On my summer vacation, I decided it was time for me to go to Silent Hill. Welcome to Silent Hill. While I was driving all over creation, I made a stop in a very peculiar place in northeastern Pennsylvania. There’s a town there named Centralia, which isn’t a town anymore. In the 1960’s, a fire […]
Psychic World
I want to take a look at a game that has about eight levels. You get new weapons from the bosses you beat. Each of these weapons is useful against a specific boss, and is also useful in getting through each area as well. You have two bars, too. One for weapons, one for your […]
Thunder Force II
Well, this is embarrassing. Normally I like to beat a game a couple times or so before writing an article on it. Sometimes that doesn’t happen. I have thousands of excuses. I wasn’t in the zone. I didn’t have the time to bash my head against it until I saw credits. The game cheated. The […]
Wonder Boy in Monster World and The Dynastic Hero
When people think of their early days of gaming, there’s usually a few names that come up depending on when you started or what console you favored. In my day there were two schools. We had the Nintendo kids, and the SEGA kids. While I had both a Genesis and a Nintendo, there was one […]
Dragon Ball Z: Hyper Dimension
Anime and video games go together like rum and coke. If there’s a reasonably popular anime, you can almost guarantee that you’re going to see a game based off it at some point. Now, when there’s a massively popular anime, you’re likely to see dozens upon dozens of games. The Dragon Ball series has been […]
Gaming Shenanigans Vol. 10: Portables Don’t Die, They’re Murdered!
The time has finally come for me to admit to myself that I need to let go of a beloved handheld. For almost two years, I’ve been aware it was on the edge of death. This weekend, it finally went. I’m going to miss my PSP. I’ve had this same PSP for about five or […]
Gaming Shenanigans Vol. 9: I Told You I’d Be Back!
Back in the day, I remember EverQuest being the undisputed king of MMORPGs. EverQuest is coming back, in a very unique fashion. They’re taking a page out of Minecraft and allowing players to create and destroy the environments as they see fit. Before EverQuest Next, we’re going to get EverQuest Next: Landmark, which is essentially […]
Gaming Shenanigans Vol. 8: WTF It’s August?
Does the news about Breath of Fire 6 have you excited in one way or another? Does your excitement/rage have you wanting to play some older Breath of Fire titles? Thankfully, Capcom is going to release the Breath of Fire II on the Wii U Virtual Console. They haven’t given a specific timeframe as to […]
Space Fantasy Zone
Have you ever wondered what would happen if you took two of your favorite franchises and made a crossover? It could go horribly wrong, or it could be the best thing ever. Either way, you’re going to end up with something interesting, to say the least. That’s exactly what happened with Space Fantasy Zone. That’s […]
Gaming Shenanigans Vol. 7: Let’s Watch Some Cartoons!
Kris Straub and Scott Kurtz have a new web cartoon based off of Mappy hosted by ShiftyLook, which is a subsidiary of Namco Bandai Games. Their series debuted a week ago, and they’ll have a new episode every week. It’s good stuff, especially if you’re familiar with the franchises. Dig Dug cracks me up, and […]