When you think of what a Metroid game is supposed to be, what do you think of? Many people will throw around buzz words like “isolation”, “open-ended”, “atmospheric” or “dreadful” with occasional allusion to the Alien film franchise somewhere to…
Super Smash Bros Ultimate News: Masahiro Sakurai is a saint, internet please stop
This morning’s Nintendo Direct was all about following up on the reveal of Super Smash Bros Ultimate at this year’s E3 2018 in Los Angeles. Our first impressions of the gameplay and that initial announcement can be found here. These…
Video Game Review: Sundered
I really wanted to like this more than I did. Playing Sundered was a bit of a trying experience for me during this review. The least fun part of reviewing anything is accepting that something you’re really rooting for has…
Survival Horror Spotlight: Maniac Mansion
In the early days of gaming consoles, well before “survival horror” was even a coined term (it started in 1996 with Resident Evil), gamers only got to experience a few select horror games. Some were innovative at the time (like…
Retro-Graded Games: ‘Castlevania’ After 30 Years
There is something strangely ironic about returning to 1986’s Castlevania for the game’s 30th anniversary: picking the title up on the 3DS Virtual Console feels more like I myself am waking the dead as opposed to taking them on. If…
Nintendo announces NES Classic plug-and-play system
Nintendo is banking on the retro game boom for the holiday season with the announcement of a miniature NES plug-and-play system. The company announced the release of the NES Classic Edition in a press release issued earlier today. The system marks…