When combining the genres of “action” and “adventure” into one, well…the mega-genre of “action-adventure” games could be applied to nearly any game that’s ever been made. But there has to be some delineation between genres somewhere, right? In choosing a small set of action-adventure games I’d like to have with me on my purported “deserted…
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Scarlet Nexus Looks Cool, Sounds Interesting
There were plenty of new reveals shown at The Game Awards this year, and plenty of those are really exciting. Scarlet Nexus is one of those games. I’m not sure if I’d call it exciting per se; its scenario is pretty familiar in the broad strokes. Still, it looks cool and this dual-perspective idea sounds…
Seven Favorite Female Game Characters (Who Aren’t Samus)
In case you’ve failed to look at a calendar during the past two weeks, it’s March, and that means it’s Women’s History Month. Though I’d like to think that we should simply celebrate humanity year-round, this provides some excuse to examine more closely the many contributions women have made to our collective history…of video games!…
If I were to play Super Metroid for the first time today, would I like it?
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, I really like Super Metroid. It’s one of my most favorite games of all time and one that I can’t separate from my video game life. The game celebrates its 20th anniversary this year, and I can still see myself, all those years ago, glued to my…
VIRTUAL BASTION 