Shotgun Showdown It is nice of Sega to port The House of the Dead III to Sony’s downloadable service but the lack of extra features yield a very short limit on its…
Author: squallsnake
BLOG – Road Tripping
You know what is good about road trips? Handheld gaming. Whenever I fly or go anywhere longer than a day, I usually take my DS or PSP with me. I am excited…
REVIEW – The Simpsons Arcade (XBLA)
Fighting Through Springfield Rounding out the most memorable brawlers of 90’s arcades and standing right beside the ports of TMNT and X-Men, The Simpsons Arcade game has finally landed on home consoles…
REVIEW – Double Fine Happy Action Theater (XBLA)
Effortless Fun Double Fine Happy Action Theater isn’t so much a game as it is more of a glorified tech demo but it will undoubtedly bring out a childlike entertainment quality that…
GBA Single-Pak Link Multiplayer Game List – Complete (aka multi-boot mode)
(Updated May 10, 2025 – check out the embedded YouTube coverage for each entry to learn about each title’s dedicated Single-Pak link mode. Also, I believe the list below is now complete…
BLOG – Gamestop’s GBA Clearance Sale
For a while now, Gamestop has been discounting their dwindling stock of used GBA games. You can’t blame them since the DS Lite is the only DS that is backward compatible with…
REVIEW – Xotic
Confusing, Frustrating, and Not Fun Xotic is an unorganized mess of a FPS puzzle game that is marred with lame gunplay, confusing level design, insulting game mechanics wrapped in a perplexing plotline….
REVIEW – Quarrel
Risky Words Image playing Risk but swap out the artillery dice rolling combat with Scrabble. It is an interesting mechanic that makes for an unexpected but highly entertaining $5 download. Two to…
REVIEW – Scarygirl (XBLA)
Boo or Boo-urns? With a Tim Burton Nightmare Before Christmas aesthetic and 2.5D sidescrolling gameplay, Scarygirl is unique but ultimately comes up short on overall presentation and gameplay. Every other girl that…
REVIEW – Doom (XBLA – Bethesda Published)
Bringing Hell Back Doom, the grandfather of First Person Shooters, has been ported to just about every major system since it initially launched on PC back in the early 90’s. Shortly after…