Archive for Tag: Shawn Sackenheim

  • Great Moments in Gaming #8

    Columns Columns by Shawn Sackenheim on

    Some games you can pick up and play, some you give a good week's rental to, and some dig their sharp caveman incisors into your head and just won't let go! We're back in 1998 now, on the sixth floor o

  • Bonanza Bros. (SG)

    Reviews Reviews by Shawn Sackenheim on

    Bonanza Bros. sticks closely to the early '90s game design bible, which states, “Thou shalt not burden thine audience with a story.”

  • WarioWare: Mega Micro Reviews

    Blog Posts Blog Posts by Shawn Sackenheim on

    Ask a developer to create a game and they'd be more than happy to dig out design documents, market research reports and little notecards summarizing their pitch to potential publishers. Ask them to de

  • Gauntlet: Seven Sorrows (MXB)

    Reviews Reviews by Shawn Sackenheim on

    Gauntlet isn’t about epic storytelling or robust character development; it’s about whacking the crap out of lots and lots of enemies.

  • Great Moments in Gaming #7

    Columns Columns by Shawn Sackenheim on

    With the State of Emergency lifted in 1990 and the apartheid system on its way out, the stage was set for a South African Formula One Grand Prix. Little did anyone know that the GP would only be run for two years before financial strains and the unstable economy would force the circuit out of the F1's roster.