If you haven't caught on by now, there's a special place in my heart for weird and obscure video games. However, in this age of rampant Indie development, it can be hard to find the good weird and obscure games. First and foremost, a game needs to be fun. If a game is just weird for the sake of being weird (or even worse, for the sake of "art"), then I have no interest in it. I … [Read more...]
SSX 3 – “You’re Listening To Radio Big”
Being born and raised in Utah, home of the "greatest snow on earth," you'd think that I've at least tried snowboarding (or skiing for that matter) at least once in my life. You'd think that, but you'd be wrong. While I always wanted to learn how to snowboard, that is a dream that will never become reality thanks to my poor health and disabilities. That doesn't mean I can't … [Read more...]
Owlboy – “What If Platformer/Shooter… But With Owls?”
I was severely on the fence, when I was trying to decide to get Owlboy. The reviews were raving about it, claiming it was such a fantastic game. But I have been fooled by these gushing reviews of "indie darlings" too many times in the past (Golf Story, for instance). And when a game has a dev cycle of almost ten years, that usually spells disaster. However, I am happy to say … [Read more...]
Paper Mario: Color Splash – A Frustrating Entry In A Once Beloved Series
The WiiU gets a pretty bad rap these days, one would consider it Nintendo's "red-headed stepchild" if it weren't for the literally red-headed Virtual Boy *rimshot*. But I will always maintain that the system did have some good games. Not a lot, mind you, but some. Unfortunately, the system did suffer from a number of missteps. Games that had potential but were bogged down by … [Read more...]
Time Hollow – Taking Back What Was Mine
Ah, Time Hollow (TH), yet another obscure and quirky game that could have only been released for the Nintendo DS. The late 2000's seemed to be a grand time for unique, creative, and just plain weird games. And there was no better platform for those games than the DS (and to some extent, the Wii, as well). I can still remember going to a local EB Games shop on the day this game … [Read more...]