With the demise of video arcades, the world also saw the death of side-scrolling cooperative beat ‘em ups. The genre did see its share of success in the console realm with games like Battletoads, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time and River City Ransom, but when the gaming world transitioned into the third dimension, […]
Stealth games were made for me and I was made for them. I hope that doesn’t say much about my personal character, but there something I totally love about outsmarting my enemies, sneaking up on them and dispatching them without being noticed. It fills me with a sense of satisfaction that I don’t get while playing other types of video games. It’s almost adrenaline. So when I hear a stealth game has been released, I try to snatch it up as soon as possible. I give all of them a fair chance—even the abysmal Vampire Rain: Altered Species—hoping that I’ll discover a sleeper-hit.
My wife and I are always looking for the next great video game to play with each other. I can’t stand television too much and she doesn’t care for some of the more “hardcore” games that I play. Some of the big hits have been Rock Band, Rock Band 2, Castle Crashers, Pixel Junk: Eden, […]
By Raymond McCrum Have you ever been excited for a sequel to one of your favourite games only to find out after playing it firsthand you wish it never saw the light of day? Well, that’s the feeling I got after playing Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World, the sequel to the popular […]