• Jigsaw Madness (PS1)

    ...of adding another game to my endlessly expanding library, and also because it was cheap. I wasn’t expecting it to have decent controls, acceptable presentation and excellent music. I didn’t...

  • StarSweep (PS1)

    ...to play it. If they hadn’t been so cheap in my local retro video game retailer, on that ever so fateful day, I’d have never walked away with Jigsaw Madness...

  • Bleach: Heat the Soul (PSP)

    ...you need to do is whittle down the enemy’s health using cheap tactics and then you win! With only five playable characters (six including the one and only hidden character),...

  • Crimsonland Coming to Steam and PlayStation 4

    ...but with better graphics and without the song?”, and the answer is “yes”. “Yes, MAED is a cheap knockoff of a free game that came out several years earlier.” But...

  • Localization Anxiety: Nintendo World Cup

    ...looks exactly the same. The game only changes the palette colors depending on the team you’re selecting. That just feels a little cheap to me. This is how the USA,...

  • Shovel Knight (PC)

    ...fair throughout, with no cheap shots or cheating bosses. It’s a learning experience up there with the absolute best, splicing modern videogame friendliness to old-school videogame cruelty in the most...

  • Scratching the Itch.io #18

    ...a little on the expensive side at €7.49 (~$9.30), but developing a quality 3D game isn’t cheap. Compared to $60 for a AAA title, that’s a deal. Those were the...

  • The 2014 GameCola Videogame Awards (Part 1)

    ...ride for some cheap painted plastic. Honorable Mention: Wii U GameCube Adapter Best Multiplayer Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Diana Gray: When I first got the 3DS version of...

  • Edna & Harvey: The Breakout (iPad)

    ...kind of disturbing. Now, perhaps the game designers were trying to create a spooky atmosphere. More likely, they were just being cheap with the graphics. It didn’t surprise me to...

  • The 2014 GameCola Videogame Awards (Part 2)

    ...entrenched its position in gaming’s topsoil. Let’s hope its success unearths and fertilises creativity in the indie scene. Not only is it riveting, it’s also dirt cheap, with piles of...