http://videolamer.com Words from people you don't know on games you don't care about Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:58:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I am a big fan of game music, specifically old chip tunes. Anyone who only hears bleeps and bloops is willfully ignoring melody, harmony and rhythm and stupidly focusing only on timbre. Games with "real" soundtracks don't excite me the same way old game tunes do. I already have access ... http://videolamer.com/3719 Let's be honest kids, it's not a real Final Fantasy game until I review it here on your favoritest ever videogame site videolamer (tell your friends). Of course, as it turns out, Final Fantasy IV actually already was a real videogame, like, a billion years ago back on the SNES ... http://videolamer.com/3714 Ever since Soul Calibur 2, it has been clear that Namco decided that their once experimental, more serious fighting game series could be another cash cow, if only they made a few tweaks. Thus we have been getting sequels that continuously emphasize style over substance, chock full of nerd ... http://videolamer.com/3709 Playing the disappointment that was Seven Kingdoms: Conquest got me nostalgic for Seven Kingdoms 2. I'm not going to talk about the plot, because there is no plot. There are 12 (increased from seven) nationalities, existing alongside a half-dozen or so Fryhtans. No past or future given. The ... http://videolamer.com/3705 http://videolamer.com/3703 We can spend a lot of time talking about Braid, trying to interpret it and stamp out a definitive idea on what it is and what it says. There isn't much of a point in it though. Braid, for all its flaws, is literature, something that has meaning. ... http://videolamer.com/3698 On Gameplay: the battle system, the law system, and quests Golden Jew Before you pick up a copy of Tactics A2, there's a simple question you need to ask yourself. "Do I love SRPG battles?" It's really quite simple because this game is basically a lot of tactics battles. For ... http://videolamer.com/3692 Bionic Commando: Rearmed is now out in all intended formats. If you have one of these formats, and you love the challenge and the feel of classic 2d games, I hope you have it already. If you don't, might I suggest you give it a download? Until ... http://videolamer.com/3684 Imagine throwing the major pre-gunpowder empires in history into a grand free-for-all. The Japanese would have samurai and ninja, Vikings would have axethrowers and berserkers, Normans would have crossbowmen and knights, and so on. Now imagine adding in random demon lairs that attack human settlements. This is ... http://videolamer.com/3681 Apparently, it is becoming the rule rather than the exception for games to be rushed to release, rather than given the time to properly simmer. There are a slew of factors causing this, such as soaring costs, tricky console hardware, and the fickle, tiny window of attention that the ... http://videolamer.com/3677 A game for the iPod? Don't make me laugh! It's one of those puzzle games, right? Maybe trivia? Rhythm-based? Well, "rhythm" is getting a bit closer. Of all the genres I thought I'd see on the iPod, a Strategy RPG would be last. ... http://videolamer.com/3672 You likely play video games for one of the following reasons: To enjoy fun gameplay To be amazed by pretty graphics To fall in love with characters To listen to an enthralling score To read a well written story To kill time because your life is entirely devoid of meaning, even fake, self-created, existentialist meaning Bad news ... http://videolamer.com/3668 Army of Two is an attempt at many things, one of which is to capitalize on the recent enthusiasm for cooperative games. Co-op is arguably the number one most important bullet point a game can have in its press release. Even if it is hardly suitable for the ... http://videolamer.com/3664 The JRPG genre is filled to the brim with games that are so ridiculously easy they are bad “games” - in the sense that a game is something you should have to play optimally to achieve success. The Suikoden series, my favorite of the past two generations, has gone ... http://videolamer.com/3661