A PASSION FOR ALL THINGS GAMES
Waiting To Attack – Sakura Samurai: Art of the Sword is a variant on Punch-Out’s! parry-and-counter combat mechanics but allows free movement on the battlefield instead of being stationary in a boxing ring. However, these precision attacks grow repetitive as each fight against the common enemy is ultimately a battle of patience and repetition. The […]
This week, me and Gillman have a couple more technical difficulties trying to record our stream. But once we get everything up and running, we have a good time playing McPixel… even though we don’t understand it. Watch live video from varms on TwitchTV
Basic Crosswording – As a follow up to 2008’s original Crossword game on DS, Crosswords Plus is basically more of the same. There are hundreds of crossword puzzles each ranging in difficulty from easy to very difficult. Many early puzzles reuse words often; I must have written the word “elf” more times than the Lord […]
Curse This Shmup – Outside the mobile environment, the Shmup is a dying breed. UFO is looking to fill this gap by localizing Mamorukun Curse! to the PSN. Upon starting this Japanese “cute’em up”, I conjured mixed feelings. Thing is, UFO’s track record is pretty terrible thanks to the abysmal Johnny series on the 3DS […]
Capcom has confirmed that the classic Mega Man games for the original Gameboy will be appearing on the 3DS Virtual Console sometime later this year. This includes Mega Man 2, 3, 4, and 5. The original GB Mega Man, Wiley’s Revenge, is already on available on the eShop. Mega Man V is a unique game […]
Gillman and Zack experience the newest wave of shoot ’em ups, dubbed “cute’em ups” by the developers, by playing through a chunk of Mamorukun Curse! on the PS3. The video below starts about three minutes in after Gillman is done hitting several things in his apartment to get the stream working properly, so enjoy! Watch […]
Konami has released a new batch of screens for the upcoming Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2. Drac is back and pissed off at Satan and just gain power to take him down. Satan’s daughter is also supposed to be making an appearance in this game.The new Void Sword looks pretty bad ass too. The game […]
Nintendo has unveiled the official rewards to Gold and Platinum Club Nintendo members to close out 2013. Members have until August 15th 2013 to log in and select a gift of choice. Digital game downloads will generate a download code for immediate redemption while mailed gifts should arrive sometime before the end of the calendar […]
Up, Up, and Away – Back in early 2010, Nintendo developed and published Aura-Aura Climber to the under-utilized DSiWare service. This grapple-point platformer has players aiming for the stars in this two-dollar, or 100 Club Nintendo Coin (July 2013), 3DS eShop download. The simple and straightforward gameplay is quickly explained in the opening tutorial level. […]
This week Gillman and I play through a bit of Motorbike on PSN. How bad is it? Gillman spends most of the time screaming and cursing. Watch live video from varms on TwitchTV
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