• Cooking Mama (DS)

    ...for screwing up. The minigames range from the mind-numbingly simple (like typing in the correct number on a numeric keypad/cooking timer) to some that require good timing (tapping different ingredients...

  • [NSFW] Mighty Final Fight (NES)

    ...The only parts that should give you any difficulty at all are the later bosses that are fucking cheap. As for the look and sound of the game, it’s about...

  • 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,...

  • [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...

  • Cheat Codes for Life

    ...that. When selling games, you have a number of options. You could sell them to game shops, like E B Games or GameStop, but you’re going to get ripped horribly,...

  • 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...

  • 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...

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

    ...of EVERY dollar given from EVERY organization in this country, a dime comes from the Gates Foundation. In a few years that number will grow. Right now, they give money...

  • 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”)...

  • 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...