A PASSION FOR ALL THINGS GAMES
Tis the season as my local Target had a smoking deal on Kid Icarus Uprising for 3DS – $5.06. No, that is not a typo. Five dollars and six cents. I found a similar deal just like this with Kingdom Hearts DreamDrop Distance. After shifting through a usual pile of unwanted bad clearance games, I […]
Simple Gameplay. Tons of Content. Lesson in Frustration. – Puzzle games are rather difficult to create as players need to be challenged but not pushed to the point of rage-quitting frustration. Unfortunately, 1001 Crystal Mazes Collection has an overwhelming amount of content but this is clearly a lesson in quantity over quality. There are dozens […]
The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds is a large game and players might feel overwhelmed at times but using the tips below help make the journey a little easier and more efficient. (NOTE: minor spoilers ahead) 1) Rent bombs first to start collecting Maiamai Once Ravio opens his shop inside your house in […]
Undercooked – Like Crazy Chicken: Pirates 3D, Crazy Chicken: Director’s Cut 3D is a rerelease of the original lightgun DSiWare shooter only with poorly implemented stereoscopic 3D support. The inclusion of online leaderboards is a step forward but with only two levels and no way to lose, Director’s Cut 3D is a short lived one-trick […]
Microsoft has announced some deals in celebration of Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Here is a breakdown of some of these discounts: Nov. 26, 2013 – Dec. 2, 2013: The Bureau XCOM Declassified GonD 67% Deadpool GonD 40% God Mode XBLA 50% Skyrim GOND 50% Skyrim: Dragonborn Add-on 50% Skyrim: Dawnguard Add-on 50% […]
Nintendo has just started offering a Link Between Worlds poster set to eligible Club Nintendo members. This poster set comes with three 22”x28” posters and ships in a poster tube to prevent creases and damage. One poster is of the Master Sword sleeping in the Lost Woods. Poster #2 depicts Link as the wall hieroglyphics […]
Last week, Nintendo announced that they will be hosting a character specific sale on the 3DS and Wii U eShop from now until the end of the year. Many Zelda games were on sale last week. From now until Nov 29, 2013, a few Mega Man games (NES) will be discounted on the 3DS eShop: […]
Pull Your Balls. Shoot Your Balls. – Ball Fighter is a simple puzzler that uses a typical match-3 style of gameplay and was originally released as a PC title then later ported to DSiWare in late 2009. Unfortunately, the basic and bland gameplay feels like work as opposed to having that addictive “just one more” […]
Over the last generation of consoles, publishers and developers have been shipping games without instruction manuals. Some might call this tactic lazy or “going green” but either way it has become a lost art form. The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, however, actually comes with a paper insert that instructs the users how […]
Same Problems As Before Only Worse – Escape the Virus: Shoot’em Up is basically a new way to play the original game Swarm Survival; you play as a piece of inaccurately depicted DNA while fighting off viruses from a top-down view. Instead of strictly playing defense like in Swarm Survival, Shoot’em Up is an offensive […]
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