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Drew a Conclusion: You Don’t Know Jack HD

Those who find themselves drawn closer to the Saturday Night Live rendition of Celebrity Jeopardy, replete with the surly visages of Sean Connery and Burt Reynolds, than Trivial Pursuit will, odds are, have played Jellyvision’s You Don’t ...

 
 
 
 

Shut up and take my rupees

Hello! This is going to be a post about Ocarina of Time 3D, but first, an introduction. I've lurked the site regularly for a little while now and tend to stick with the front page, commenting on news posts. I'll be going to PAX for the fir...

 
 
 
 
 
 

Drew a Conclusion Review: Paper Wars HD

Once in a long while, there comes a game for an otherwise obtuse device that proves it capable of appealing to a community many would have initially suspected it was incapable of performing said task. For the iPad, titles like World of Go...

 
 
 
 

Review: Assassin's Creed Brotherhood

So, I finally got around to playing Assassin's Creed Brotherhood; managed to snag a used copy of it (with the DLC unclaimed!) for a fair price. I wasn't quite sure what to expect with this one. When it was first announced I kind of rolled m...

 
 
 
 

Enslaved: A Thorough and (Slightly) Retro Review

I’m sure many of you glossed over Ninja Theory’s Enslaved: Odyssey to the West when it came out last October. I know I passed up its release in order to save some cash, but having finally gone back and played it I’d say it’s a shame that an...

 
 
 
 

Review - Child of Eden

Before reading this review, I would highly suggest you check out Rez HD on the Xbox Live Arcade if you haven't already. I'm going to make a lot of comparisons between Rez and Child of Eden below, as they're pretty mechanically similar (and...

 
 
 
 
 
 

The Video Game Micro Review

My friend talked me into doing something I never intended to do for the gaming community – write game reviews. There is no shortage of game reviews to find, whether professional or amateur. I don’t like giving scores to games, as they can e...

 
 
 
 

inFAMOUS 2 Review

With all of the talk about the setting, the new powers, and the holy $#!^ backlash to Cole's redesign and re-redesign, there was quite a bit of buzz surrounding the sequel to arguably one of the best Playstation 3 exclusives. inFAMOUS 2 ...

 
 
 
 

Pedobear Review: CHILD of EDEN

"Dude, Awesome." Child of Eden is the ultimate evolution of games like Space Harrier, Panzer Dragoon, and Rez. First, allow me to give you my take on Child of Eden's story: September 11th 2019, the first human is born on the Internatio...

 
 
 
 

Drew a Conclusion: Pulse

Music is always one of the few genres of games that have either been significantly underappreciated by a majority of the gaming community or created assembly line style only to be run into the ground by money hungry publishers. Pulse seem...

 
 
 
 

L.A. Noire - A Review of Storytelling

Please be warned that: A: This does contain some spoilers (though, I tried to be relatively non-specific. B: I am cross-posting this from another place I write: http://thenerderyblog.com/, as I thought it was apt. Hello folks, Tim here. ...

 
 
 
 

Weekly Game Review

Typically, this review will highlight the new FPS sensation "Brink." This review will reveal strategies and other hints and tips. To begin, let's start with general review of the game. I find the game "Brink" to be exciting...

 
 
 
 

#1: Homefront Review

For veterans of the first person shooter, being ordered around is nothing to write home about and some of the subtler commands present within the genre have even come to represent a quasi-code of sorts. For example, stumbling across a cra...

 
 
 
 

Bargain bin - beat hazard.

For the past couple months I’ve purchased quite a few game for a small price. I’ve decided to start a mini-series of blogs reviewing all the games in my library that I purchased for $20 or less, So here it is Tales from the Bargain bin. ...

 
 
 
 
 
 

Late To The Party- Splatterhouse (PS3)

I'm often pretty terrible at picking up games I am interested in or just flat out playing them. I have my own backlog of sorts that I still need to work through, so what "Late to The Party" is going to be is just sort of my own late reviews...

 
 
 
 

Fail List: Before You Die Edition

Fail List: Before You Die Edition This is it. The big list. About as close to the ‘ultimate list’ as you can get. When Cassell Illustrated published their 1001 series of books, the first one that caught my eye was 1001 Albums You Must...

 
 
 
 

Over 99 PC Games and 20 console games. The List.

This isn't how many games I have, but more of a challenge to myself. I'll explain, I have this bad habit of buying a game and not finishing it. I would leave it halfway done and walk away to another game. Especially since since I became a f...

