• 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...

  • Rock Band 2 (X360)

    ...freebies to be released Tuesday,5 and you get a large number you can figure out for yourself because when you have no soul, math problems are something you just don’t...

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

    ...is still around, you’re now a mighty pirate, and you still have your lady Elaine hanging around (quite literally hanging around) but there’s not much else follow up. The game...

  • Braid (X360-XBLA)

    ...I banged Sprite Monkey’s mum last night2, and the entirety of the gameplay would lay unchanged. It’s not a deal breaker, and the story itself is about as complex(ish) as...

  • The Legend of the Mystical Ninja (SNES)

    My current problem with the gaming journalism culture, both amateur and professional, small and large, known and unknown, is its incessant need to tell me the TOP TEN GAMES I’VE...

  • Quantum Geek: Episode 3 – This Mortal Coil

    ...He reasoned that it was probably because of his not-so-latent hatred for the game and its seemingly insurmountable legions of enemies. Tom found himself growing increasingly frantic, for he knew...

  • 32-Bit Genocide This Weekend

    ...in Baltimore this Saturday. The show will feature video game cover bands, video game artists, and a number of consoles from gaming’s history. Doors open at 5, music starts at...

  • Soul Blazer (SNES)

    ...to really talk about, aside from some nicely done large-scale boss sprites and a partially-animated ending credit sequence, similar to the opening for Lagoon. The world map has always been...

  • testgame.exe: Making the Adventure

    ...might have made them do that action on purpose later on. Oh sigh. Enough long-windedness. Where was I? Ah, yes. Play the game! TestGame v. 38 (no extra programs needed...

  • Project Sylpheed (X360)

    ...short of epic, even though it has a large cast of supporting characters. None of them break common anime stereotypes, and they all are largely uninteresting to follow. Some parts...