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The Fire Pro Wrestling series is cherished by gamers and pro wrestling fans alike as the ultimate simulation of simulated combat. While it lacks the visual panache of officially licensed wrestling games, it comes equipped with robust rosters, a mindbogglingly detailed creation suite, and more match types than you can swing a steel chair at. FPW‘s attention to detail and substance-over-style ethos have […]
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Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem Nintendo Gamecube, 2002 Developer: Silicon Knights Publisher: Nintendo Eternal Darkness is the rare game with both a stellar critical reputation and a rabid cult following. Ask anyone who played the game at the time of its release, and they’ll more likely than not proclaim it to be one the Gamecube’s best titles. […]
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As 2014 draws to a close, I’d like to wish all of you the best in the coming year – time to let go of all of the past year’s bad juju and move on with our lives. In 2015, may your enemies know the depth of your mercy, and may your family and friends know […]
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Briefly sat down with In the Hunt last night. My Mom was right – these games would destroy my eyes. I’m terrible at shooters, but I’m pretty sure games like this are why I wear glasses now. If I’m not mistaken, this game shares common creators with the Metal Slug franchise – it’s unquestionable that they both share […]
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Last Bronx Sega Saturn, 1997 Developer: AM3 Publisher: Sega Recently I acquired a handful of Saturn imports, one of which was Sega’s Last Bronx. An early attempt at bringing the weapons-based fighter into the third dimension, Last Bronx is a game that is oft-forgotten by Western audiences. While it lacks the luster and epic scale of […]
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Over the Thanksgiving weekend I sank a borderline unhealthy amount of time into Far Cry 4 on my PC. Far Cry 4 has everything I look for in an open-world game – a series of overlapping environmental mechanics consistently colliding to create hilarious, and often times unexpected results. Animals catch on fire, enemies routinely blow themselves up, […]
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As I played through Chapter 10 of The Evil Within, I found myself drawn to all the weird little odd and ends the team at Tango Gameworks inserted into the background. The textures are a little on the low-res side, but you can tell that a lot of care was put into the game’s environments. […]
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In which Dolphin attains a modicum of fame. Intro – Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 So Dolphin dropped a match. No big deal. You don’t set the Canadian record in beanballs taken without learning a thing or two about suffering. Dolphin is used to physical abuse, and the way he views it, […]
Continue ReadingIn my spare time, I have been slowly plodding through The Evil Within on the PS4. A lot valid of criticism has been leveled at the game’s performance and artistic design (those black bars are pretty rough) – but I’m happy to report that it really picks up about 5-6 hours in: If you’ve got time to slog through […]
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Ganbare Goemon 2: Kiteretsu Shōgun Magginesu [1] SNES, 1993 Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami A few months back, I picked up a stack of random Super Famicom carts at a local flea market here in Philadelphia. One of those games was Ganbare Goemon 2, the sequel to the game released in the US as Legend of the Mystical Ninja. Ganbare Goemon 2 never […]
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