Whimsical and challenging rarely go hand in hand because realistically, they sit on opposite polar ends of how things are crafted in this medium. For instance, Modern Warfare 2 and Bioshock, both possessing their own capriciousness are oft seen as simply shooters as opposed to what their narratives possess. Modern…
I’m pretty sure that at some point in anybody’s life, they look at screaming across the sky in something capable of breaking the sound barrier and evaluate whether or not it has any real career potential. I know I did when I sat down and played through F-22 Interceptor the…
I’m not a fan of most simulation games that happen to be grounded firmly in the basis of reality. I prefer futuristic simulations like Chromehounds or Steel Battalion where there are realistic elements combined with an overlaid scenario that requires some suspension of disbelief. This is what brings me to…
It seems that Genesis games are still cropping up everywhere nowadays, and the iPhone is definitely no exception. While the last game I played was Sonic 2, my favorite of the series, on my girlfriend’s iPhone, I was disappointed to find out that the touch controls just didn’t lend themselves…
Sega has announced that they’ll be bringing more classic Genesis titles to the PC following the success of the first round of games. Soon available for digital distribution will be 11 perennial titles that are still as awesome today as they were when they arrived back on the 16-bit system….
There’s an odd obsession that comes with the mention of giant robots that allow for gratuitous amounts of mayhem to be wrought. Regardless of where you come from you’ll be aware of Gundams, Mobile Suits, Vertical Tanks, and of course, BattleMechs. Battletech was initially created back in the 1980s as…
Treasure is the kind of game developer that not everyone may be aware of, but once they are remember them for the rest of their lives. Such is my case with Ikaruga, a shoot’em up (otherwise known as “shmups”) that has achieved notoriety in the gaming community as both a…