Retro Game Reviews

My recent play-through of TRON: RUN/r has reignited the love of TRON in my mind and heart. It is funny how someone's fandom can go dormant for a certain amount of years and just one...

Over the last couple of decades, the Pokémon franchise has become one that we all know and love, spawning some of my personal favorite turn-based RPGs of all time and some much beloved characters for...

I try, I really do try, to go into games with neutral expectations. In the weeks leading up to the release, just everything about the idea of Episode 5 rubbed me up the wrong way:...

I love the original Parasite Eve games on the PlayStation; the world, the story and the graphics drew me in. When I heard that the The 3rd Birthday was coming to the PSP, I was...

A few months ago, I went down memory lane and decided to play one of my favorite button mashers, Final Fight on my Super Nintendo. That nostalgia prompted me to go out and look for...

I was lucky enough to be one of the few people to have grabbed Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess for the GameCube. I remember when Wal-Mart emailed me and told me that they had oversold...

My birthday happened as it does every year in February, and this year I finally got the one system I'd never gotten when I was little, the Sega Genesis. It is the weird retro remake...

It can be difficult to remove the rose colored glasses that can often cause the games of our youth to seem spotless, flawless, or even perfect. It can be especially difficult to do so with...

When I took off for the first time in Fast Racing Neo, the new game by indie developer Shin'en for the Wii U, the world sped passed and I was blown away by the sheer...

A few weeks ago I reviewed Rodea The Sky Soldier for the Nintendo 3DS. Despite its problems, I could spot a nice game hidden behind the portable mess. After reviewing the game, I could not help...

I'm going through some Resident Evil mania right now, and combined with the impending release of a remastered Resident Evil 0, and the recently announced remake of Resident Evil 2, I am about as happy as a...

Final Fight began its video game journey in 1989, the same year that Batman: The Motion Picture hit theaters, Garbage Pail Kids were all the rage, and when arcades ate all of my quarters. When I...

Back in the early 2000's, there was a little-known JRPG developer with a game called Dark Cloud. Despite receiving positive reviews around the world, the game was in such a deep, niche corner that even...

Microsoft has had some amazing gems in their games catalog, one of which was announced to be receiving a remake in this newest console generation. That game was Phantom Dust. Released on March 15th, 2005, the action/strategy game was developed...

I'm a huge fan of retro games, seeing that I grew up in the time that is now considered "retro." Luckily I kept a majority of my old games and corresponding systems so I can...

With Rocksteady's final installment of their Arkham trilogy coming out very soon, I decided to delve deep into some older Batman games that most people may have missed out on. My eye came across a...

As the first game of Sonic’s 3-part exclusive games deal with Nintendo, Sonic Lost World is the first next-gen Sonic game of many to come. The game has its ups and downs, but overall I...

It was a sad day for many Star Wars fans when Disney decided to board up the doors at LucasArts. I was one of those fans that shed a tear when I heard the news...

Super Mario 3D World was a majestic game, and one that boasted some incredibly high quality level design that, combined with the HD-visuals we’ve gotten accustomed to, was one of the Wii U's finest. Captain...

The greatest fighters in Nintendo history return for round four in Super Smash Bros for Wii U. A silly title, I'll admit, but no game of the franchise has been as anticipated as this one....

For many years, SEGA has done their best to please every Sonic fan in the gaming community, but each time has left a different part unsatisfied. In Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric, SEGA takes Sonic...

There an impossible number of ways to describe a game like Bayonetta 2. Sexy, confident, and especially brutal, Platinum Games’ darling action heroine carries herself with the elegance of a dancer and fights like a...

Indie developers have been extremely creative lately when it comes to the Wii U. It seems there is no limit to the amount of imagination developers have while they produce innovative games for Nintendo’s latest...

There are a slew of video games out there that are based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s various tales of Middle Earth, especially since Peter Jackson adapted them into films. Most of the games available have been...

It’s been 15 years since Naughty Dog released their last Crash platformer and since then both the video game industry and the company itself have come a long way. Driven by the narrative aspect of...

I’ve never enjoyed motion controls. They always felt like a gimmick that game companies desperately wanted us to enjoy, but for whatever reason, I could just never warm up to them. This is why I...