Controversial List of Developers Whose Games I Just Don't Like
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Recent Reviews
All reviewsOpen Me!2012
4 out of 5 starsWelcome to the hi-tech wonderland of my kitchen! The concept of Augmented Reality games always grabs me but seeing sharp 3D visuals overlaid on grainy, laggy camera feeds usually proves too jarring to be fun. Open Me! has had to fight those expectations as well as coming out of the PlayStation C.A.M.P. program whose past efforts disappointed me . Knowing this going in I tried to ease that expectant sting by grabbing…
Runabout 3D: Drive Impossible2012
3 out of 5 starsAcross five releases over the last sixteen years Climax’s Runabout series has stuck to its own inexplicable genre. Wacky Mission-Based Arcade Racer? Multi-Objective Driving Adventure? Vaguely Open-World Pedestrian Criticism Simulator? Stylistically it embodies everything a boy could love about 90’s anime: absurd and thin plots that require lots of fast driving, ridiculous stunts and millions of dollars in property…
Dinosaur Hunting2004
4 out of 5 starsDinosaur Hunting has been something of a passion project for me. I was enamored with it as soon as the preview coverage started in 2002 and only grew more excited as it was announced for a U.S. release and subsequently delayed out of existence alongside Western publisher Metro 3D. By 2006 I had found a copy of it but was stumped by the Japanese text and distracted by the shiny new Xbox 360. It’s not as impenetrably…
Karaoke2012
4 out of 5 starsYou know how this works right? I’m no Pavoratti but I’ve been known to belt out a decent ‘ New York, New York ’ without much hesitation and as a fan of video games I’ve enjoyed watching karaoke games evolve. I got into Karaoke Revolution on PlayStation 2, dueted alongside Katy in SingStar and loved tambourine tapping while singing in Lips. Those games were fun but we always got tired of singing the same handful of…
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Ten NINTENDO DS games I'd strongly recommend
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All articlesFirst-Hour Thoughts on Gotcha Racing on 3DS eShop
Aug 29, 2015
You know me, always happy to fawn over a little release that looks to have some quirk. That’s definitely Gotcha Racing , a game I’ve had my eye on since its quiet debut at E3. It released yesterday on the 3DS eShop for $5.99 and I grabbed it as soon as I got home from work last night. It’s called Gotcha Racing because it’s all about winning new car parts through a gashapon system. But as I woul...
I hate Clickers but there’s a good idea here
Jul 19, 2013
The Last of Us. Clickers. That’s all I need to say for anyone who’s played the game to cringe and/or explode with rage. These Tier 2 enemies have lost all humanity as the infection has blossomed out of their brain to replace their head with a series of fungal fronds. They look gross , sound terrifying as they use guttural clicks to hear their surroundings, and are a one-hit kill if they get up...
My Top Twenty from the Independent Games Festival 2013
Mar 1, 2013
It’s that time of year again : time to go over the hundreds of IGF entrants and whittle it down to just twenty that I’m particularly excited about. This year there were 586 entries -- up just a handful from 2012 -- but unlike years past a bunch of my favorites have already been released. Be it a full price release or a frequently updated “beta” many of these games are very much known quantities...
Giant Bomb: Shawn Edition
Feb 25, 2013
So last week on the site was crazy relevant to all the weird interests I have in gaming. First Brad talks about Rubu Tribe which I asked him about just a few months ago on Twitter. Then they play one of my favorite PS2 games (Fantavision) and on Friday Drew actually showed off the tiny little web game I told him and Patrick about. That's all, just weird how all the things I've off-handedly ment...
Achieving arthritis and more in Kung Fu Rider!
Aug 28, 2012
Even at the height of my Achievement hunting madness I was never terribly determined to “get them all” on any one game. It was cool if I could but usually there’s at least one multiplayer or time trial type Achievement that I know I’ll just never get. So it surprised even me that I’ve been so determined to “ S Rank ” Kung Fu Rider on PlayStation 3. There’s also something to be said about 100% c...
Animal Crossing: Minecraft’s Great Uncle
Aug 21, 2012
It seems like I’ve always got Animal Crossing in the back of my mind. Friday night those thoughts collided with an idle hour and my DS that has somehow held its charge through months of neglect. The town of nodnoL had been pretty well developed when I stopped playing the game regularly in 2006 so there wasn’t a lot to do after I loaded it up. Of course my town was full of weeds and the shorelin...
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