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Zelda games are not RPGs

July 20, 2012

Final Fantasy/genre/Opinion/RPG/The Legend of Zelda/The Witcher 2/Zelda

Genres are a useful tool for developers, critics and consumers alike. Simple words are – through the power of thematic and stylistic associations – capable of describing a game that we may never have even seen before. A simple, single word – “platformer,” “rhythm game,” “RPG,” tells us exactly what…

Final Fantasy XV’s rumoured open world could just save the series

July 20, 2012

Final Fantasy/Final Fantasy XV/Opinion

This was inevitable, but the rumours behind the development of a new numbered Final Fantasy game have begun. According to this source, FFXV has already been in development for four years and will release on current-gen consoles. What’s more interesting, though, is some of the rumoured gameplay details – specifically…

Double Dragon II on the way to 3DS

July 19, 2012

3DS/Acclaim/Double Dragon 2: The Revenge/Nintendo

The sequel to the NES and arcade classic Double Dragon will be brawling its way on over to the 3DS’ Virtual Console sometime soon. Just when that might be is sort of up in the air, as no details other than a trio of screenshots were released by Nintendo today.…

8bit Summer is the Pits on the Nintendo Download

July 19, 2012

3DS/dsi/Kid Icarus/Mario/nintendo download

Pits as in ‘Pit’ that is. Kid Icarus: of Myths and Monsters arrives in the eShop this week as part of Nintendo’s 8-bit Summer. For me personally, this 1991 action game holds a lot of good memories. I had never gotten a copy of the NES original (Kid Icarus) and…

Review: No Red T-Shirts (iPhone)

July 19, 2012

Apple/iOS/iPhone/No Red T-Shirts/Reviews

What would the world be like if every action was a crime? No Red T-Shirts offers insight into a futuristic government that attempts to undermine the populace at every turn. Well, that’s not entirely accurate, but it makes for a potential argument from the more cynical people suffering at the…

Summer of Arcade kicks off on the XBLA update

July 19, 2012

batman/mass effect 3/Might and Magic/tony hawk's pro skater hd/XBLA Update/Xbox 360

Microsoft’s Summer of Arcade promo started up this week on Xbox Live with a remastered classic in Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD. Xbox Live is in full on Summer of Arcade mode and that means that all the focus is on the promotion’s first offering, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD.The…

Retro Review: Sonic 3 & Knuckles (PC)

July 19, 2012

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For all the critical acclaim Sonic 3 & Knuckles gets, it’s a surprisingly hard game to track down digitally. The separate games that comprise the said title, Sonic the Hedgehog 3 and Sonic & Knuckles, aren’t always available on the same download services or lack the technology required to make…

Why I hate Spelunky: artificial difficulty vs. genuine challenge

July 19, 2012

Dark Souls/Demon's Souls/difficulty/Opinion/spelunky

I’m still working through Spelunky to review it. I want to give the game a fair go, and true to reputation, it’s beating me raw, so I’m not getting very far. I’m not even that good at the easy platformers. At this stage I’m not quite sure if I’ll ever…

Steam’s Summer 2012 Sale: Day 7 (waging every kind of war)

July 18, 2012

Carpe Fulgur/la noire/S.T.A.L.K.E.R./Steam/Super Meat Boy/Total War/Valve

War. According to the narrator in the Fallout games, it never changes. If you ask Will Rogers, he considers it the proof for human progress. However you view it, Steam is waging war against resisting temptations once again.Today’s daily deals on Steam also happen to wage wars of their own;…

Tony Hawk HD grinds the XBLA rail

July 18, 2012

Activision/tony hawk's pro skater hd/XBLA/Xbox 360/Xbox Live

The long awaited ‘HD’ update of the classic Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater series is finally here on Xbox Live this week. Check out some of the new stuff in the game with the Hawkman himself in the new trailer. Developer Robomodo reinvents a classic with new looks, the same old…

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