Spelunky Review
I blame the booby traps. I blame poison darts. The snakes, spiders, and scorpions. Also the pools of piranhas, a plunge onto spikes, and shotgun-wielding shopkeepers. I blame developers Derek […]
Metroid Prime and Prometheus: A Comparison
SPOILER warning! (for both Prometheus and the Metroid games) Add another to the list of unanswered questions posed by Prometheus – how is 2012’s sort-of Alien movie getting a sequel? […]
The Chaos Engine Review and Retrospective
“So, you spent $10… on a twenty year old video game… that you already own?” This was the question put to me by a family member, confused by my recent […]
Played Out: Or, Why I’m Ready to Give Up on Nintendo
Pity us Nintendo fans. It’s not easy you know. It’s like being an Arsenal supporter – a lot of emotional reminiscing about the glory days, the rigid adherence to the […]
The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses Review
Forest folk, princesses, even a Ghost Hunter – this is not how Baltimore typically looks on a Saturday night. These adventurers made their way to the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall […]
Resident Evil 4 Retrospective
“Welcome! Got some rare things on sale, stranger!” Resident Evil 4 is a game that breaks with and remakes its own tradition. After a generation of fixed camera angles and […]
The Chaos Engine: Steampunk Classic Set for Remake
The Bitmap Brothers’ 1993 classic top-down shooter The Chaos Engine is being remade for PC, Mac and Linux. Older gamers rejoice! The original game was set in a steampunk Victorian […]
The Big Three at E3
Public relations gaffes, product reveals, and the future of gaming – the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles has been and gone, and we’re still picking over what it […]
Life Lessons from Sensible World of Soccer
Originally released in 1992, Sensible Soccer is the answer to the video game debate: which is better, FIFA or Pro Evolution Soccer? The brilliance of “Sensi” is in its simplicity. […]
