• Final Fantasy II (SNES)

    ...for the game in that respect. Most people’s complaints are that the game is too linear, although that never stopped them from enjoying a movie. Others say that it’s too...

  • Metroid II: Return of Samus (GB)

    ...my youth in the early days of the Game Boy. That game was Metroid II: Return of Samus. A somewhat forgotten sequel of the Metroid series—like many games before the...

  • Burnout Paradise (PS3)

    ...game about driving very fast from Point A to Point B, smashing into whatever you feel like along the way. Other drivers are fair game to be shunted off the...

  • Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)

    ...Wii-specific game. The gameplay could have been as easily done on the GameCube. In fact, a good portion of the gameplay is almost indistinguishable from the previous titles. There are...

  • Donkey Kong Barrel Blast (Wii)

    ...up for the game’s controls. Small history lesson: Barrel Blast was originally a GameCube game designed to make use of the DK Bongo controller, where you’d bash on the left...

  • Rayman (PS1)

    ...what separates the casual gamer from the hardcore, and it should be a required course in every game development college on the planet. I’m giving this game… FOUR STARS!!!!!!!!!!!! …out...

  • Snowboard Kids (N64)

    ...part of giving this game a final score, which is difficult for a number of reasons. One, this is GameCola, and their whole FIVE IS EXTREMELY AVERAGE bit is something...

  • Inside the Guide: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

    ...have to write about a really great game. A game that’s absolutely fantastic. A game that people call the best game ever. So I turned on my Wii, stuck in...

  • Gamer Girlfriend: I Am the Shock Rat

    ...irritating the shock rat is to hardcore gamers, I have included a (heavily censored) version of what my boyfriend has to say on the subject: “<Expletive deleted> shock rat! That...

  • Source Nintendo (December 2008)

    Chronicling the must-have Nintendo games of the past month. Nintendo’s two red-hot video game systems, the DS and Wii, got off to an unfortunately slow start when they were first...