Names are important. Names have power. A mighty character should have a mighty name. Something that precedes them like the calm before a storm. Whenever you play an RPG don’t you spend several agonizing moments trying to decide the best name for your character? A name that inspires courage in your allies and dread in your enemies? Read More »
Quite frankly, life would be much better with a soundtrack to back it up. Moments of tension, excitement, hilarity and poignancy? They’d all be much improved with some music. You’d be hard pressed not to find a situation that wouldn’t be improved with some epic sounds. Read More »
I’ll admit that I’m a fan of the Naruto series. Sometimes I wish I weren’t, but I’ve followed the manga faithfully for several years; reading each new chapter as it came out. That said, I really didn’t like the story mode for Naruto Shippuden Ultimate Ninja Storm 3. And considering how the story mode is such a key component of the Ultimate Ninja series, that’s a pretty big blow against this game. Read More »
It seemed like a good idea at the time. Introduce gambling into the city! It’s a great source of revenue, it’ll bring in tourists and will make the local businesses happy. And it did, for a while. But I wanted more. No I am not suffering from delusions of godhood, I merely participated in the beta for the new SimCity and I must say, I was extremely impressed. Read More »
When I first heard that Budokai 3 was being re-released in HD, my first thought was ‘hell yes!’ My second thought was ‘where the hell is the second game?’ My final thought was ‘well that doesn’t really matter because I only give a damn about Budokai 3 anyway’. Having played the remastered version of the original Budokai, I can honestly say that’s a justified thought to have. Read More »
2012 has proven that once you go Barack you never go back. But what of video gaming’s presidents? Don’t their exploits and achievements deserve to be remembered? We thought hell yes, and decided to make a list of the five most dynamic US game presidents of all time. Read More »
Assassin’s Creed II was excellent. Brotherhood was good. Revelations was… rather unnecessary. While AC II might have been a revelation, the actual titular Revelation was suffering from diminishing returns. Thankfully, having finally left behind Ezio’s story, we move onto a new century, a new setting and a new hero. Read More »
Despite my general apathy when it comes to the Wii U, I am very interested in the controller. A GamePad with a built in touch screen? That’s an idea that shows promise, and that could one day, become very helpful indeed. Notice how I wrote about greatness as though, even if it were achievable, it’s quite far off? Well, that’s because I have the sinking feeling that the first wave of launch titles are going to implement the secondary screen in completely irritating, gimmicky ways. Read More »
