• The Vana’diel Diaries (March 2007)

    ...EVERYONE pulled, and we intentionally pulled links so we’d have mobs waiting for us – our bard kept them asleep until we were ready to execute the beasties. We beat...

  • Final Fantasy II (SNES)

    ...in execution, most problems of which are due to the era in which it was produced. There’s not a bad track in the game, with a fair number of songs...

  • Metroid II: Return of Samus (GB)

    The atomic bomb had been dropped. The Axis of Evil had been defeated. The war-weary soldiers of the world were finally able to go home and have the rest they...

  • Burnout Paradise (PS3)

    ...is no exception, with every car available handling corners at high speeds easily and absorbing damage without undue effect (at least until the wheels start to fall off). Progression is...

  • Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)

    ...legacy once again. Super Mario Galaxy shares its premise with all the other 3D Mario games. In order to save the princess, you need to travel to a number of...

  • Donkey Kong Barrel Blast (Wii)

    ...the Wiimote and nunchuck will accelerate you until you reach top speed, at which point you don’t have to shake them anymore until you get smacked in the face by...

  • Rayman (PS1)

    ...with five-to-six or so levels in each stage and any number of screens within those levels within those stages. The stages have themes like forest, surreal music, caverns, umm…stationary? and...

  • Snowboard Kids (N64)

    ...hardcore snowboarding contest. There’s Slash, who serves as the all-around, happy-go-lucky, I-love-snowboarding hero. Then there’s Linda, the older, snobby, rich girl who just happens to have the money to send...

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

    ...Kitten’s Out of Jail,” which is a lyric from They Might Be Giants’ song “Out of Jail.” Sunday, December 2: Worked on the guide all the way up to the...

  • Gamer Girlfriend: I Am the Shock Rat

    ...mode was completed, he moved on to the minigames and other extras. And so it went long into the night. I didn’t actually get to play Smash Bros. myself until...