Tag Archives: Genesis

Here’s the thing about Mega Man: getting it right is not easy. Over the more than three dozen Mega Man games made over the past thirty years, most of them aren’t that great. The dizzying highs of Mega Man 3 and Mega Man X are often paired with ghastly lows …

A moment in a game has hit you hard, like when John Marston steps out of the barn for the last time in Red Dead Redemption, or you’re not fast enough to save Alyx from the business end of a hunter’s claw in Half-Life 2. It’s an emotional gut-punch that …

As a fan of Transformers I’ve always dreamed of having a giant robot head on my wall. Ok, maybe that’s an exaggeration, but the Optimus Prime wall lamp from BigBadToyStore is one of those things that has both function and style. It is mildly disappointing that the head isn’t to …

Pete Smith, an executive producer working with external studios at Sony, knows a thing or two about videogame pitches: he’s sat through hundreds. His talk at Develop Conference was, it seems, not only designed to help developers, but also to make his life a little easier: he opened, with welcome …

From crap to GOTY Tell me if this sounds familiar: you’ve just picked up a brand new console on launch day, you’ve read all the reviews, and despite all of your better instincts, you went ahead and grabbed Perfect Dark Zero anyway. Or how about this: it’s the dead of …

Taking ’em to school If you’ve ever poked around your trophy collection in the Super Smash Bros. games, you’ve probably noticed that they’re an absolute treasure trove of nostalgic knowledge. Because Nintendo’s premier fighting franchise is a mash-up of all its mascots, be they big or small, no reference is …

Sony is taking an intriguing step back toward social gaming with PS4 Share Play. The new feature, long-touted and finally delivered in today’s 2.0 system update (opens in new tab), gives players an internet-enabled mechanism to do what they’ve done ever since the first kid on the block got an …

They aren’t just for trick-or-treaters Unless you are a cosplayer, chances are it’s only socially acceptable for your to put on a weird costume once or twice a year. Which really stinks because a Jak suit would make even the most mundane errands more exciting. Hence, Exhibit 2,344,488 of Why …

A hero need not speak. When he is gone, the world will speak for him Saving the world is something we do on a regular basis in video games; it’s kind of our thing. Whether heroes are being resurrected to combat darkness, or theres a princess to be saved, righting …

I don’t even want to begin to count the amount of items I’ve already purchased a ThinkGeek, a site that has geeky-themed merchandise ranging from Tauntaun sleeping bags to canned unicorn meat. (The latter of which I own. Don’t ask.) I have too many hobbies to list and unfortunately for …