As the industry shifts away from physical media, we are seeing an increasing amount of games which straddle the aesthetics of a full-priced retail release with the abridged play-time common for digital downloads. One notable ...
Read More »‘Head’ of the Pack- Raskulls Review
Over the last three decades, Namco has labored to keep Pac-Man relevant. From forsaking his labyrinthine confines for a puzzle solving quest in 1994’s Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures to restructuring memorable dot-munching mechanics into ...
Read More »Battlefield Bad Company 2: Vietnam Review
At a price point once reserved for full-featured expansions, gamers have quickly acclimated to the fifteen dollar set of multiplayer maps. As Modern Warfare 2‘s Stimulus and Resurgence (and expectedly- Black Op‘s similarly priced) packs ...
Read More »Role-Playing Tapestry- TalesWeaver
One of the most crucial rudiments of any MMO is a generous and liberal reward system. With so many competitors in the free-to-play area, a successful games should offer simultaneous enticements to players, to keep ...
Read More »Short Fused Satisfaction- Bomberman Live: Battlefest Review
Four years ago, I feared that Bomberman might have ignited his last explosive. As the once-vibrant franchise faced dwindling interest, Hudson Soft released Bomberman: Act Zero, a title which transposed the cartoonish series into a ...
Read More »Our Home’s Fox Deity Review
Between a tag-team assault on PSP screens lead by Cladun: This is an RPG and Z.H.P. Unlosing Ranger vs. Darkdeath Evilman, as well as a trio of exquisitely packaged anime, the second half of 2010 ...
Read More »A World of Keflings Review
In gaming, there are few sensations as rewarding as beating a tyrannically difficult title. At least some of the appeal of games like Demon’s Souls or Super Meat Boy emanate from developers daring players to ...
Read More »Podcast 5-7: Pissed At Prinnies
This week DesertEagle agonizes over Prinny 2: Dawn of Operation Panties, Dood!, relaxes with The World of Keflings, while SeanNOLA dons a pair of body-hugging tights to fight evil in DC Universe Online. Meanwhile, Sage ...
Read More »A Ride on the Wild Side- nail’d Review
Over the years, Psygnosis/SCE Studio Liverpool’s Wipeout games have influenced a multitude of imitators, with a scant few titles ever coming close to duplicating the franchise’s high speed thrills. Arguably, the series greatest virtue is ...
Read More »Pinball FX 2: Marvel Pinball Review
Midway through his second ball and racing toward a respectable spot on the online leaderboards, a friend noted, “I forgot how fun pinball can be”. Where a number of shining console simulations ranging from Pinball ...
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