• Versus Mode: China, Bob’s Game, Bullshots, and More

    ...national hero in China. He got to be a national hero the way Hitler got to be a national hero—by killing millions of people who disagreed with him. Not to...

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    Forums, RSS and Rating Problems

    ...difficulties with these upgrades that have effected the following services in some way: Comments may take some time to load on each page. Additionally, the number of comments on a...

  • Versus Mode: Early Game Music, Military Recruitment, and More

    ...Magazine’s Hot Ringtones chart, and it’s still charting after several years. The Legend of Zelda theme is universal. Numerous other games from that era also had fine soundtracks. However, if...

  • The Dark Spire (DS)

    ...“solved”, when progress was not “saved” but recorded in a 500-character “password”, and when our parents did not ask to join in a game of “Wii” but instead shouted down...

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    Avenue Flo (Mac)

    ...the music was correspondingly upbeat and happy-sounding. There was even a big, splashy musical number at the beginning, in which all the characters got together and sang all about how...

  • Mega Man 3 (NES)

    So, me and newcomer Nathaniel Hoover, the poorest Meteo Xavier clone I’ve ever seen (though, in his defense, not the poorest I’ve ever created) are splitting the un-reviewed Mega Man...

  • Paris Hilton’s Diamond Quest (Mobile)

    ...(referred to as “Forget-Me-Not”s). There are a slew of other play modes, plus Gameloft’s own trend, the “Instant Action” mode. Choosing this throws you directly into a challenge and serves...

  • Inside the Guide: Is It A Walkthrough or An FAQ?

    ...over ten years, I guess the total number of guides has really piled up! Hooray for perseverance! Yesterday, I finished writing walkthrough #99, for Nancy Drew Dossier: Lights, Camera, Curses!....

  • Mega Man

    ...Well, actually, he's not a man. He's a robot. And the robot bosses he fights are all bigger than him, so he's not very mega. Who came up with the...

  • Love and Hate: Brütal Legend

    I wrapped up Brütal Legend the other day, and for some reason I cannot stop thinking about it. It’s a good game, yes, but also a very flawed game. When...