 
 
 
 

LA Noire spoilerific review

LA Noire. Although the latter half of this review might seem to focus more on the negative, I just want to say that I bought LA Noire on day one and had a great time playing through the main storyline. It is a unique game and i'm very much...

 
 
 
 

After the Fact: Fable 3 Review

I have been pretty behind on my backlog, and this week I recently decided to just plow through it as fast as possible. I have been struggling for something consistent for my blog, but I think I found something. I am going to start a new wee...

 
 
 
 

VGR Review: 3rd Birthday

Parasite Eve is one of those franchises that never made it out of the original PlayStation era when JRPGs fell onto Sony’s first console like autumn rain. The first two games are often held up as PlayStation classics but the series seeme...

 
 
 
 
 
 

1-Hour Review: L.A. Noire

This is the inaugural 1-Hour Review. If this were information in a travel guide about a trip to China, it would be a section in a travel book, as opposed to an entire book dedicated to the country. It's like a demo review. Meant to give y...

 
 
 
 

Quickposts

medicamecanica

I got eShop credit for my birthday a bit I sure would like to play those Etrian Odyssey games that are about to Too bad its eighty dollars!!

 
 
SlimeyBearXXL979990

Humble bundle has a really sweet Metroidvania bundle with Hollow Knight,Rain World, Blasphemous,Bloodstained, Lost Ruins,Haiku the Robot,20% off coupon for Rainworlds cool DLC and 50% off Zapling Bygone indie I might get bundle and gift most

 
 
Seymour

Currently on a noughties metal tangent and only just now am realizing how much the singer from Seether (at times; on this track in particular) sounds like Kurt I cant be the only one?

 
 
ctg867

RIP to RARGB, maybe the best torrent site on the This is a pretty brutal loss for cultural preservation, the obviously much more serious issue of the war aside

 
 
MeanderBot

Just bought a pass for PAX West this year and it was remarkably Last time I bought a pass several years ago it was a tense hour of waiting in line to maybe get a pass, and now I was done in about seven Anyone else thinking of going?

 
 
Cathedral

70 hours into TotK and I didnt realize you can kill you effin horse?! I havent felt that bad since SotC

 
 
dmanatunga

Ok, color me Jackie Chan as Splinter is inspired And I dig the animation style, even if it feels a little too dark (color-wise)

 
 
IneptMelonhead

I cant Is this my usage of the abilities or did is this everyones favorite?

 
 
Exber

#6 Movie of 2023 is: I only knew Michael Jordan was famous and appeared in Space Jam Also, I knew nothing about the whole Nike However the movie script, pacing, and performances can be enjoyed 4 and a half stars out of

 
 
SlimeyBearXXL979990

The indie game Decarnation is out now, looks pretty cool, very suprising that visualy it was techinaly still made in RPG Maker but still looks very

 
 
Mamekuma

Im not sure who Mobile Suit Gundam Battle Operation 2 is for, but its not for Its clunky contorls reminds me of Let it Die but worse, and its essentially an F2P gacha mobile game that looks like a PS3 launch title and control like a PS1 2/10

 
 
RiffRaff

What are your favorite puzzle games? I mean that very broadly; anything where puzzles are a major focus and not Popcap match 3 Portal 1 & 2, Talos Principle, Zero Escape (especially 2), Agent A, countless p&c adventures, Pic

 
 
Kerrik52

Its nice to be back in the Yakuza content hole with Beyond the new batch of activities (udon slinging, dancing, farming), its also an incredibly weird piece of fanservice(?) due to the returning Shibusawa chill now?

 
 
Seymour

Wake up honey, new hit Vampire Survivors clone just dropped and its Diablo-inspired ass smartly dropped just before Diablo Ill be eating good with this one and HROT tomorrow as Ive been needing breaks from

 
 
SlimeyBearXXL979990

They better ease wayyyyyyyy up on the paid microtransactions/paid DLC cars this time if this game wants to be a €40-70 First game really took the piss had like €300 worth of just shit

 
 
SlimeyBearXXL979990

It does feel very cursed/weird to have a 1 minute and 30 seconds Honaki Star Rail ad voiced by a random guy with no joke or personality at the start of a Zero Punctation Not a issue juat odd/suprsing to

 
 
taterchimp

I am more snot than man today

 
 
bong264

Permanent Status:

 
 
dmanatunga

Across the Spider-Verse comes out tomorrow!!!!!!! Im going crazy waiting, so started skimming negative reviews to keep my expectations Then I realized all the negative reviews were from Brits, meaning they should automatically be

 
 
Ricky Namara

Also why I quit the fucking Artist credited in the

 
 
