Classic Spyro Is Coming Back!

After the massive success that was last year’s Crash Bandicoot N’ Sane Trilogy, it was likely only a matter of time before the jeans-wearing marsupial’s main rival got the remaster treatment. As reported by Kotaku, Activision has a remake collection in the works for the original trilogy of Spyro games. Developed by Vicarious Visions, the…

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Project Dream’s Evolution into Banjo-Kazooie

For years, the mysteries surrounding Banjo-Kazooie have fascinated me.  One of these mysteries was, of course, the infamous Stop ‘n’ Swop, an unused feature in the game that, while never implemented (not until the XBox Live Arcade anyway) in the Nintendo 64 era as intended, was still outright talked about by the characters as if…

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Sunday Video Round Up: Feb 4 – 10

Sunday has once again rolled around and that means a new edition of the Round Up has also arrived! There’s lots of good stuff to get to this week, so crank the volume, kick up your feet and press play. Here’s a small sample of what’s waiting for you below the jump. After surprising the…

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Whatever Happened to Doing Things for Ourselves?

It feels as though games are playing themselves more and more these days. It’s not that they’re literally taking control away from the player or anything. No, it’s more that it feels like modern games, at least those in the AAA space, have been trusting players with less and less as the industry has advanced….

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YouTube Highlights, Weekly Edition #45

Happy Friday, friends! It’s been quite a week, one that we’re glad to see coming to a close. And that’s mainly because it means that it’s time to take another trip through our YouTube Highlights! If you’re clicking here for the first time — welcome! — this is our weekly post dedicated to revisiting some…

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Red Dead Redemption 2 Now Releasing this October

In “old” news that’s not really that old, word around town is that Red Dead Redemption 2, though delayed, now has an actual released date: October 26, 2018. The game been slated to potentially come out late last year, but then it was delayed to this Spring. Now, those who chose to take up the…

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Victory Isn’t Guaranteed in Ash of Gods

Many games have come and gone that have made the “your choices matter” promise. Some outright fail to deliver, like Deus Ex: Human Revolution. Some only result in binary endings, like BioShock or DisHonored. Still others deliver differing end states with only 1 or 2 major differences between them, like Mass Effect. A new RPG…

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Hopefully Conquering Final Fantasy 8: Part 1

I’m sure you’ve all heard me complain about it, many times before, but I was never able to beat Final Fantasy 8.  I think it was due to a complete lack of understanding as to how Junctioning works, along with the fact that enemies become more powerful the more you level up, that accounted for…

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Saturday Video Round Up: Jan 28 – Feb 3

Just like that, it’s time once again for a brand new edition of the Sunday Video Round Up! We’ve got another fantastic line up of trailers and videos from the past week, ready for your eyes. So kick back, relax, and press play. Here’s a small sample of what’s waiting for you below the jump….

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Getting It Right The First Time

How does one improve on a near-perfect game? Is it really possible, or is another game that’s equally as good the best that any developer or fan could hope for? While there is no such thing as the perfect game, there are many games out there that would be quite difficult to meaningfully improve upon….

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