Monthly Archives: December 2015

N64 Goldeneye — Thank you for 20 years of memories!

Most of the recent 007 flick, “Spectre”, is not bad.  The last 30 minutes, though, is the worst James Bond I’ve seen.  It got me nostalgic for old school Bond.  And Judi Dench.  And of course, N64’s Goldeneye.  It was released in 1996, which means a golden 20 years since I spent time playing when… Read More »

That Dragon, Cancer — The Game that Needs to be Played

that dragon cancer video game

Why would anyone play, “That Dragon, Cancer”? The game is about the developer, Ryan Green’s son, Joel, who died in 2014 at the age of 5 after battling cancer for four years. We experience what they went through. Green said the game gives players “the opportunity to meet my son and meet our family, and… Read More »

Valiant on Kickstarter — Virtual Reality, Virtual Brutality?

valiant video game

Technology will take us to the past…to experience all the wonderful brutality of human history. Medieval warfare, for example, was especially cruel. Take the Battle of Visby, for instance. Knights hacking away peasants. Fun times! It won’t be long before we see all that chivalry in action first hand. For now, we have Valiant. Valiant… Read More »

Yakuza 6 Gameplay Trailer — More knives, less curry bar, please

Anyone who hasn’t played Yakuza will probably watch the new trailer and think, “Okay, GTA in Tokyo”. That was my first thought after watching the first trailer more than a year ago. The PS4 exclusive, due in January, has one major difference…. Guns. That is, Yakuza don’t have as many. Or at least they shouldn’t.… Read More »

Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes Review — The Force is with you…and your mobile device…always

Game Experience: High Game Value: High Total Score: 6 out of 6 Quiche’s Recommendation: This IS the F2P you’re looking for…. As F2Ps go, doesn’t get much better than Madden Mobile. But another mobiler from EA, Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes, comes pretty close. Galaxy of Heroes (GoH) is essentially a card game. Collect your… Read More »

Allexiur on Kickstarter — What exactly is TechNoir?

Technoir just sounds cool. That genre alone might be reason enough to fund Allexiur, a fetus from noob developer, Black Ark Games. It’s currently on Kickstarter at $244 of $7,551 with 24 days to go. Allexiur is described as a “tehcnoir (sic) mystery adventure game”. What exactly makes technoir technoir? I know anything noir-ish with… Read More »