Konami has completely screwed up their IP. This is just fact. Metal Gear has been ruined, and its creator driven from the company. The same can be said for Koji "Iga" Igarashi and his creation, Castlevania. I can't even remember when we last had a new Castlevania game. I think it was for the last generation of systems. And I recall it being a 3D mess (as all 3D Castlevania … [Read more...]
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Switch) – Funky Kong Country
Man, oh man... this game. I can't begin to tell you how thrilled I was when I first heard that Nintendo was porting this game to the Switch. Donkey Kong Country for the SNES is one of my all time favorite games ever. Naturally, I hold the entire series in high esteem. And of course, I played the original version of Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (DKCTF) four years ago … [Read more...]
Batman: The Telltale Series – An Interesting Take On The Caped Crusader
Those that know me, know that I am a huge Batman fan. But that doesn't mean that I'll buy, watch, read, or play just any old Batman media. I'm a bit of a purist when it comes to this franchise. Growing up with Batman: The Animated Series, I've pretty much become convinced that that is the best version out there. I could go into great detail why, but this is a game analysis, not … [Read more...]
The Sexy Brutale – It Isn’t What It Sounds Like…
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...]
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...]