Super Meat Boy – Review
Genre: Platformer Developer: Team Meat Publisher: Steam, Microsoft (XBLA) Systems: XBLA, PC Release Year: 2010 When a Flash game becomes a highly-downloaded game on Newgrounds, and is as exciting to play as your first playthrough of Castle Crashers (yeah, I went there), how can you resist the lovable cube of meat known as Meat [...]
Trophies and Achievements Need to Mean Something
Say what you will about trophies and achievements, they add a nice element to video games. Some people love them, and need them to the point where they won’t play a game that doesn’t have them (ridiculous by the way, because Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots falls under that category). Others couldn’t [...]
The Fall of Sega
Believe it or not. there was a time when Sega was just as big and prolific in the video game industry as Nintendo. It’s true. Before Sony and Microsoft got into the picture, Sega was a real powerhouse in video gaming world. Kids would debate which system was better: Nintendo or Genesis? Battles were waged [...]
The Infamous Red Ring of Death
Sure this is old news. Hell, it’s as old as the Xbox, because we all know Xbox 360 wasn’t the first of Microsoft’s two and only systems (that’s right Bill, you can’t fool us with that THREE-sixty crap) to have the infamous Red Ring of Death. But I wonder if any of you have really [...]
Awful Controller Designs
Maybe it’s not a big deal to most, but to me, it seems certain individuals or certain parties don’t seem to grasp the simple concept of what a game controller should do. It is an interface device that should be easy to use, comfortable to hold, and not full of convoluted buttons and unnecessary extras. [...]
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