• Gamer Girlfriend: Friends Don’t Let Friends Play (Crappy) Facebook Games

    ...course, the more I play, the more I remember why it was that I set my ban on Facebook games in the first place. The number one reason is that...

  • Mega Man (PC)

    ...quantity of cheap jumping puzzles, the bizarre control scheme, and a hero who glides around like a buttered walrus, Mega Man feels exactly like its NES counterparts in that it...

  • China, Part 1: The Land That Consoles Forgot

    ...indeed not often seen at major retailers, on a recent foray to Beijing I found a number of specialty shops along Gu Lou Dong Da Jie (“Drum Tower East Street”)...

  • Tekken 6 (X360)

    ...level. Cheap as chips, David Dickinson would say. Back onto the list of flaws, there’s the camera. The dodgy farkin’ camera. You can’t move the blasted thing when it’s in...

  • Avenging Spirit (ARC)

    ...popular. It only appeared in a small number of arcades in the U.S., and then vanished in a puff of smoke. Like a ghost often will. Jaleco published Avenging Spirit,...

  • Soulcalibur V (X360)

    ...of Zelda was hitting Mitsurugi ‘twixt the eyes with the Master Sword. The V in Soulcalibur V could refer to the number five, although I believe it refers to the...

  • Submissions (September 2007)

    ...the game utilizes the microphone function and has you repeat quotes from the movie ad nauseum. If that’s how you play then, from what I’ve seen, most of the Internet...

  • Snobow Kids Plus (PSX)

    ...you go sliding down the streets of a small ninja-themed village. Each race consists of a predetermined number of laps. During a race, you and the other three combatants can...

  • EarthBound for Disaster

    ...the implacable critic in me was pleasantly surprised by the superb learning curve, the number of concessions made in favor of the player, and the absolutely unnecessary little touches that...

  • [NSFW] Deathsmiles (X360)

    ...individuality with a number of SHMUP gimmicks. First, after your starting level, you get to determine much of your own path from there by getting to select many levels as...