July 2015

July 31, 2015 Reviews au Courant

Review: Abyss Odyssey: Extended Dream Edition

While rough around the edges, Abyss Odyssey: Extended Dream Edition is a fun adventure game with a focus on multiplayer questing. Fans of Cadash will get a kick out of the side-scrolling action and th...
July 31, 2015 Review - Intellivision

Review: Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back

Adam Wallace uses the force to cut Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back down to size. Find out why this Intellivision game is a massive disappointment....
July 28, 2015 Reviews au Courant

Review: Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds - Overdrive

Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds - Overdrive won't win over gamers sick of 2D brawlers, but its fast-paced gameplay and fun multiplayer mode make it a cut above the rest. With all kinds of characters t...
July 28, 2015 Reviews au Courant

Review: N++

N++ trades flashy graphics for precise gameplay, making it one of the best 2D platformers of all time. Add in more than a thousand platforming puzzles and an online level editor and this is one of the...
July 27, 2015 Reviews au Courant

Review: Legend of Kay Anniversary

Legend of Kay Anniversary offers upgraded graphics and sound, but outdated gameplay and voice acting. It's a cute story about a samurai cat who gets caught up in a number of mildly interesting adventu...
July 26, 2015 Online Pass

Online Pass: The Weekly Video Game News Quiz (July 26, 2015)

Episode #1 - 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...
July 23, 2015 DGC On Demand

Preview: Battle For the Sun (Steam)

Episode #47 - Ladies and gentlemen, are you ready to battle for the sun? Look, I have my hands full reviewing games this week, but I still wanted to spend a few minutes looking at Battle For the Sun, which is ...
July 22, 2015 Reviews au Courant

Review: Q.U.B.E.: Director's Cut

Inspired by Portal, Q.U.B.E. sees players manipulating cube-filled puzzles in order to escape the alien spaceship. This brand new director's cut offers new modes, music and a story full of voice actin...
July 21, 2015 YOLO

You Only Live Once: Skyflower (Steam Early Access)

Episode #14 - Hello and welcome to another episode of YOLO, the show where I only live once. Today we're taking a look at Skyflower, a game I reviewed late last week. This is a mix between a traditional dungeon...
July 21, 2015 Reviews au Courant

Review: Poltergeist: A Pixelated Horror

What feels a lot like the spiritual successor to Haunting Starring Polterguy, Poltergeist: A Pixelated Horror is a clever puzzle game that puts players in the shoes of a ghost trying to scare away unw...
July 20, 2015 YOLO

You Only Live Once: Zenzizenzic (Steam)

Episode #13 - Hello and welcome to another episode of YOLO, the show where I only live once. Today we're taking a look at Zenzizenzic, a game I reviewed last week. I fell in love with the dual-stick shooter almo...
July 20, 2015 Reviews au Courant

Review: Tembo: The Badass Elephant

Tembo: The Badass Elephant trumpets in a new era of character-driven platformers from Sega. Although the character is adorable and the graphics are sharp, I was left disappointed by the frustrating di...
July 16, 2015 Reviews au Courant

Review: The Vanishing of Ethan Carter

A murder mystery-turned-supernatural thriller, The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is great at setting a mood and telling an effective story. Unfortunately, some late-game pacing issues and frame-rate probl...
July 16, 2015 Review - ColecoVision

Review: WarGames

Adam Wallace is back with another 8-bit review. This time he's taking a look at WarGames, the exciting video game based on the movie. Am I being sarcastic when I say WarGames is exciting? Find ou...
July 14, 2015 Reviews au Courant

Review: The Fall

After a compelling start, The Fall quickly runs out of steam and eventually gets bogged down in mundane housework. While the mix of Metroid-style open world action and old school graphic adventure gam...
July 14, 2015 Reviews au Courant

Review: Zenzizenzic

After a drought of quality dual-stick shooters, Zenzizenzic has debuted on Steam just in time to remind us how addictive this genre can be. With a lot of clever gameplay additions and a constantly-cha...
July 13, 2015 DGC On Demand

Capcom Responds to Street Fighter V Outrage (Parody)

Episode #46 - Capcom has once again let us down. After teasing a big San Diego Comic Con announcement, the financially-strapped publisher disappointed everybody by announcing that Ken Masters would be joining the S...
July 11, 2015 Reviews au Courant

Review: Contradiction: The All-Video Murder Mystery Adventure

Don't be fooled by the live actors, Contradiction: The All-Video Murder Mystery Adventure is a compelling adventure game with a credible cast and twisted story. Developer/director Tim Foltin has creat...
July 07, 2015 Reviews au Courant

Review: Pneuma: Breath of Life

While not without a few clever ideas, Pneuma: Breath of Life is a short game packed with forgettable puzzles. It also features a lead character who proclaims he's God and spends the rest of the game t...
July 06, 2015 Top Ten Lists

Five Mega Man Games That Should Not Be Rebooted

Episode #82 - Known as Red Ash: The Incredible Legend, Comcept hopes to raise at least $800,000 to fund a cartoony action game that resembles the short-lived 3D Mega Man adventures that hit the PlayStation in the l...
July 03, 2015 Reviews au Courant

Review: Yatagarasu: Attack on Cataclysm

Although needlessly vague, Yatagarasu: Attack on Cataclysm is set to win over fans with a memorable cast that mimics some of the best fighting games from Capcom and SNK. With a gorgeous presentation a...