Archive for Tag: Stuart Gipp

  • Great Moments in Gaming #4

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    Playing Abe's Oddysee, you are tramping around Rupture Farms, experimenting with the buttons. You press a certain button combination and a flatulent sound is heard. Your brain goes into joy-spasms. Did --- did the lead character just FART? You try it again. Abe farts again. You cry tears of joy. Then you find a sleeping enemy and fart on him. He instantly wakes up and fillets you. You don't care --- ABE CAN, NAY, MUST FART AT WILL. When you find out that flatulence is integral to beating the game, you just laugh even harder.

  • Mega Man Zero 3 (GBA)

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    This game is an excellent example of what has become a rather predictable series.

  • Radical Rex (SG)

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    Forget the T-Rex—the only species worth its salt was the Radical Rex.

  • Great Moments in Gaming #3

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    Doom on your state-of-the-art 486 was less a game, more an experience. However, after battling through two episodes, it begins to get a little stale. Up comes the final level of episode two, "Tower of Babel". "Ho-hum", you think as you run into an empty arena, "the designers really have given up." Then your screen turns red and you lose 80% of your health. With a bold exclamation of "What the fuck" you turn to see an ungodly monstrosity, the Cyberdemon. Another rocket promptly smacks you in the face and you die. Enraged, you boot your saved game and ready your rocket launcher. This baby’s goin’ down. Sadly, you underestimate the maneuverability of a 10-foot demon from Hell and get yourself owned again. Third time’s the charm though, as you are victorious after a hide-and-peek 20-minute battle. On to episode three with renewed vigour!

  • Rayman Advance (GBA)

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    Good to look at, but is it good to play? Let's find out.

  • Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster’s Hidden Treasure (SG)

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    This thin plot calls for a PLATFORM GAME!

  • Great Moments in Gaming #2

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    You're playing Sonic the Hedgehog, having just purchased it for a small wad of your hard-earned. You begin. You fail to see what all the fuss is about. Just a typical platform game. As you doze off, you continue to run to the right, leaping pedestrian obstacles and avoiding predictable enemies, when suddenly -- you hit The Loop. THE LOOP. Your mind races to keep up with the INSANITY as Sonic does a 360 LOOP, violating all laws of physics and gravity. Your head swims. Your body shakes. Another loop. Is all it takes.

  • Astro Boy: The Omega Factor (GBA)

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    Actually, I think I'll go out on a limb and say that this whole game is a highlight.

  • Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (SMS)

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    This game has plenty of merits and is in many ways superior to its 16-bit cousin.

  • Oddworld: Abe’s Exoddus (PS1)

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    This is a rare piece of PSOne magic, and you should check it out as soon as possible.