I played a lot of games at E3 this year. There were so many games there that, despite my initial plans to play everything, I quickly had to prioritize and pick and choose what was worth my time. I felt like a kid going to Disneyland …
One of the main attractions at E3 for me this year was Street Fighter X Tekken. I was raised on a high dosage of button mashing and excessive yelling during game play, so I admit, it was a bit hard not to get too overexcited when …
The original Luigi’s Mansion was the Gamecube launch title that no one wanted: read anything regarding the game from the time it was released, from fan reactions to even professional press reviews, and you’ll find that a lot of people dismissed the game for what it …
Capcom is probably most famous for franchises like Street Fighter and Resident Evil, but in Japan their main cash cow is Monster Hunter: the co-op multiplayer action RPG dominates Japanese sales charts, selling well into the millions of units with every single iterative release, and it …
Tucked away in the very back of Sega’s booth was the new 3DS reimagining of Sega’s classic Shinobi. It was weird to see what was once one of Sega’s flagship franchises be given so little fanfare, but then again, this is the same company that also …
The Microsoft press conference at this years E3 was arguably the worst in terms of exciting announcements, but they are still set to appease the core and casual gamers with their motion controller, Kinect. The following ‘Highlight’ trailer, straight from Microsoft, shows off some of the …
As much as I personally loved it, I still can’t believe the original Demon’s Souls was a hit, as it contains every single trait that’s supposed to doom a game to a niche market at best: a brutal difficulty, an incredibly nihilistic, oppressive atmosphere, and a …
You probably haven’t heard of Blades of Time. Hell, before I walked into Konami’s booth today, I didn’t even know it existed… But after playing the brief demo, I immediately wanted more. Despite its generic name and near total absence of press coverage, Blades of Time …
Sonic the Hedgehog is probably one of gaming’s most iconic characters, but despite the reverence for the character himself, the games he’s starred in have a rather checkered reputation: While most of the earlier games in the series are regarded as classics, most of the recent …
I’ve been a fan of DoubleFine ever since they developed the Xbox 1/PS2 cult hit platformer Psychonauts. While their games certainly aren’t perfect, they have a charm and wit that is all too sorely lacking in most modern games. Their newest game, the action/strategy hybrid Trenched, …
Usually when you play a game you have some idea as to what kind of experience you’re going to get; whether its Mario or Call of Duty or Halo, you almost always have at least some sort of frame of reference to prepare you for what …
Final Fantasy XIII was a strange game: people either liked it or hated it, and I found myself personally conflicted about it, as I absolutely loved some things about it but abhorred an equal number of it’s other traits. Despite Square-Enix positioning it as the beginning …
