You’d be hard-pressed to find a Nintendo franchise as red hot as Fire Emblem right now. What started out as a pipe dream thanks to the appearances of Marth’s and Roy’s characters in Super Smash Bros. Melee has turned into…
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Point-and-click adventure games have a tremendous history. In the early days of PC gaming, this genre was at the forefront offering up some of the most exciting and memorable romps available. LucasArts and Sierra Entertainment were two studios on the cutting…
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If there’s one genre that sees an even higher degree of justified peripheral elitism than fighting games, it is the racing sim. Find the right Gran Turismo or Forza Motorsport enthusiast, and you’ll inevitably find an equipment setup that makes…
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2016 marks quite a milestone for The Legend of Zelda series. The wildly popular Nintendo franchise is now 30 years old, and barring anymore delays, we’ll also be playing the first original Zelda title on the Wii U. Before that,…
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The Plants vs. Zombies franchise takes us back to the lawn with the sequel to their popular shooter, Garden Warfare. It was a questionable move for the franchise, but because of the simple nature and price of the original, it was arguably the best…
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Robert Kirkman’s The Walking Dead franchise has provided many great characters, many of whom deserve their popularity. The common audience right now would probably put Daryl Dixon at the top of their lists, but a more holistic approach to the…
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The “choose your own adventure” model of in-game storytelling has been a popular one as of late, especially with the recent of success of games like Telltale’s The Walking Dead, Game of Thrones, and Dontnod’s Life is Strange. Though it’s not the…
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Nintendo is in quite the envious position when it comes to Mario games. There’s the flagship games like New Super Mario Bros. U, party games like Mario Party and Mario Kart, and then of course there’s the two RPG brands they…
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Twin-stick shooters have risen in popularity on consoles over the years thanks in part to simplicity and the ability to create a dynamic and exciting game using only the most basic of controls. Geometry Wars helped pioneer the genre and…
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Weird science! Monsters! A TOWER! Crappy acting! It’s everything you loved to find so terribly wonderful of B-class sci-fi movies all wrapped up in a neat little package: The Deadly Tower of Monsters. From Atlus USA and developer ACE Team,…
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In a matter of just a couple months, Nihon Falcom and XSEED released two JRPG’s that made fans wonder where they’ve been all last generation.
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16 Jan 2016
Last year marked the return of both Rock Band and Guitar Hero. While some people did add both games to their collections due to the cost of entry, most chose one or the other. Last year, I jumped back into…
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