Sometimes you play a game for five minutes, enjoy its kitsch, put it down thinking to yourself, “Gee, what a fun game,” only to return to it with more time and discretion only to find the flaws shine through brighter than the good bits? Skitchin’, developed and published by Electronic…
We’ve been experiencing a disturbing trend across the nation in the last few months. Bananas have risen from their appointed place atop fridges across the country and started HAVING FACES!!! What has spurred this disturbing trend? Is it a political movement? Could it be related to the recent meteor showers…
Defcon 2 is declared in the United States after a group of radical communists comes out of hiding and begins leveling the country. All that keeps the good citizens of America from eating pirozhki the rest of their lives is you and your jet. Welcome to the war soldier, as…
In replaying Mortal Combat 3 over the week, I wasn’t struck by the violence, the blood, or even Sheeva’s clevage. I was floored by how nice and pleasant the game can be. After brutally beating your opponent you can give them a gift via friendship or even show them mercy…
This week, I decided to look into nostalgia and review the beginnings of a series I love. Clayfighter, developed by Visual Concepts Ringler Studios and released by Interplay, was not the game of my childhood. I played Clayfighter: Tournament Edition and Clayfighter 2, both games that were improved and much…
Ever felt like taking control of an all around rough and tumble guy, using lots of weapons and spells, and possibly (inevitably) getting pounded by the bad guys before you end them once and for all? Like you games tough. Well, here’s a real doozy for you. Chakan: The Forever Man, developed and published by Sega, is one of the hardest action platformers I’ve every played. If you have the need to be punished but don’t have the cash for a dominatrix, try Chakan instead.
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Ah the Nineties. Nothing was cooler than some baggy shorts, a strangely shaped skateboard, and hangin’ ten. Interactive Desgins decided to develop a game that included all three, giving it the potential to be as radical as Sonic. But alas, like many tublar tales of the time, Greendog: The Beached…