The best puzzle games understand one thing; there is a fine line between frustrating and challenging. The best games get into that sweet spot between the two that seems to be irresistible to people. So where does J.U.L.I.A Untold fall … Continue reading
Silent Hill, that lovely town, with the beautiful lakeside amusement park, the quaint local shops, friendly if unusual local populace, sizeable hotels, with ample parking and no queues in the supermarkets. It’d be a wonderful place to visit were it … Continue reading
Deep in the vast bleakness of space, a lone probe ship floats on its quietly merry way. Suddenly out of the black yonder a shower of asteroids pepper the surface, knocking off some possibly essential parts and scratching a few … Continue reading
Something I didn’t mention in my console buying guide is that I almost got a Wii for just two games: Red Steel and No More Heroes. Justifying my love of Red Steel is a topic for another day. We’re going … Continue reading
It’s not ridiculous to think that HD releases are going to spark off confessionals about reviewer backgrounds. It’s the fairest thing for readers. You see, I never really played the Devil May Cry games until I received the Devil May … Continue reading
Twisted Metal is a very American game. It is a game with a fair bit of history, given that it’s first release dates back to the original grey PlayStation. It has always been popular, more over the other side of … Continue reading
So, top ten video games that have a octopus in them: Parodius. Metal Gear Solid 4? Bit of a stretch that one. Alright, so there haven’t been that many good video games with an octopus in them to fill out … Continue reading
It’s Golden Week here in Japan. This eagerly awaited half-term holiday comes as a breath of fresh air to students and white collar workers alike, and is a week-long string of one-day national holidays. It is a time to finally … Continue reading
Giant Robots. It’s obvious that From Software has a great love for them, especially the Mech variety. Armoured Core V is their latest entry into the franchise, and it does some extremely interesting things in terms of the way its … Continue reading
The sum of some amazing effort, one Redditor has spent god knows how many hours editing gameplay footage and cutscene of all three of the Uncharted games into it’s own movie trilogy. morphinapg sez: The Uncharted games are personally my … Continue reading
The team behind Adam’s Venture Episode 3: Revelations made an interesting call when it came to finishing the series’ story. They made a bookend story: half the game is a preface to the first two games, half is the final … Continue reading
EA Sports’ yearly releases of their games constantly manage to bring new and fresh ideas to the plate and even with a ropey few years both on and off the green for Tiger himself, EA’s effort manages to go from … Continue reading
Rainbow Rapture is a game of its time. A tiny divisionary flash game emulator on the Xbox Live Arcade, this game provides a brief flash game style distraction but fails to get any further. So it is the end of … Continue reading
The Resident Evil games occupy the same place as the Silent Hill games: survival horror. With limited resources and unforgiving enemies, the goal is the survival of the protagonist, not the annihilation of all the zombies/mutants/what have you. While one … Continue reading
Ever wonder what GLaDOS was up to before Portal? Based on how similar they sound, it seems she was providing AI assistance to a ruthless navy in the Waterworld landscape of Oil Rush.
You would think a magical land full of toys, candy and historical figures would be heaven on earth, but Tin Town is far from peaceful as the three kingdoms exist with constant backstabbing and bickering that often results in many … Continue reading
There aren’t many classic video game franchises that can entice non-gamers to play. Aside from the Mario series and the rhythm genre it’s difficult to pull in observers. In my University days, Mario Kart fulfilled such a role, after tiring … Continue reading
It says a lot about a game, especially a Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) game, if it’s still being played almost ten years after its release. EVE Online was released way back in May of 2003, and just at the tail … Continue reading
Spring break is here! Their final exams over, students across Japan take it easy for their two weeks of holiday before term begins early next month. This is also a month of great change, and the closing week of March … Continue reading
Sony has recently been reaching back into it’s back catalogue, dusting off some of the all time classics from it’s past with HD magic sprinkles and giving them back to the world, letting everyone bask in their unadulterated glory. But … Continue reading
Nothing says “street” like wearing dodgy clothing, listening to dub-step and hanging about in a car-park. So what better way to spend your time being street than keeping the neighbours awake kicking a ball against a fence.
Puzzle games are the perfect respite from a stressful day at work and this easy on the eye title is the perfect lunch time or net book time killer to unwind. Puzzler World 2 certainly offers a wealth of games … Continue reading
One of the truly forgotten genres must be the flying down a tunnel genre, as exemplified in the misunderstood Sewer Shark and the classic PC shooter Descent. Surely, in this age of retro re-imaginations, is now the time for this … Continue reading
Alright. Breathe. Open your eyes and read it again. A source within Sega has said that they have a HD version of Shenmue, the stone cold classic that graced the Dreamcast, that has been ready for the last year or … Continue reading
The first of two crossover games, Street Fighter X Tekken is Capcom’s fighting game with Namco’s characters. This is an interesting move for both developers, as one franchise is a 2D fighter while the other is focused around 3D. While … Continue reading