Retro Game Reviews

With the month of October upon us, it's time to dust off those games that give us the heebie jeebies. The ones that makes our skin crawl and the ones that not everyone has played....

I'm still pretty bummed that Mad Magazine will be ending soon, once all the subscriptions are filled the magazine will cease to be. It has been a staple in my life since I was about...

The Wii is a very decisive console for most gamers, some say it is a baby console, others kind of look at it as a fad. I don't know where I stand with either side...

The nineties were a great time to be alive, I have so many fond memories of the decade and my love for comic books was really secured during that time. The first comic book boom...

For those of you poor gamers that weren't around during the creative IP renaissance, I feel bad for you. There was a time during the PS1 and PS2 era where developers made games that were...

There once was a time when Star Wars games were prevalent and shipped out complete, this was the early 2000's when the Prequel Trilogy was dividing the fanbase and before EA was shipping out hot,...

It is no secret that I am a fan of unique and interesting titles and the developers that they spring from. Which, obviously, makes Suda 51 one of my favorite people in the industry. He...

Back in 2002 developers had a little bit more freedom with what they wanted to do, which lead to a huge variety of types of games on the shelves. Some of these games I am...

I have been trying to get into Anime for quite sometime now, and I just never really know what to watch or read. I know that I liked the Fist of the North Star comics...

  There once was a time when Batman and all licensed games were pretty much trash. Little did we know, the PlayStation 2 and Xbox era would see the first game come from a company...

The Warriors is based on the 1979 cult classic film of the same name. In the movie, the most powerful gang leader, Cyrus, calls for a meeting of all the area's gangs. This is where...

I'm becoming more and more surprised as I find some pretty decent licensed games on older consoles. Coming into X-Files: Resist or Serve, I expected a horrible money grab. However, I'm pleased to say I was...

In 2007, Realtime Worlds Ltd. released Crackdown to an unsuspecting Xbox 360 audience. This huge sandbox type game fit in perfectly with what Microsoft was trying to do at the time. Xbox Live was booming...

If you've read any of my articles over the past five years you should darn well know that I am one of the biggest survival horror fans out there. I've mostly dabbled in Silent Hill...

I watched a Zero Punctuation video a few weeks back and got a little offended. While the video was funny for the most part, Yahtzee spoke of a certain game’s central theme by asking “do...

This Review of Secret at Shadow Ranch contains a few spoilers. Everyone loves a good mystery. It seems to be embedded in our human nature to seek out answers. This need probably explains why gamers...

Games based off movies typically aren’t longed for much when it comes to either sales or reputation. There are many unfortunate circumstances in regards to why this is, but translation is certainly near the top...

Everywhere, I see people finding old PlayStation 2 games and calling them "hidden gems". So much so that I'm actually tired of that phrase and it makes me queasy when I see or hear it....

Gungrave is a tie-in to the anime that aired from 2003 to 2004 and ran for 26 episodes. This game came out in a time when developers weren't scared of doing something different, and Gungrave...

In the year 2000, the world was introduced to the sequel of Diablo. Blizzard North's creation, Diablo II, continues while improving the story and reputability. Yet after 18 years, the question of whether or not...

Quantic Dream's Indigo Prophecy was David Cage's first big budget title for current consoles in 2005. Yes they had Omikron: The Nomad Soul out on PC and Dreamcast six years before Indigo Prophecy dropped. But...

There's a lot in terms of variety when discussing hack n' slash titles. From Metal Gear Rising: Revengance to Ninja Gaiden, the genre seems to have a little something for everyone. That being said, it would be...

Sony's PSP was treated like the stepchild of handhelds. No one, including Sony, really put any effort into giving the system some amazing PSP only titles. Instead, we got ports, remakes, and shovelware. Now, don't...

Now back in 2007, we had the likes of Stranglehold blasting its way onto consoles, with intense action, goofy set pieces and epic amounts of destruction. Back then another little game was announced called Wet...

Kirby is one of Nintendo's mascots that I really haven't gotten into, I mean he looks cool, has interesting powers and reminds me of Jigglypuff. However, I just NEVER really bought his games or went...

Back in 2007, there was a shift in the FPS genre and many games released felt uninspiring and weak in execution. I reviewed one of my favourites that came out a year prior, Prey is...