Shenanigans & Tomfoolery

I’ve been an avid fan of the PixelJunk games since I discovered Monsters and, even though Eden was perhaps more frustrating than fun, I thought Shooter was shaping up nicely after screens and videos of it started to materialize. It’s out now and I’ve finished it and it’s quite good. I think Shooter is a [...]

Back in 2008, No More Heroes was released on the Wii here in the US. It was a unique game that I enjoyed a great deal despite it being bogged down by a fair number of annoyances. A proper sequel to the game is coming next year on the Wii but, before that, Japan is [...]

Back in 2001, Hideki Kamiya’s Devil May Cry single-handedly revolutionized action games. The canceling-heavy/juggle-heavy combat was more akin to fighting games than to regular action games and the effortless combination of a gothic atmosphere, over-the-top action, a weapon leveling system and light puzzle elements put the title in a league of its own. Games like [...]

PixelJunk Monsters is a fantastic game. I recently got the expansion for it and I’m enjoying it much as I did the original game. It’s probably my favorite game on the PSN as of right now but there are two things about it that piss me off and makes it difficult for me to play [...]

I played through the demo of Batman: Arkham Asylum a couple weeks ago and was thoroughly impressed by it. The atmosphere was right, the stealth was fun, the comic book stuff was spot on and having Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill as Batman and the Joker respectively felt like coming home. I liked it so [...]