Rolling Thunder - 1989 - Nintendo Entertainment System
This game plays like much like a piss-poor remake of Elevator Action, only they decided to take out the elevators. Brilliant move, guys! That’s like making a Sonic the Hedgehog ripoff without having the character running. Basically, this is a Bubsy-caliber game.
Rescue:The Embassy Mission - 1989 -Nintendo Entertainment System
OK, first of all, this game goes by five different nom de plumes:It is Rescue: The Embassy Mission, a.k.a., Hostage: Rescue Mission, a.k.a. Hostage: The EmbassyMission, a.k.a. Hostage: No Subtitle, a.k. fucking a. Operation Jupiter. Seriously, dudes, dubble yoo tee eff?What in the name of the six hells of Q’o NoS is that all about?
Metroid - 1987 - Nintendo Entertainment System - Adventure Series
I love Super Mario Bros., and I love although, apparently do not own The Legend of Zelda. Shigeru Miyamoto made some classic game on this system. But when push comes to shove (and my friends are people totally not afraid to shove a person over video games), my very favorite NES game is Gunpei Yokoi's Metroid.
What do you mean you don't know what Twitter is? Sheesh, get with the times people! You use it to follow the tiny little comments left by your favourite people all day.
Now that games like Pac Man C.E. and Mega Man 9 stand as admissions from designers that modern games aren't that great, I feel it's the responsibility of gamers like us to step forward and present new ideas that build on classic ones. Like any good gamer, I have my submissions ready!
Now it seems as though something new has finally managed to wean PC gamers off a shooter diet of Counter Strike, Quake III and Unreal. Unfortunately, it's Team Fortress 2.
Comfort Food Gaming: Games that, like that pastrami sandwich with extra mayo, you keep coming back to again and again and again. This week: Wizball, Metal Slug and Call of Duty.
Let's get this out of the way. There is no PC version. Nor is this the free to play Battlefield Heroes. Let's also get this out of the way: It's frickin' sweet!
Previews of video games are big business. if it wasn't for video game previews, there would only be video game reviews, and who wants that? The opinions of people like…well, us, are about as welcome as Hanna Montana at a talented people convention. So, budding game journalists everywhere, here is how to do a game preview right!
Apologies for the site outage yesterday, it was caused by computers being to stupid and slow to actually talk to each other without a human being in the middle authorising everything. So, so, so dumb and meat based. Anyway, it gave me a chance to think of a topic for today's update, and I made a staggering realisation:
Observe the IGN poll to the right. You'll notice rather quickly, that it's stupid. There's nothing immediately significant about that, as all website polls are stupid, but this one is special. The worst thing about it is that among its choices, there is no option for "BLOW IT OUT YOUR PASTY WHITE ASS, YOU SLACKER-ASS WANNABE HONKY CUNT/FUCK."
Adventure games are back! One could argue that this was true when the new Sam & Max episodes were released, but I think that some new faces were needed to confirm that the point-'n'-clicker was ready for a return. Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People Episode 1: Homestar Ruiner resuscitates the genre with personality, color, and great music, and without a hint of seriousness, ambition, or "hardcore" attitude. It's a reason to celebrate.
This week we devote the episode to playing Strong Bad's Cool Game For Awesome People Episode 1: Homestar Ruiner. Can you guess which member of the team doesn't play point and click adventures?
