming as well as the Playstation and Nintendo platforms and loves playing any Role Playing or RTS game.

Coller Entragian

Reviewer

David Lovato

David Lovato

Reviewer

Born in California, David spent his youth moving around the country, but never lost his love of writing and video games. A lifelong Nintendo fan, David believes a great game can come from anywhere, and is always on the hunt for the next one.

Dustin Chadwell

Reviewer

Eric Ace

Eric Ace

Reviewer

Eric is a Cubed3 reviewer for the PS3, PS4, 3DS, VITA and PC systems, with a long history of RPG and strategy game backgrounds. He began gaming with the NES and quickly gravitated to RPGs and platform games.

flynnie

Review & Feature Writer

Greg Giddens

Reviewer

Greg has a strong passion for technology and prides himself on his knowledge and understanding of old, current and emerging gadgetry. Having spent several years trying to find the perfect fit for where he wanted to build a career, he became a videogames journalist, writing about and critiquing games for various places.

Josh Di Falco

Reviewer

Raised in a family with a NES controller in his hand, Josh grew up with Super Mario Bros. and IronSword: Wizards & Warriors II. Before too long, the NES had to make way for the PlayStation, as Spyro the Dragon and Final Fantasy VIII took over the rest of his childhood. It was at this point that he realised his love for RPGs. Josh is not afraid to invest hundreds of hours into a Gwent, Triple Triad or Blitzball session, while trying to save the world from an impending doom.

Joshua Goldie

Reviewer

Josh is the Editor over at Source Gaming and is an all-round Nintendo expert. Source Gaming is a website dedicated to providing accurate and high-quality content to gamers across the globe. It has writers in all three of gaming’s biggest territories (EU, US and Japan) and appeals to a worldwide audience. Its content includes exclusive translations, interviews, news discussions, reviews, opinion pieces and editorials.

Justin Prinsloo

Justin Prinsloo

Reviewer

Many strings to his bow!

Kevin Tsai

Reviewer

Lee Mehr

Reviewer

Contractor by trade and writer by hobby, Lee's obnoxious criticisms have found a way to be featured across several gaming sites: N4G, VGChartz, Gaming Nexus, DarkStation, TechRaptor, and Cubed3! He started gaming in the mid-90s and has had the privilege in playing many games across a plethora of platforms. Reader warning: each click given to his articles only helps to inflate his Texas-sized ego. Proceed with caution.

Lina D

Reviewer

Luna Eriksson

Reviewer

Michael McCann

Reviewer

Nayu

Nayu

Reviewer

Nayu is is an avid gamer, in-depth book reviewer, exceptional writer, queen crocheter, as well as being a champion craft & life blogger.

Nikola Suprak

Reviewer

Nikola has been writing reviews for games so long that his fifth grade book report of The Giver was actually a review of Conker's Bad Fur day. He failed the assignment but kindled a lifetime passion of telling everyone he saw about which games he liked and didn't liked. He continues to review games as a public service to prevent games like Final Fantasy: All The Bravest from falling into the hands of unsuspecting, innocent people.

He is a longtime fan of RPGs, FPSs, and other acronym based gaming genres. Some of his favorite games include Lunar: Silver Star Story, Suikoden II, Super Mario Galaxy, and Paper Mario. Outside of gaming, Nikola enjoys writing, basketball, and trying to find a prosecutor willing to charge the developer of The Letter with a crime against humanity. It is harder than you may think.

Quince Boansi

Reviewer

Renan Fontes

Reviewer

An avid-lover of all things Metal Gear Solid, Devil May Cry, and pretentious French lit, Ren has beaten DMC3 on Dante Must Die at least five times, and is deathly terrified of what series Capcom and Konami are going to target next.

