Ah, DuckTales. A huge part of some of the 1980s/early 1990s babies and certainly a part of mine. The videogame adaptation handled by Capcom for the NES is still considered by many one of the best platformers ever. Twenty something years later, it’s getting a high resolution remake, complete with voice acting from the original…
My patience for the “hardcore” brand of platformers (think Super Meat Boy) has waned a lot over the years. At one time, I was willing to put up with the intense challenges they posed, that forced me to constantly try to perfect each jump to navigate their ever-increasing levels of difficulty. But now, the thought…
From the moment you start up the game, you’re treated to a veritable feast for the senses. Your meal begins in earnest with a moonlight drenched ominous castle looming in the background of the title screen. Your journey begins on a galleon bound for said castle, where we learn our young and rather well-endowed protagonist,…
Just on its aesthetic alone, Desync had me hooked. It drops you into its neon-cyberspace with nary a clue as to where you are or what your purpose here is. Static and interlace effects dance across the screen as you make your way through the hub, grungy synth scoring the scene. It’s a very striking…
As it’s become E3 tradition, our appointment with Bandai Namco this year started with an hour-long presentation that featured almost all of the games on display at their booth, with looks at the newly-announced Jump Force game that’s coming out in 2019, as well as the console port of last year’s Divinity: Original Sin 2,…
Come for the Darksiders, stay for the easy-going fun.
Praise be the power of pizza!
The arcade hit makes its way to the comfort of your own home splendidly.
Between having Dark Souls 2, Bloodborne, and Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin all come out in the past year, it feels awfully soon for another Souls game. And yet, here we are. Dark Souls 3 exists, for better or worse, and it’ll be out early next year. Going into our appointment, I was…
Digital Eclipse’s Toy Story-centric retro compilation goes to infinity and beyond to provide plenty of nostalgia to older players and a history lesson to the youngins, with a more modern entry in the series to boot to round out the package.
