The time has come for me to write about five more games I enjoyed playing in 2014. This is the second of four parts; parts 3 and 4 are where I will write about my top picks for the year. Here's part 1 if you missed it.   The Guide...

The year 2014 has come to an end. Like many others, I've chosen to commemorate the new year by blogging about games that I played over the course of the previous year. In 2013, I made a top 10 list using games I'd started and...

It's the end of the year and everyone is making GOTY lists. I decided to do something a bit different and talk about the best games I played this year without regard to when they came out. After all, most of the great games I played this ye...

I picked up a 3DS XL on Black Friday this year, and upon looking through the eShop, I found myself attracted to the Virtual Console section.� I soon purchased Super Mario Land 2 on sale, and then the original Shantae at its full price of $5...

Hi, Plombo the software developer here. I share a brain, body, and Dtoid account with Plombo the gamer, who you might know from a couple of previous blog posts here. I'm considering writing a series of posts in which I do my best to explain...

It bugs me when people who voice their preference for past generations of video games are accused of being simply nostalgic, of looking at the past through rose-tinted glasses, of only remembering the good games from past generations and fo...

One of the most important decisions made by a console manufacturer in the last console generation was Microsoft's choice to make the wired version of the Xbox 360 controller work out of the box with Windows, and to introduce the XInput API ...