I like to think of myself as above silly things like console wars, but let’s face it, we all have our certain preferences. When we were kids our preferences came from the fact that our parents would only buy us one console, so whichever one we got was automatically the best. Nintendo’s exclusives were always …
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Why I Like Playing Games at my Desk
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010 by jacksonLooking Back at BioShock
Friday, January 22nd, 2010 by jacksonThe release date for BioShock 2 is around the corner; the game is already available for preorder in some places. So I’m going to take this moment to look back at the first game. BioShock one was kind of a big deal when it came out, and it still is; not a lot of games …
Armored Princess Review: Part I
Thursday, January 14th, 2010 by jacksonI’ve been playing King’s Bounty: Armored Princess for almost sixteen hours now. For lots of games that would mean I’m approaching the ending, or perhaps I even surpassed the ending and cycled back to the beginning for another playthrough. Such is not the case with this game, I’ve only traveled to two and a half …
Some of my Favorite Box Covers of the Decade
Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009 by jacksonMetal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (2001)
Resident Evil (2002)
Castlevania: Lament of Innocence (2003)
Killer 7 (2005)
Castlevania: Curse of Darkness (2005)
Contact (2006)
Electroplankton (2006)…
Games With No Reviews I Agree With
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009 by jacksonI realize Metacritic is more than a little unpopular, but despite all of the problems produced by its aggregate scores it still functions well as a convenient index of professional reviews, which is my reason for referencing it in this post.
Gears of War 2 – I came late …
Review – Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon
Wednesday, November 11th, 2009 by jacksonAfter a few minutes of playing Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon I realized that this was a game that I’ve always wanted to play but never knew existed until recently. I was quite late to the party since the game came out in the early 90s, back when point and click adventures were cool …
IGN Hits A New Low
Tuesday, October 6th, 2009 by jacksonIGN recently launched a new site called Music Hub. Great idea, music games are popular so why not make a site dedicated to them? Let’s see what games they cover: Guitar Hero 5, Guitar Hero World Tour, Guitar Hero 3, Guitar Hero 2, Guitar Hero, Guitar Hero Aerosmith, Guitar Hero Metallica, Guitar Hero Van …
Review – Muramasa: The Demon Blade
Thursday, October 1st, 2009 by jackson“An ancient pond. A frog jumps in. The splash of water. Hmm… Not a bad haiku.” -Old Man living in Sagami
Muramasa is like a haiku. It’s simple and concise. It comes from an ancient era where a direction pad and a button or two were all anyone needed to escape into virtual reality. Its three …
Review – Cursed Mountain
Tuesday, September 8th, 2009 by jacksonCursed Mountain is the latest game in the survival horror mountain climbing genre. It really wants to let everyone know that it’s scary, it has angry contorted faces all over the place, deep dramatic music, and lots of dark shadowy stuff everywhere. It also really wants to recreate the feeling of climbing up a mountain. …
Review – Personal Nightmare
Thursday, August 27th, 2009 by jacksonThere once was a time where games were designed to ease the player into the gameplay, get him addicted, and then proceed to murder him. This was naturally because the games could only be sustained through a diet of quarters, and demanding a constant flow of money from addicted players was the most effective way …
