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It's not uncommon for games, especially Indie games, to embrace the new and old alike. That dichotomy of creating something fresh and relevant from a blueprint that is many decades extant. I suppose it's not unlike a classic car chassis placed over a modern engine and state-of-the-art computer systems; a certain "cheating" of nostalgia for the sake of creating something contemporaneous out of s...
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Tired as a dog but no relief in sight. Fantastic! Entertainment College Football - Hitting that time of the season where the match-ups get more meaningful. Looking forward to more of these. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia - I've picked back up on my rewatch and I'm still in episodes that I am familiar with. Apparently I watched more seasons than I figure originally. Games Shadow of the Tomb R...
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Pole Position July 1982 (ARC, Japan) Confession time: Up to this point, I've been content to consider the later reissued versions of the games considered in the NamCompendium to be sufficient for review purposes. I have in fact played games like Galaga , Pac-Man , and Dig Dug in their original arcade format, worn out joysticks and all, but up to this point we have been strictly dealing with gam...
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Never Give Up [LATAM Ranking Event] Placing Player Lost to Ranking Points LATAM Rank Global Points Global Rank 1st Chris T - - - 762 (+150) 21 (+1) 2nd Younghou Chris T x2 70 (+70) 12 (NP) 71 (+70) 106 (+157) 3rd Craa Chris T, Younghou 40 (+40) 20 (NP) 40 (+40) 134 (NP) 4th Misterio Lagunas, Craa 20 (+20) 27 (NP) 20 (+20) 174 (NP) 5th Pikoro Younghou, Misterio 231 (+10) 3 (+0) 231 (+10) 46 (+0)...
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Last week Nintendo finally rolled out the Nintendo Switch Online feature. I immediately bought a year subscription and downloaded the NES games. I've been waiting since Nintendo Swtch was released to be able to play some classic games on this handheld/console hybrid, which is the perfect platform for them. After I paid for my subscription I opened up the app and took a few old favorites for a s...
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The 10 suits I like the most in Insomniac's Marvel's Spider-Man, for PS4: (I'm don't follow comics or anything like that, most of these I had never seen before) 1. Spider Armour - MK III Suit 2. Vintage Comic Book Suit 3. Advanced Suit 4. Anti-Ock Suit 5. Stark Suit 6. Electrically Insulated Suit 7. Stealth ("Big Time") Suit 8. Negative Suit 9. Spirit Spider 10. Spider-Man 2099 Black Suit
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I've been pondering the preponderance of save states in our retro gaming venues of late, in part because of the ongoing SNES feature I've been writing, but also as a built-in feature of various retro-themed rereleases and devices, such as the Mega Man Legacy Collection s (as conservatively demonstrated by Alex Navarro in GBEast's ongoing Blue Bombin' series) and miniature consoles like the orig...
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The mechanical fabric of Halo 5 rewards consciousness of the combat above all else, and as a shooter package, it's stuffed to the gills with modes and features to please all species of players. I think this is a shining beacon of action game design and art direction, but I find it hard to reconcile that view with my many memories of coming away from the game feeling cheated and frustrated. Some...
chuck@giantbomb.com (Premium member)
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In an unusual twist for Indie Game of the Week, I've chosen to play a game that was actually released this year. Yoku's Island Express , you might recall because it came out four months ago, is a spacewhipper with a pinball affectation. The game's map is split between more conventional tunnels and passageways that criss-cross a large interconnected world, but also has these self-contained arena...
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Welcome to “Gaming Memories,” a blog series where I reminisce about my favorite video games . I will slowly but surely get to every game on the list, and speak to why each holds a special place in my heart. That not only means I’ll talk about why I think each is a great game that speaks to my tastes, but also where and how it affected me in a larger context. I hope you enjoy, and thanks for rea...
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The SNES Classic had a sterling assortment of games from Nintendo's 16-bit star console, but it's hardly all that system has to offer a modern audience. In each installment of this fortnightly feature, I judge two games for their suitability for a Classic successor based on four criteria, with the ultimate goal of assembling another collection of 25 SNES games that not only shine as brightly as...
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SoCal Regionals [Premier Event] Placing Player Lost to Global Points Global Rank 1st (9-0) Sako - 2141 (+700) 4 (+5) 2nd (8-2) Xiaohai Sako x2 990 (+270) 15 (+5) 3rd (9-2) Chris T XSK Samurai, Xiaohai 612 (+200) 22 (+5) 4th (8-2) Bonchan StormKubo, Chris T 942 (+160) 17 (+1) 5th (5-2) StormKubo Sako, Chris T 481 (+130) 26 (+7) 5th (6-2) XSK Samurai Xiao Hai, Bonchan 161 (+130) 55 (+84) 7th (6-2...
