Monthly Archives: December 2013

Fightback Review – fight back to the ’80s

Fightback is a cool game, in an ’80s kind of way.  Could probably be more ‘80s, but it’s got the cheesy logo, the Miami Vice-esqe synth track, and even a villain who resembles the anti-hero of the decade, Rutger Hauer.  Best of all, Ninja Theory’s first mobile is a beat-em-up side scroller.  When you think… Read More »

5 retro video games that should be tabletized

Final Fantasy 6 is coming to Android, which joins Ultima IV, Riven, Wolfenstein, Knights of the Old Republic and many other retro classics to be reborn on your phone and tablets.  Here are a few others I’d like to see make the move (w/o emulators). 1) Super Mario 64 One of the greatest games ever… Read More »

Titanfall: Official Atlas Titan trailer – nothing tongue in cheek about it

The Titanfall: Official Atlas Titan trailer feels like a clip from a Paul Verhoeven sci-fi flick.  It’s a fictional promo of a fictional company’s fictional product much like those from Robocop, Starship Troopers and Total Recall.  Without the tongue in cheek, of course. Here’s the transcription: Through the years, Hammond Robotics has always built the… Read More »

Suikoden 2 – fried fish balls on Steam?

Now that Final Fantasy 8 is on Steam, I went hunting for another favorite Playstation RPG, Suikoden 2.  No luck on Steam, but it was on Amazon, and I had to pop my eyes back in their sockets.  A new one on Amazon is yours for just…$699.99!  Yes, no misplaced decimal there.  A penny shy… Read More »

Ryse: Son of Rome Colosseum Pack – play as Joaquin Phoenix?

Ryse: Some of Rome Colosseum DLC features two new gladiator skins and arenas.  The Centurion skin is a tough SOB veteran legionary.  With the Commodus skin, you fight as the son of Emperor Nero.  Unfortunately, it’s not Joaquin Phoenix’s Commodus from Gladiator, which is unfortunate because it’d be cool to play as Joaquin Phoenix. The… Read More »

Best Zombie Video Game Ever

Telltale’s The Walking Dead: Season Two is out and it should be a good one.  But fact is, it’s essentially the same story-line of an over-baked genre.  Survival, don’t be a zombie, get to point A, don’t be a zombie. I would like to see a zombie game where you are the zombie.  The game… Read More »

The Walking Dead: Season Two – Basic Instinct

In The Walking Dead: Season Two, you are Clementine, an orphaned girl who must learn to survive in order to…well, survive.  What else is there to do when there’s an apocalypse?  When a world’s gone crazy mad, is it really worth living?  As we saw in Cormac McCarthy’s The Road, another story about an apocalypse… Read More »