• The Vana’diel Diaries (August 2006)

    ...him to fight and die while I turn tail and haul ass for the nearest zone. Perhaps not the behaviour of heroes, and it’s not going to impress the ladies,...

  • Versus Mode: Postal, Pro-Gamers, Bill Gates, and More

    ...their own competition, not the Olympics. Gamers are (stereotypically) not by definition “fit” enough to do this sort of thing. I enjoy rolling around on the floor curled up in...

  • Cheat Codes for Life

    ...masses. Dear Zack, I own roughly 253 videogames, and I’ve only beaten half of them. Not even half. Actually, not even anywhere near half. Of course, some of those games...

  • [NSFW] Mighty Final Fight (NES)

    ...Guy has “descended from ninja.” Last but not least is Haggar. Not only is Haggar Jessica’s father, but he is also the mayor, as well as a former pro-wrestler, making...

  • Taz-Mania (SNES)

    ...the Tasmanian outback, scarfing up a set number of tiny yellow grounded birds in each of the game’s fifteen levels. After you’ve eaten your assigned number of birds (ranging from...

  • Preserving the Plastic: Game Storage

    After amassing a large number of media, whether it be books, CDs, or pornography, the age-old question arises: “Where do I put this crap?” The same goes for video games....

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    Dear Readers: What is an RPG?

    ...the acronym “RPG”, but such was not my mission. One other long-winded poster said that “what defines an RPG is an engrossing plot. Something that thickens.” So, basically, nobody has...

  • Swordquest: WaterWorld

    ...WaterWorld invoked the same “find and place items” style of gameplay as its two predecessors, with the only notable difference being a marginal decrease in the number of items and...

  • Mega Man Zero 2 (GBA)

    ...others in the Mega Man legacy is its grading system. The system counts the number of hits you take, the number of enemies you “retire” and the time taken to...

  • Q&AmeCola: Your First Game

    ...odd game—it’s basically the opposite of every videogame convention from back in the day. You’re not fighting alien spacecrafts; you’re the alien spacecraft, and you’re not saving people; you’re the...