Rudy Lavaux

Review and Feature Writer

Having some previous experience writing absurdly long reviews for some French website, Rudy gladly joined the ranks of C3 to share his love for video games... which equals his love for writing about them. Despite first experiencing video games on a SEGA arcade machine, and developing his skills at home on his parents' Commodore 64 and Atari 2600, he fell in love with Nintendo after trying Metroid for the NES back in the day. He's always bought Nintendo's consoles first since the days of the Game Boy and Super Nintendo, only occasionally buying another brand to taste the great exclusives that the competition offered (rumour has it that he first cheated on Nintendo with a PC-Engine in his early gaming days). He's such a manic collector that he can't beat his games as fast as he buys them. He can't stand missing a single game in his favourite series. He's also a bit of a MacGyver, always coming up with the most improbable ways to fix up his broken stuff... and managing to do so. As a Belgian, he also enjoys good beer, chocolate, mussels, chips and making fun of politics. Oh, and reporting C3 bugs to Jorge!

Shane Jury

Reviewer

Shane happened upon this fair community of Cubed3 whilst browsing the newly-opened portal of the World Wide Web, and has stuck around ever since. Kicking things off with a Master System, Shane soon went for the best of both worlds with a Mega Drive and a Super Nintendo. Every generation since he's been on the Nintendo bandwagon, together with an occasional hop on the Sony and Microsoft wagons, with a broad perspective and a willingness to try anything. Shane is a fan of many titles and franchises, including Pokemon, Mario, Final Fantasy, The Legend of Zelda, Viewtiful Joe and, most of all, Sonic.

Stuart Lawrence

Reviewer

Past Contributors

A huge thank you to our previous contributors – each of whom have had a huge impact on the Cubed3 journey! Many of our contributors have continued in the video game and journalism industries, securing roles at leading publishers and agencies.

Adam Anouer, Alex Allison, Andrew, Aria DiMezzo, Barry Lewis, Ben, Ben Clarke, Blizzard224, Bonny Ramsay, Brandon (Michael) Howard, Brian Short, Calum Peak, Camilo Aránguiz González, Carrick Puckett, Charlie Shepherd, Christian 'Reggie' Wait, Corey Wingate, Crazy Ted, Dan Stanyon, Daniel Rivas, Dave Beasley, David Jennings, David Kelly, Delton Cox, Drew Hurley, Eggbert Manning, Fraser Wilson, Freda Cooper, Gabriel Jones, Gareth F, Gavin Proctor, Georgina Aindow, Ian Goldberg, Ian Soltes, Izzy Lichi, Jack, Jacob, James Grech, James H., James Hobbs, James Temperton, Jamie Greenhill, Jamie Mercer, Javier Jimenez, JEbUS, Jenny Geist, Jimmy, Joe Brukner, Joe DeAndrea, Joel Burton, John Boyle, John Graham, John Son, Jordan Hurst, Joseph Hawkins, Joseph Walsh, Joshua Callum Jeffery, Joshua Goldsmith, Karn Spydar Lee Bianco, Katie Livingston, Keza Macdonald, Kid_Dynamo, Kyle Henderson, Lee Sanders, Leigh Groocock, Leo Epema, Lewis Richards, Lex Firth, Liam Cook, Mandown, Marcus Myers, Mark Heery, Mark Sedge, Martin Watts, Matt Desind, Matteo Carlarino, Matthew Evans, Michael Keener, Michael Vondung, Michael Whittaker, Mike Mason, Nick Cheesman, Ninjaaa, Noah Fatale, Nyhm, Olivia Falk, Paul McEnery, Peter, Phil Beveridge, Reece Warrender, Rob, Robert Blowes, Rory W. Renehan, Ross M., Ross Morley, Sam Edwards, Sam Rogers, Sam Turner, Sandy Kirchner-Wilson, Seumidh MacDonald, Shanker Varma, SimonTruckell, SirLink, Slydevil, Steven Mattern, Stu D, Suzie Gray, Taylor Fielding, Thom Compton, Thomas Wrobel, TJ, Tomas Barry, Tommy Robbins, Tomson, Unknown, Vikki, Waver92, Wes Maulsby, William, William Lowery