• 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...

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    Dear Readers: What is an RPG?

    ...definition of a role-playing game really is. After looking back at all of the RPGs that I’ve beaten, I realized that the number of such games is embarrassingly small, and...

  • 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....

  • Preserving the Plastic: Connecting Multiple Systems

    ...to your TV or require RCA connections. Once you find one with the connection you are looking for and the right number of connections on the back, for the RCA...

  • 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...

  • Submissions (August 2004)

    ...better. Also, what of Astro Boy, which Stuart has as number one on his top ten list? How is it that this game (among three others) is better than the...

  • Dear Readers: MAGFest 5

    ...20740 February 1, 2007 Number of videogame conventions I have attended: 4 Number of videogame conventions that have given me, completely unexpectedly, dog tags with the name “Paul ‘gamecola’ Franzen”...

  • [NSFW] Oh, the Humanity!: Tomb Raider

    ...movie is spent trying to establish that Lara Croft is super-cool. She’s always listening to techno music and cruising around in any number of stylish vehicles. Mostly, the movie attempts...

  • Home Modifications: The Peggle 2 Saw Pipeline

    ...decided to achieve the one-hundred percent completion of the lovely little title Peggle 2. The Peggle series is composed of Pachinko-like games, where you launch a limited number of balls...