• Grand Theft Auto IV (X360)

    ...technique of focusing on the cell phone left a lot to be desired in plot and mission progression, where waiting for a phone call or getting called about something abruptly...

  • The Professor Layton Series in the U.S.

    ...cell phone game, the other cell phone game, the special edition of the first game, and the really short bonus story for the second game. People are most excited about...

  • New Phoenix Wright Game Released! (In Japan.)

    ...phones. This appears to be a multiplayer game, where the two players take turns trying to get matches. When you get a match, your opponent’s life meter goes down, just...

  • Phoenix Wright Saves a Whale

    ...all morning. “All right, all right, don’t double team me again,” Phoenix said wearily, paying for tickets for all three of them. The girls cheered and grabbed their tickets from...

  • 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...

  • Cybernator (SNES)

    ...of mint ice cream and ending up with a mouthful of cheap, plasticy chocolate bits that you have to chew over for a minute. When I’m in the middle of...

  • [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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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,...