Traditionally, beat ‘em ups have represented the most basic of video game storytelling and gameplay mechanics. Three of the most beloved and respected games in the genre – – Double Dragon, Final Fight, and River City Ransom – – feature protagonists on vengeful missions to rescue their kidnapped girlfriend from goons. It’s hardly the most [...]
Anyone with a passing familiarity with The Warriors knows that it’s prime fodder for conversion into a decent video game. The cult movie centers on a rough and tumble Brooklyn street gang that’s framed for the murder of Cyrus, the most gangsta of gangstas, who holds an uptown meeting in Van Cortland Park in an [...]
Beat ‘em ups is a genre that fueled my early gaming years. Looking back at hundreds (thousands?!) of dollars I had dropped into arcades around New York City, the vast majority of those Benjies fired up Captain America and The Avengers, Double Dragon, Final Fight, The Simpsons, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. In all honesty, [...]
I haven’t played a MMO since the early days of City of Heroes. I was unemployed, having been recently laid off after a year’s stint at the now-defunct Sync magazine, and looking for a way to relax between mad rushes to find freelance work. In retrospect, spending $15 a month on a video game wasn’t [...]
If you’re looking to smash heads this evening, Rick Ajax and Lori Machete are more than willing to be your tools of destruction with today’s release of Vogster’s Unbound Saga. The digital download tells the tale of two comic book characters who wage war against the book’s creator (“The Maker”) and his minions. I pow [...]
Chances are that when you think of MMORPGs, elaborate, detailed polygonal charaters and backgrounds hack and slash their way into your thoughts. But, as Gamasutra‘s Brandon Sheffield discovered by kickin’ it with Yunjong Kim, director of Dungeon Fighter Online, that style of game isn’t the only option for the genre. Gamasutra: I really like 2D games [...]
A few weeks ago, my friend Gabriel stopped by to take in a couple of rounds of Hokuto no Ken for the PlayStation 2, as he’s a huge fan of the American Fist of the Northstar movie, hilariously bad Streamline dub and all. After several minutes of being dazzled by the sexy visuals and fun [...]
