Out of This World may have sluggish gameplay, but it’s atmosphere delivered the frights.
As a writer, I really value the art of crafting a description that accurately conveys an idea that I’m expressing to the reader. It doesn’t necessarily have to be witty, just clear and concise. So when it came time to describe Baseball Stars 2 visuals to an associate who’d never seen SNK’s classic in action [...]
Virtual Vox Pop is a weekly open mic in which we ask you, the reader, to sound off on a particular topic. This week, it’s video game imports. Human beings are a fickle bunch. In our never-ending pursuit of good times and warm fuzzies, we often overlook just how good we’ve got it. Allow me [...]
Here it is, kids. Remember, this Wii exclusive (that’s still a head-scratcher) will be released on January 26th, 2010.
When Harmonix released Rock Band for iPhone earlier this month, many pundits deemed that Tapulous and its successful Tap Tap Revenge series was doomed to be crushed by the face of virtual music games. Even if that knee-jerk response happens to prove correct, Tapulous ain’t going out without tossing roundhouses; the company announced that Tap [...]
As a member of the media, I wade through a near-insurmountable number of press releases per day, many of which attempt to hype a game by simply scattering the word “new” or, even worse, a “!!!” throughout the text. It’s pretty ho-hum stuff overall, but Aksys Games has restored my faith in the press release [...]
Vampires rule this country and there’s nothing to be done that can stop their reign. A casual stroll through Barnes & Noble this past weekend opened my eyes to this fact as I watched teenagers, young adults, and a few people who looked to be beyond the target demographic flock to the True Blood and [...]
To be perfectly honest, before the age of 10, I really disliked football. I hated the concept of “downs”; it just seemed to bring the otherwise kick ass action to a sudden and screeching halt. I hated the flags; seemed too prissy for a sport in which 300-pound men knee one another in the groin [...]
Fifteen years ago, David Perry, Tommy Tallarico, and Doug TenNapel created video game gold when they melded their magic to produce Shiny Entertainment’s Earthworm Jim, an instant classic of the 16-bit era that featured tight action, remarkable character designs, absurd humor, and an incredible soundtrack. Although the sequels didn’t quite live up to the original’s [...]
Virtual Vox Pop is a weekly open mic in which we ask you, the reader, to sound off on a particular topic. This week, it’s other games that could use the Half-Minute Hero treatment. Half-Minute Hero, as detailed in our hands-on time with XSEED’s RPG on speed, stripped the tediousness out of the role-playing genre [...]
