Metal 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)…
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Some of my Favorite Box Covers of the Decade
Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009 by jacksonGames 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 …
Graphics: When more is less
Friday, August 14th, 2009 by jacksonWhat makes books so compelling? Lots of things, but one important facet is the ability of words, mere signifiers, to incite incredible images inside a reader’s brain. Few games encourage this, with their fancy polygons and all, but the same principle exists in them, whether it’s intentional or not….
Are you a bad enough dude to save Eegra?
Monday, August 10th, 2009 by jacksonI would like to diverge from videogame discussion for a moment to bring attention to a disturbing reality: the very cool website Eegra is facing some serious financial problems. On their front page you can see some posts explaining the situation and how it can possibly be resolved. It makes me sad to no longer …
Review – Gears of War 2
Tuesday, July 28th, 2009 by jacksonGears of War 2 takes place in a grim future where humanity is at war against an unstoppable force of monsters called the Locust. The endless fighting has torn down cities, painted the Earth’s surface a consistent shade of gray and brown, nearly killed off the human race, and made the survivors intolerable douchebags. If …
