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

    ...I would say that the music was very influential and funky. Take the Super Mario Bros. theme for example; that was the number one ringtone at one point on Billboard...

  • The Dark Spire (DS)

    ...you can likewise disable the button that shows the automap. There are a number of not-so-optional retro elements to the gameplay. Take, for example, weapons and armor. Their effects are...

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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)

    ...surprise bosses. It’s such a great twist I’m surprised they haven’t raped the shit out of it at the Number 6 dance later on that night. Lord, I do love...

  • Paris Hilton’s Diamond Quest (Mobile)

    ...of the five challenges has its own twist—plus a sixth challenge. Between every odd-numbered city in the Gem Challenge mode, a special challenge is started, which relies on finding pairs...

  • 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

    ...this run, he cuts down the number of deaths to about five. What an improvement! It’s partially due to the fact that he has better platforming skills now, and partly...

  • Love and Hate: Brütal Legend

    ...three main villains, a fact that led me to believe that there would be three chapters to the game; as far as story-telling goes, three is a nice round number....

  • Shadow Complex (X360-XBLA)

    ...home to some of the best arcade games ever made, but it is also home to a number of non-arcade styled games. For every Sonic the Hedgehog, Golden Axe or...

  • Ceville (PC)

    ...too easy, or if I think it overly limits the number of fun interactions you can have with things. Ceville also offers some surprisingly solid voice acting for such a...