Mamekuma

Tried the Amnesia: The Bunker demo and it was good! Its a lot more open-ended and has more in common with Resident Evil 2 than previous I dont know if I liked babysitting my flashlight, but mechanically it seems extremely fun and challenging

 
 
LegendPenguin

Was reading a SF6 thread about wifi/wired connections on Reddit and the lack of compassion in the replies to folks who have legit trouble going wired makes me want to play wifi only out of And my Xbox is not that far from my

 
 
LegendPenguin

Was reading a SF6 thread about wifi/wired connections on Reddit and the lack of compassion in the replies to folks who have legit trouble going wired makes me want to play wifi only out of And my Xbox is not that far from my

 
 
NeoTurbo

Carbot does it again!

 
 
Xeo

Some unknown Blizzard BS aside, Rhykkers Diablo 4 review is probably one of the most comprehensive for those on the fence about the Makes sense given that hes arguably THE best Diablo content creator out Great review

 
 
cockaroach

dag nabbit sony, stop porting games to PC until youve ported Bloodborne!

 
 
RiffRaff

Thinking about grabbing The Tartarus Key on Switch later today to give myself a little break from chasing squirrels in Zelda and jrpg overload dominating my Lowpoly, combat-less, puzzle heavy, story driven horror is calling to me

 
 
Gajknight

Current status

 
 
SpikeyWiggedHero

You know when a bands sound finally clicks for you, and suddenly you have no idea why you didnt care for their music for the last 32 years? So, Porcupine

 
 
Ricky Namara

Random Thoughts While Pooping Tired Caregiver Edition: Hey game developers? ENOUGH WITH THE HORROR GAMES WITH THE CHILD-FRIENDLY PRESENTATION! You little shits owe me for getting my little shits traumatized!!

 
 
jobejoe

After finishing the main quest of Xanadu Next, I started playing Mothmen 1966, a small visual novel with a pulp horror It’s great so far! There’re moments of minor interaction but ultimately it’s a VN through and Great

 
 
SlimeyBearXXL979990

I have Octopath Traveller 2 on Switch arriving today, I saw it for €35 already on Looking foward to giving it a try but I hate hearing the game has random battles That shit died out because it fucking sucks in

 
 
RiffRaff

Have a great day! Also, can Retro finish up Prime 4 soon so we can get another DKC game?

 
 
Whispering Willow

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of The Kingdom (2023)

 
 
Anthony Marzano

Death Stranding is a weird as hell Thats the

 
 
ctg867

Developer in 2023: We must put yellow paint on everything otherwise the player wont understand how to Developer in 2001:

 
 
Ricky Namara

Random Thoughts While Pooping #78923: Why do we instantly trust dogs and severely distrust cats in video games?

 
 
Seymour

Gotta I fucking loathe Trumpish politics and AI fucking terrifies me, but I dont care what other liberals/progressives think: This is pretty damn

 
 
Neronium

Need help Im gonna do another commission from the person who did the Ape Escape Im thinking either Skies of Arcadia/Legends or Spyro the My reasoning is with Spyro I can use it now and for a lot, for Skies itd be for future stuff

 
 
taterchimp

Had an awesome session of the Dark Souls reskin of Last minute planning, but I cranked the tension up and really did my best to do set dressing and even some improv on the It went great! One of my favorite DM sessions

 
 
Lawman

It’s a couple days until release and I’m surprised no one mentioned Haggar as a mentor character? Yeah, probably!

 
 
Mamekuma

I dont normally do this and have largely given up streaming, but in celebration of Amazons LOTR MMO announcement were playing the Still Great LOTRO while watching Is it legal? Live now

 
 
Chris Bradshaw

Now this controller right here, lemme tell Metroid Prime Remastered never felt so good

 
 
hester2

Looking forward to finding out if Nioh 2 remains the best Diablo game

 
 
Dr Mel

Getting deeper into I had heard people say how crazy the puzzles get but I just had no I havent had a feeling like this in a very long Its really an outstanding

 
 
Seymour

FINALLY beat one of the dungeons (fire temple or w/e) at 60+ hours in! Felt like I was meandering much of the time as trying to explore only led to Needed better Maybe its just me, Okay Game is still a 10/10

 
 
Virtua Kazama

Fighting Game week continues as we go live with another session of Virtua Fighter Takeover, this time back in VF5US!

 
 
Boxman214

Real talk, I have no idea how anyone can afford to live right My wife and I are making decent Losing our apartment, so were thinking of buying a Theoretical budget puts in in the