Every so often the games industry throws up an auteur – a true artist whose games are not necessarily understood, let alone liked. Like foreign films though, these auteurs find small, committed fan bases of people who appreciate what they are trying to do, even if they occasionally miss the…
Read MoreI’m not sure how Nintendo and Game Freak manage to do this: over and over again they repackage the same game and convince us all it’s worth playing again. Pokemon Black and White 2 add the barest minimum of new features over the top of the game engine that has…
Read MoreIs the new ‘Coin Rush’ dlc the first ever Super Mario downloadable add-on? It just might be. But Mario is just the tip of the iceberg as quite a bit of new content posted to the eShop this week. Cave Story, Samurai G, Dr Mario, and more all join in…
Read MoreA man trapped between two dimensions tries to escape a disintegrating alien base in this puzzle-laden, side-scrolling shooter. Cool, right? Fractured Soul is an interesting game. At first, I thought it was a straight-up action/ platformer- but it’s not. It’s actually more of an action/ puzzler. There’s definitely some shooting going…
Read MoreQuarth… not only the glorious city of the far East in the world of Game of Thrones, but also a GameBoy title from ’90 where you shoot shapes from a spaceship. Connection? I’m thinking no, other than the name of course. I don’t really remember Konami’s Quarth for the GameBoy,…
Read MoreI have been keeping an eye on Bravely Default: Flying Fairy for a while now, which is being produced by Square Enix for the Nintendo 3DS on October 11th in Japan. Here we have a trailer that looks at the battle and job systems for this RPG. I have been…
Read MoreThe new game from UFO Interactive might best be described as Super Mario Bros. meets Shinobi. Samurai G follows the noble samurai Tetsuo as he embarks on a quest to hunt down the enchanted gold of Tengu- the harbinger of war. In Samurai G, players will travel with Tetsuo across Feudal Japan,…
Read MoreFor some reason, the Nintendo DS and then 3DS has become a breeding ground for art applications. I get that these are stylus-driven consoles, but in every other way they’re really not good for art generation – the screens are small and low resolution, and the export options are extremely…
Read MoreIt’s kind of a rare sight these days, but there is indeed new WiiWare in the Nintendo Download this week. None other than Indiana Jones Professor Lemeza makes his debut in La-Mulana. An old school platformer, La-Mulana was released in Japan to some pretty solid reviews. I myself have heard…
Read MoreCall it a guilty pleasure, or whatever you’d like, but I’m a fan of the light-gun shooters that have come in the recent motion controlled era. Heavy Fire: Afghanistan on the PS3 with Move was a flawed, but fun change of pace from all the modern-day shooters that have come along since…
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