• Are You Game?: Nintendo DS

    ...self-discovery and disappointment! -210 or less, Pralines and Dick. You should have your DS taken away and given to a squirrel, because even a squirrel will make better use of...

  • Project Sylpheed (X360)

    ...a ramming attack that you’ll never use because it lasts two seconds. If you actually manage to hit something in those two seconds, then by the gods, you were meant...

  • Soulcalibur IV (PS3)

    ...to pay for them all, and you can’t, as of now, use your own music, but it’s still a nice thing to have available. You can also change the music...

  • The Blackwell Legacy (PC)

    ...gameplay is spent manipulating “notes.” There are items, sure, but they don’t get used very often—and when you do use them, they’re used automatically whenever you click on that which...

  • Zatikon (PC)

    ...the check-out counter?” I arched an eyebrow and said, “Yes it is, ’cause I’ma checkin’ you out!” Unfortunately, my boss overheard and totally overreacted. Now I’m out of the job....

  • Chains (PC)

    ...fails, not only because none of the songs are great to listen to, but because they’re all hard-panned to the right stereo speaker. $15 doesn’t go as far as it...

  • Day of the Tentacle (PC)

    ...two games, so, while the tried and true formula of clicking “pick up,” “use,” “push,” etc., is familiar, the graphical advancements that had taken place pushed the game to a...

  • Inside the Guide: Pajama Sam 1, 2, and 4

    ...in the lunchroom (which means you’ll have to use coins from the rainbow in the test room to buy him and when he gets stuck, use a can of earthquake...

  • Carbonated News: July 2009

    ...case this month (July), as there were no big conferences recently. Well, except for Comic-Con 2009, but we’re not going to report about what happened there because we’re sick and...

  • Pokémon Trading Card Game (GBC)

    ...games, back before the times of wi-fi and Friend Codes, multiplayer in Pokémon Trading Card Game was made possible through the use of a Game Link Cable, an item I...