• Final Fantasy I (GBA)

    ...was completely lost, wandering around the world and fighting random encounters for so long that I’d achieved TWICE the number of levels that I’d ever need for anything in the...

  • 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...

  • Dear Readers: Absolutely Real Message Board Posts

    ...number of people with our site tattooed on them and are looking for a few more people who wouldn’t mind the national attention. Come be part of history! Well, that...

  • Cheat Codes for Life

    ...building? Especially now that we have more games that offer more and more freedom. You may agree to help out the shopkeeper, but we all know that you’d really just...

  • Poor Player’s Paradise

    ...positions for converted barbarians, for, if you do not have enough money to pay their upkeep, a certain number of soldiers will be lost. Graphically, this game is nothing to...

  • Gears of War (X360)

    ...shoot Marcus et al full of holes if they don’t have the sense to stay behind cover. The Locust Horde beasties are both frightening and interesting, and employ a number...

  • 0wning the Competition: Wii v.2?

    ...on buying a Wii because (the fact that no one in my area really stocks a significant number of them aside) I’m going to be waiting for the revision. In...

  • Captain Eric’s Super Thumb Feature Presentation

    ...are nothing special—and there’s nowhere near the number in the N64 version. The levels are nothing special and don’t have that cool feel of being from the movies like the...

  • Monkey Island 2: LeChuck’s Revenge (PC)

    ...member of Mensa with an IQ as high as the number of floors in a New York skyscraper. Other than the puzzles, the gameplay is pretty much the same as...

  • Blaster Master (NES)

    ...good portion of my childhood. Being fairly long for an NES game, and requiring a good amount of knowledge of level layout and boss strategy, it has a great number...