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, ...
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BlueSwim’s Take: The 3DS launched just a shade over two months ago. Since then, it has seen the release of not just one, but two quality fighting games: Super Street Fighter IV: 3D Edition and ...
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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 »The 3rd Birthday Review
Players expecting The 3rd Birthday to recall the tense PE-managing mechanics of its decade-old inspiration are likely to be disappointed. Beyond the return of the Aya Brea and a handful of references to events, people, ...
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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