Mel bides his time waiting for Shovel Knight by examining why this game has swept the internet off its feet even before release day. Nostalgia plays a factor, but what else? Click on through while waiting for the game to download!
Imitanis laments the fact that he can not play the games of his childhood on any of the systems he has access to. His solution? Emulation! Join him as he attempts to paint a rosy picture of the emulation scene today.
Still stuck examining Nintendo, this week Mel writes about why Nintendo tends to make games for children. Often a point of ridicule, Nintendo’s penchant for making games targeted at a younger gamer is something few seem to understand.
The Wii U community exploded in a fit of butthurt recently when it was announced that Rayman Legends would no longer be a console exclusive. This week KillswitchTool looks into the argument that console exclusives are dead and gone.
Nintendo visits equal measures joy and woe unto the industry, while Glee plagiarises from Portal’s songwriter in the news of the week.
Continuing from before, Daniel explores the SNES era of the Final Fantasy series and its releases. Join Daniel as he discusses what is to many a true golden age for the massive JRPG franchise.
Illusion of Gaia is the second of three loosely related SNES RPGs by Quintet. A cult classic, Illusion of Gaia is often praised for its dungeons and combat. Daniel discusses why Illusion of Gaia is not worthy of all its hype in this week’s review.
With the release of Suda 51’s heavily contested masterpiece Killer 7 came the debate; was its highly unorthodox control scheme a glaring design flaw, or an implicit commentary on the rigidity of gamer’s genre expectations, or some such. The verdict is still out on that one, though sadly there can be no such discussion regarding more »
Greetings gentlemen (and KJew), Well might you wonder what nefarious happenstance has led to my appointment to the vaunted position of Lusipurr.com tenured columnist, happily that is not your concern. Suffice it to say money changed hands, reputations were tarnished, and a number of vastly more qualified applicants were in one way or another utterly more »
Classic: gamers throw this word around far too often. I want to spend the next few weeks talking about what I consider to be classic games. Many of the games written about will be old, however I want to pose the following question: does a game have to be old to be considered a classic? more »