Looking back on my 2021 in gaming, two words come to mind: few and scattered. That’s to say I played plenty but didn’t complete many games, let alone any released in 2021. The only exception to this would be Mass Effect Legendary Edition. While its DLC was new to me, however, the excellent core experience…
Tag: Samus
Ranking the Bosses of Metroid Dread
Metroid Dread has to feature one of the coolest portrayals of Samus Aran that fans have ever seen. I’ve already written a review of the game, but finding myself unable to quit talking about it quite yet, I decided it would be fun to rank all of the game’s bosses that Samus so expertly vanquishes,…
I Didn’t Dread Playing Metroid Dread
While I haven’t exactly played that many Metroid games, pretty much every console release since the original Metroid Prime on the GameCube has been a big deal for me. This particular game sees Samus investigating planet ZDR, from which the Galactic Federation received evidence that the dangerous X parasite is still in existence. While I…
Metroid Dread can Already be Played in 4K (on PC)
It hasn’t even been a week since Metroid Dread released for the Switch, and emulation enthusiasts have not only managed to get the game to run on PC, they’re supposedly getting it to run better. I’m not sure if this is an emulation mile stone or anything, but it sure is crazy to think that…
Metroid Dread: A Game 19 Years in the Making
As usual, Nintendo had a very strong showing at E3 2021. In fact, I’d argue that theirs was the best out of everyone who presented. Not only did they bring the games, they brought games that we’ll actually get to play relatively soon; no waiting for years and years to get our hands on these!…
Uncanny Accounts: Battling a Demon (and Inner Ones, too) in Metroid Fusion
The Metroid series is well-known for several things, from excellent wordless-storytelling to defining platforming mechanics. But one its lesser-known traits is the ease which with the games promote unease. While not particularly scary in the tradition of horror games, the Metroid games are rife with near-death scenarios that enforce the notion that Samus is a…
YouTube Highlights, Weekly Edition #148
Up this week: Super Mario World (SNES, 1990) – join as we play through this classic game where Mario must save Princess Toadstool and Dinosaur Land from Bowser’s clutches! Cuphead (Switch, 2019) – let’s help get Cuphead out of trouble on Inkwell Isles with in this award-winning and masterfully styled run and gun game Nostalgic…
YouTube Highlights, Weekly Edition #147
Up this week: The Room (Switch, 2018) – time to take on some otherworldly puzzling in this interesting tale of a Victorian scientist that was originally released for iOS. Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Switch, 2020) – it’s time to call a new island home in this fifth and latest entry in the Animal Crossing series….
YouTube Highlights, Weekly Edition #146
Up this week: Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Switch, 2020) – it’s time to call a new island home in this fifth and latest entry in the Animal Crossing series. Kirby Super Star (SNES, 1996) – it’s eight games in one in this classic collection featuring everyone’s favorite round, pink alien…Kirby! Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (Wii,…
YouTube Highlights, Weekly Edition #145
Up this week: Kirby Super Star (SNES, 1996) – it’s eight games in one in this classic collection featuring everyone’s favorite round, pink alien…Kirby! Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (Wii, 2009) – it’s Samus vs. Space Pirates vs. the Phazon Corruption vs. herself in this series’ thrilling conclusion Nostalgic Notions (multiple consoles) – our periodic feature…
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