I've been pretty dang bored, lately. I've got many, many games, but my problem is, I've played them all too many times. Needing a break from the usual, more recent stuff, I decided to pull out my old GBA stash of games, as I haven't touched that handheld system in years. That's when I decided to replay Golden Sun (GS). I have fond memories of playing this game nearly 20 years … [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...]
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...]
Hotel Dusk: Room 215 – Checking In
The holiday season is upon us! And for me, that means playing yet another one of my all time favorite games, Hotel Dusk: Room 215 (HD). This is another one of those games that will just always be at the top of my favorites list. I even wrote a critical analysis of the immersion this game creates in my undergrad days. But I'm not going to bore you with that academic stuff here. … [Read more...]