If you’d mistaken Puppeteer for some kind of LittleBigPlanet novelty level, it would be hard to blame you. There’s the same style of cuteness, the same kind of forgiving platforming, the same airy, weightless jumps, and really the same essence of LBP. Read More »
Both the Metroid series and the Crash Bandicoot series have instantly recognizable protagonists: Samus Aran is the gun-armed superheroine of the Metroid franchise and the eponymous Crash Bandicoot is the orange-skinned, “Australian” bandicoot of the Crash Bandicoot series. Today these two worlds, and their heroes, collide in a fight to the death. Let the games begin. Read More »
Put down your controller and shake a tail feather. Although it’s considered a cult classic, you’d be hard pressed to find someone who hasn’t heard of, let alone seen, The Blues Brothers. Trying to find someone who’s played the Blues Brothers game, however, is a bit of a challenge. Read More »
I’ve always been what you might call ‘musically retarded’. I suffer from a condition known as ‘stupid fingers’, where my brain and flailing extremities don’t always cooperate. So when I took up the challenge to play and master a rhythm-based game I was a little wary. However, after a few hours with Runner 2, my computer keys had become the keys on a piano and I had unknowingly learnt a new instrument. Read More »
Believe it or not, Ron Gilbert’s latest game isn’t an adaption of Plato’s Allegory of the Cave (shucks!). Instead, Double Fine’s latest is about three spelunkers’ journey into the depths of a talking cave, all of whom are in search of… something. Read More »
Scribblenauts always struck me as a game too clever by half. Sure, it had some interesting new ideas and a loveable art style, but poor mechanics that didn’t feel fully formed dragged the package down. Developers 5th Cell may have just changed all that with Scribblenauts Unlimited – gaming’s greatest psychotic Litmus test. Read More »
Call me a Nintendo fanboy, but there’s nothing I love more than a good old-school Mario platformer. Something about the simplistic mechanics, upbeat music and overly bright colour scheme just puts me in a euphoric state of mind. The classic nostalgia factor is what I’m really talking about and, for better or worse, it’s this infectious element that gives New Super Mario Bros. 2 on the 3DS its appeal. Read More »
Xbox’s Winter of Arcade promotion has provided some of the highest quality downloadable titles over the past few years. From Shadow Complex to Bastion, there always seems to be one game that people go gorillas for. This year, that game is Dust: An Elysian Tail; a title hand-crafted almost entirely by a single man: Dean Dodrill. Read More »
