The Great Giana Sisters originally hit stores in the 80s and, as the amusingly plagiaristic title implies, put its own little “spin” on the Super Mario Bros. formula. Its tweaks were deemed insufficient by Nintendo’s legal department though, leading the publisher to eventually withdraw copies from sale. The series returned…
Read MoreSometimes a game just resonates with you, and it can be hard to put a finger on exactly why it does so. The Splatters when it released on the Xbox 360 was well-received by Matt when he reviewed it last year. I know I certainly enjoyed it, sinking a good…
Read MoreGummy Bears Magical Medallion is clearly aimed at a younger audience, which is fitting for the younger 3DS gamers. As a cheap low budget title aimed at kids, it’s not terribly unexpected to find a few shortcomings scattered about, though it’s disappointing that the industry continues to expect children to…
Read MoreMagic: The Gathering has been around for a long time – and I have been playing it for a long time myself. I first got into it as a freshman in college back in 1994 right before the Ice Age set came out the following year. There have been digital…
Read MoreThere are no shortages of quality strategy games on the iPad. But that’s now. It wasn’t long ago that that was not the case at all. There was Civilization Revolution, which was certainly the finest portable version of that game, but it has only been in the last 12 months…
Read MoreIt is so easy for me to imagine the conversation which birthed this project; [Within fledgling quasi-independent game studio 3AM Games…] John: “Hey Dave!” Dave: “Yeah?” John: “You know what Valve Software’s Portal needed?” Dave: “No.” John: “Cthulhu!” [And so began the development of Magrunner: Dark Pulse.] Magrunner: Dark Pulse,…
Read MoreWhat do you get when you mix in a little bit of everything to a tactics strategy game? In the case of Project X Zone, what you get is moments of humorous dialogue sprinkled into a ridiculously thrown together story. And that makes for a fun game that is definitely…
Read MoreIt has been a while since we’ve had an authentic Warhammer experience. THQ mishandled the license with extreme prejudice, even going so far to publish a game that was a generic action clone with that awful Space Marine game that I’ve tried to purge from my memory. So as far…
Read MoreI’ve played some strange games in the 27 or so years that I’ve been playing video games, but Zorbie is one of the most extraordinarily strange titles I’ve ever come across. Zorbie, the game’s titular hero, is an escaped convict from a French prison and like all good prison escapees,…
Read MoreWhen I started up Pro Cycling Manager 2013, I figured that this would be a very easy game to play. Feed the athletes performance enhancing drugs, drop the occasional bribe to make sure that the drug tests come through clean, and claim the trophy. Then I discovered that this game…
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