November 2015

November 30, 2015 Gossip Graveyard

The Ballad of Grand Theft Auto: Sin City (Retro Rumors #5)

Episode #54 - Welcome to 30 Ridiculous Retro Rumors, a brand new series that will run daily between November 26 and December 25, 2015. This is a series where we debunk some of the craziest rumors and predictions of...
November 30, 2015 Reviews au Courant

Review: Just Cause 3

Don't let the brochure fool you, Medici is a terrible vacation spot. Not only will Rico Rodriguez go head-to-head with an army hell-bent on world domination, but he'll also need to overcome a mountain...
November 29, 2015 Gossip Graveyard

The PlayStation 2 Will Launch in 1997 (Retro Rumor #4)

Episode #53 - Welcome to 30 Ridiculous Retro Rumors, a brand new series that will run daily between November 26 and December 25, 2015. This is a series where we debunk some of the craziest rumors and predictions of...
November 28, 2015 Gossip Graveyard

Electronic Gaming Monthly Badly Predicts Alien 3 (Retro Rumo...

Episode #52 - Welcome to 30 Ridiculous Retro Rumors, a brand new series that will run daily between November 26 and December 25, 2015. This is a series where we debunk some of the craziest rumors and predictions of...
November 27, 2015 Gossip Graveyard

Xbox 360 Hard Drive Will Double As iPod (Retro Rumor #2)

Episode #51 - Welcome to 30 Ridiculous Retro Rumors, a brand new series that will run daily between November 26 and December 25, 2015. This is a series where we debunk some of the craziest rumors and predictions of...
November 27, 2015 Review - Game Boy

Review: Itchy & Scratchy in Miniature Golf Madness

Adam Wallace returns to the course and gears up for another batch of golf reviews. Today he's taking a look at Itchy & Scratchy in Miniature Golf Madness, a action-packed Game Boy title. ...
November 26, 2015 Gossip Graveyard

Virtual Boy Will Be Compatible With Super NES (Retro Rumor #...

Episode #50 - Welcome to 30 Ridiculous Retro Rumors, a brand new series that will run daily between November 26 and December 25, 2015. This is a series where we debunk some of the craziest rumors and predictions of...
November 18, 2015 Reviews au Courant

Review: Celestial Tear: Demon's Revenge

While I like what Celestial Tear: Demon's Revenge is attempting, this first episode gets some of the role-playing game basics wrong. I like the throwback visuals and combo-based combat, but the slow p...
November 17, 2015 Nintendo Power Archive

Nintendo Power's Worst Reviewed Games of 1992

Episode #8 - The year is 1992. The nuclear family is mad about Mad About You, critics are too grown up to enjoy Robin Williams in Toys and somebody call a doctor, because Billy Ray Cyrus has an Achy Breaky Heart. ...
November 15, 2015 Online Pass

Online Pass: The Weekly Video Game News Quiz (Season Finale)

Episode #16 - This is Online Pass, the weekly video game news quiz show. My name is Cyril Lachel and I'm going to ask you a series of questions based on some of the biggest news stories from the past week. It's you...
November 13, 2015 Reviews au Courant

Review: Kromaia Omega

Kromaia Omega is a visually intoxicating space shoot-em-up that absolutely nails the core mechanics. It could use a few more stages and another boss or two, but I cannot say enough good things about t...
November 10, 2015 Nintendo Power Archive

Nintendo Power's Best Reviewed Games of 1992

Episode #7 - The year is 1992. Reservoir Dogs turned Quentin Tarantino into a critic's darling, millions of people were having sex to the soulful sounds of Boys II Men and The Larry Sanders Show was giving viewers...
November 06, 2015 Reviews au Courant

Review: The Fall of the Dungeon Guardians

Using modern technology and know-how, Mana Games attempts to reinvent the 3D dungeon crawler with The Fall of the Dungeon Guardians. While not the year's most original role-playing game, this grid-bas...
November 04, 2015 Reviews au Courant

Review: Heavy Fire: Shattered Spear

Two years after release, Heavy Fire: Shattered Spear has finally found its way to Steam. This is a military-themed on-rails shooter that harkens back to the days of Time Crisis. While the story is bri...
November 03, 2015 Nintendo Power Archive

Nintendo Power's Worst Reviewed Games of 1991

Episode #6 - The year is 1991. Garth Brooks is Ropin' the Wind, the term "going postal" is coined and Cool As Ice is freezing the box office. But this is no time to talk about the filmography of Vanilla Ice, becau...
November 03, 2015 Reviews au Courant

Review: Mushihimesama

Mushihimesama is Cave at the top of their game. This action-packed shoot-em-up offers stylish visuals, a killer soundtrack and a unique scoring system. It's also filled with some of the year's nasties...
November 02, 2015 Reviews au Courant

Review: Poncho

Poncho may be cute, but this boxy robot is stuck in a world filled with repetitive puzzles and frustrating level designs. It simply doesn't take the clever mechanic far enough, opting instead to retre...
November 01, 2015 Online Pass

Online Pass: The Weekly Video Game News Quiz (November 1, 20...

Episode #15 - This is Online Pass, the weekly video game news quiz show. My name is Cyril Lachel and I'm going to ask you a series of questions based on some of the biggest news stories from the past week. It's you...