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We often don't think about online multiplayer games as having difficulty in the same way that single-player games do and don't typically hold them to the same standard when it comes to tuning that difficulty. However, I'd argue that we should. An online match where we don't have the skill to compete can feel just as frustrating as a level of a single-player campaign that's too punishing. The di...
chuck@giantbomb.com (Premium member)
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I want to make one thing clear first of all: I really enjoy Giant Bomb West's Ranking of Fighters feature, even as someone who doesn't care for fighting games or watching them for extended periods. The additional layer to the format - ranking these games in a specific order based on "scientific" considerations - rises them above the standard LP format, and I appreciate how much Jeff, Jason and...
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There are lots of ports coming, but Isabelle is making sure Mario Maker ISN'T one of them! Hello once again readers! I've been spending time with many others in Spider-Man's New York, catching pigeons and assisting the police state, or whatever you do in that game. But Nintendo's latest direct presentation has finally rolled around, so I thought I'd do what I do best - picking it apart like the...
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If there's yet another pretender to the Banjo & Kazooie crown out there you'd better believe I'm checking it out. It feels like a gaggle of Indie studios are trying their luck at a classic collectathon platformer, and I can only see that number increasing with the tacit encouragement that came from Nintendo's Super Mario Odyssey and its return to the format of chasing shiny gewgaws across all c...
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Hey everyone, long time no see. I told myself I was going to write more this year and I totally didn't. But life, you know? Anyways I have a bit more time on my hand right now and I've been playing through Marvel's Spider-Man . First of all, I am not here to try to convince you why that new hot Spider-Man game is actually bullshit. Ultimately, I found the game to be very enjoyable. I ended up 1...
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It's that time again! If any of you were around for the old days at Screened, you'll recall that we used to run a contest called Box Office Winners League when we got the feeling to do so. It's a simple premise: guess how much money a movie is going to make in a given weekend, and if you're the closest guess, you win! There's a bit of skill in it, since box office is roughly predictable, and th...
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I'm Raiden high on cyberpunk ninja espionage hijinks this week, as we put on our titanium high heels and pull out our vibrator sword for another surprisingly kinky episode of Mento Gear Rising. If you're just joining us, this is part two of my playthrough of PlatinumGames's 2013 hit Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance , delivered to you in the format of my many prior blind-run Metal Gear Solid journ...
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So, I've been doing this since the soft relaunch of Ranking of Fighters earlier this year, and I think now with some minor discrepancies, I figure it's worth sharing to the world. Here's the list , current as of episode 0021 (9/10/2018). I try to keep it accurate to the show, but it seems they've made a few mistakes, such as accidentally swapping Battle Fantasia and KOF '94, as well as Sonic th...
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Street Grand Battle 2018 [EU Ranking Event] (Video should start at the GFs, 2:46:30) First off this weekend was the final EU ranking event. Phenom took his 5th (yikes!) ranking event of 2018, making his lead on the EU Leaderboard even more pronounced. This isn’t shocking in the least and congratulations to Phenom for the win. Let’s talk about Machabo. He lost a very close grand finals set after...
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Think back, way back to the early 90s. A new storage medium was on the horizon the Compact Disk. The future of technology! The CD would allow the storage of much larger amounts of data (which back then was a premium considering 2.5 inch floppy disks were the standard. Everyone, including videogame companies, were trying to figure out how to use this new technology. Famously, Nintendo would part...
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I finished one of my favorite games recently, Metroid Prime. I started writing a review for it, but instead wound up writing something that reads a lot more like a blog post (and a review would have just been five stars and me gushing). So here it is as a blog post. There are several games that someone might consider “landmark titles” for the Gamecube. Super Smash Bros. Melee, The Legend of Zel...
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In 2012, 343 Industries released their first entry in the Halo series built from the ground up. Hot on the footsteps of Bungie's nine-year run with the fiery sci-fi FPS, 343 made the multiplayer for Halo 4 a hybrid of the series's existing play and the progression and customisation mechanics popularised by Call of Duty. No one could say Halo 4 wasn't as professionally-produced as any of Bungie'...
chuck@giantbomb.com (Premium member)
