(Featured Image by Flickr user: mac morrison) I like game music. I enjoy how it can turn a fairly bland encounter in to something exciting! how it can take drudgery and turn it into a fantastic adventure, and how it can turn a dark room into a space to be feared and dreaded. You know what?…
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My “Deserted Island” Games — PC edition
Greetings all! It is with a big smile and a heavy heart that I offer up the last post in my “Deserted Island” series. It seems fitting that I end where my gaming really began, on computers. But, I’ll tell you, I’m not going all the way back here to the TRS-80, because I don’t…
Honor to the Classics
It was rather early in 2008 when Square-Enix announced their plans to re-release Chrono Trigger for the Nintendo DS. After playing through the fully upgraded visuals and new 3D perspective of Final Fantasy III, I was eager to see what sort of treatment Chrono Trigger would receive. Would Square-Enix rebuild the game with a 3D engine, or keep the visuals…
Awesome Intros: MYST
Some games sell you on the gameplay and story, others on the music and overall presentation, but some games are different. Then there are games that enthrall with that very first opening sequence. Regardless ofhow the game plays or how the story plays out, those first few seconds or minutes were enough to get you…
Review A Bad Game: Myst (Nintendo DS Version)
There aren’t a ton of games I’ve played where I thought it was absolutely terrible. Part of it has to do with not being a long time gamer and the other being I’ve based most of my game purchases on reviews and recommendations from trusted friends and family. I did, however, make a newbie mistake…
When It’s Just Not Right
We all know what it feels like when a game really clicks with us. That wonderful feeling of mental investment and excitement that reminds us why we play games in the first place. But what about when that just doesn’t happen? When, despite all the chance you give the game and your desire to like…
A Sign of Better things to Come
This is Kovax Nobo the Astro Hobo, the newest fan-designed champion to be announced for Smashmuck Champions. It’s a free to play MOBA (Multiplayer Online Battle Arena) game that aims to provide players with a friendlier, more action-y, experience than that of similar games such as League of Legends. While it is indeed fun, what really grabs my…
Sword ‘n’ Board: Invention, Exploration, and Cardboard!
I recently had the opportunity to talk with indie game developer Robert Busy. Robert has been working on his game, entitled “Sword ‘n’ Board”, for about eight months now. Sword ‘n’ Board is a top-down adventure game inspired by many of the classic adventure games of eras past. While playing the game, players will find…
My “Deserted Island” Games — Xbox 360 edition
I don’t know that I’ll ever find the right words to describe my relationship with our Xbox 360. Since picking up its controller some six years ago, we’ve run the gamut of emotions, from adoration to frustration. I’ve not played many games on the console, but those few that I have remain the ones into…
Dawn of the Final Day: Wrapping up at PAX
The final day of PAX Prime 2013 has come and gone; a bitter-sweet ending to an excellent show. I’m sad to see it go; I mean how am I going to get my 3DS Street Passes now? I don’t know about you, but where I live being n the vicinity of another active 3DS is…
VIRTUAL BASTION 