• Mega Man

    ...him, so he’s not very mega. Who came up with the title for this game, again? In any case, Mega Man is a very difficult NES platformer, and we’ve got...

  • Love and Hate: Brütal Legend

    ...the radio. Did you read that last sentence and somehow not think it sounds awesome? If so, you are lame and shall not be carried off to Valhalla when you...

  • Shadow Complex (X360-XBLA)

    ...XBLA—it makes everything else in the library look like a ROM packaged with an emulator. Last year, Microsoft ran a promotion called “Summer Heatwave” on Xbox Live Arcade, releasing a...

  • 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...

  • Paris Hilton’s Diamond Quest (Mobile)

    ...good addition. Other lacking areas include the Audio—which is very limited, considering what else I have played on the mobile platform. There are a number of unlockables that you can...

  • testgame.exe: Making the Adventure

    ...moments. More work on Herkimer’s sprite. He can face downward now. Background work: front of castle, castle kitchen, Herkimer’s room, guard room. Lots and lots of editing and other various...

  • Guitar Hero 5 (X360)

    ...despite being called Guitar Hero. So if you wanted Guitar Hero 5 to do what it should (drop the other blasted instruments and take us back to Guitar and Bass),...

  • Flash Flood: Games IN SPAAAAACE!

    ...little touches make this an outstanding space shooter. You can fire in four different directions, regardless of which way you’re moving. You can periodically buy powerups from a cute little...

  • New Videogame Releases for the Week of January 25th, 2010

    ...Kings (DS) Shadow of Destiny (PSP) TNA: Cross the Line (PSP) Tatsunoko VS. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars (Wii) The Lost Inca Prophecy (PC) Wednesday: KrissX (Xbox Live Arcade) Friday: Toki Tori...

  • Tales of Monkey Island: Lair of the Leviathan (PC)

    ...is by stealing every item you possibly can, and then putting them all in your pants, but too many of these puzzles had me asking questions like “why can I...