Over the last fourteen years, musuo masters have seen the Dynasty Warriors series recontextualized to a number of interesting settings- from Samurai Warriors’ feudal Japanese context, Warriors: Legends of Troy‘s Homeric era, to Bladestorm: Hundred ...
Read More »Alien Zombie Megadeath Review
What is the concept? Don’t let the peculiar name discourage you. Alien Zombie Megadeath is Pom-Pom Games (the Mutant Storm series, Astro Tripper) high-definition remake of last year’s PSP Mini triumph, Alien Zombie Death. Each ...
Read More »Arcana Heart 3 Review
Fate certainly hasn’t smiled upon Arcana Heart 3. Relegated to niche status by the franchise’s fetishized roster of teenage girls, the third entry in the series was released hours before the Playstation Network outage. Most ...
Read More »Best of E3 2011- Dragon’s Crown
It’s a shame most stateside Saturn owners were never able to experience Atlus’ Princess Crown– an action RPG which had some of the most sumptuous hand-drawn animation seen on Sega’s 32-bit system. Fourteen years later, ...
Read More »Dirt 3 Review
Like many other Americans in the early 1990’s, I was shamefully unaware of the virtues of rally racing. With the bulk of stateside television stations and magazines overlooking the sport, gaming was responsible for sparking ...
Read More »L.A. Noire Review
In the early years of the new millennium, industry analysts tossed around the phrase “convergence” with reckless abandon. Referring to the symbiotic development between new interactive media and classic Hollywood, the two realms have often ...
Read More »Thor: God of Thunder Review
By now, you may have already heard that Thor: God of Thunder is a horrendous pile. I received the game a little late, and figured that, since I was given the opportunity to see the ...
Read More »Virtua Tennis 4 Review
Whereas most now-gen sport franchises are resolute in their efforts toward realism, the Virtua Tennis has persistently delivered a quirky interpretation of the sport. Verisimilitude be damned, the series’ signature ingredient is its eccentric selection ...
Read More »LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game Review
In 2003, with the theatrical release of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl looming, many critics speculated on the success of turning a Disneyland thrill ride into a full-length feature film. ...
Read More »(Near) Flawless Victory- Mortal Kombat Review
Whereas the Street Fighter series upheld it’s twenty year reign by maintaining its technical sophistication, the Mortal Kombat franchise has often resorted to gimmicks to preserve an audience. From delivering a succession of increasingly outrageous ...
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