Tag Archives: SNES

Just after Street Fighter celebrated its 25th anniversary, a photographic meme spread across Japan.The first participant in the picture would be seen leaning forward in a deep lunge, the leading leg bent heavily, the trailing leg extended behind their torso, straight and purposeful. Their head would be slightly lowered, and …

Off to a weird start Launch games. Often times these are the only titles you get to play while anxiously (or bitterly) awaiting other games to come out during the months-long launch window. Some launches are more fruitful than others. If youre lucky you get genre-defining games like Halo: Combat …

If you play games long enough, you start to notice a lot of similarities. “Hey, these games sure have a lot of chest-high walls.” “Wow, there sure are lots of games with zombies.” And so on. One thing you’ll also begin to notice is how many video game characters share …

It wasn’t the first handheld videogame system, but the Game Boy is the one that changed everything. Suddenly, everyone you knew had a Game Boy and was peering intently at that tiny screen the color of overcooked spinach. More than 800 games were released for the system, which is way …

Love conquers all If love can bloom on the battlefield, then by God, it can bloom anywhere it damn well pleases. Regardless of race, creed, species, plane of existence, or definition of “alive,” your perfect match is waiting for you somewhere in the great cosmos. And when it comes to, …

You’re in love, you lucky thing. But how can you demonstrate that love in a way that means something without being tacky? Well, if the subject of your affections is a gamer, we can help with that. Just find out if they love Nintendo, PlayStation or Xbox and see if …

From the very first teasers, Campo Santo’s Firewatch has looked like one hell of an interesting first-person adventure. What’s it like playing as a fire lookout in the Wyoming wilderness? What happens when a fire starts? The premise alone is full of mystery. That’s why we wanted to bring in …

The Banner Saga’s journey to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One has been an appropriately long one. Much as the Nordic warriors in its story must march endlessly towards an uncertain future, the console version of the game has been traveling to us over two years. Now it’s finally here. Stoic’s …

Every time I look at Dragon Quest Heroes, I get the same overwhelming feeling: I want all of these outfits. Yangus’ vest, Alena’s rad hat, the whole wardrobe; it all rules. That’s a common occurrence when you love video games, though. From Assassin’s Creed to Deus Ex, people dress in …

Noct shouldn’t be scary. Top down shooters wrought in super minimalist black and white should be about as scary as a casual game of Pong. Yet Chris Eskins’ survival shooter is absolutely terrifying. The first time you walk into a little shack hunting for ammunition and the pulsing outline of …