The Raiden series carries a legacy of remarkably solid, well-designed shooters that never fail to impress, yet the individual entries never seem to make it into shooter fans’ Top 10 lists. DonPachi is pure bullet hell; Ikaruga, with its polarity-shifting gameplay, draws much praise; Mars Matrix‘ mosquito system turns the enemies’ guns on back on [...]

Remember the painful days of yesteryear when Japan had a lock on all extremely cool video game bonus items? If there was an art book to be had, it was there. If there was a soundtrack to drool over, it was there. But publishers are now seeing the value of supplying die hards with goodies; [...]