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Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake Announced
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time was a really good game. And now Ubisoft is bringing it back with Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake! Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake has been announced. It will be coming to the PS4, Xbox One, and PC. The game will be out on January 21, 2021. I thought the game looked good, but not great. It seems like it needs a little more polish. Hopefully it’ll look…
Scott Pilgrim Vs The World The Game Complete Edition Will Be Released Holiday 2020
Scott Pilgrim Vs The World: The Game will be returning this holiday! Oh man. This game is so very good. I can’t wait to play it again. Best of all? Its getting released on the Nintendo Switch as well as all your other favorite platforms! Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World: The Game Complete Edition will be released holiday 2020. I played this game will it was released originally and loved it. Scott Pilgrim is a beat ’em up in the…
G.I. Joe: Operation Blackout – Official Reveal Trailer
G.I. Joe: Operation Blackout will be coming to the Nintendo Switch, PS4, and Xbox One on October 13! The game is now available for pre-order. Check out the game’s launch trailer and then come back here for some thoughts on the game. G.I. Joe: Operation Blackout actually looks really good! It should be noted that I was a big fan of the G.I. Joe comics and cartoon as a kid. The preview for this game speaks a lot to my…
More Thoughts From Me #237: A Playable Monster Cartoon
Its been awhile since I last played Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom. I admit I forgotten that I even played it till now. I tried the demo again, loved it and since it was on sale and I had the Playstation 4 credit, I decided to pick the game up. And its an absolutely wonderful cartoon…I mean game! Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom is like a playable cartoon. The graphics are very animated cartoon like and absolutely wonderful.…
Gamers Love Politics – We Just Hate Bad Writing
Final Fantasy 7, Metal Gear Solid, The Last of Us – there’s no doubt that gamers love a title uses politics well. But message boards are filled with cries of “I don’t want my games to be political.” Where is this disconnect coming from, and how can developers get around it? The answer is in better writing. Some gamers are bigots. There are people who just won’t play a game with a black protagonist, or that has a trans or…
More Thoughts From Me #236: The Return of Final Fantasy 15
In More Thoughts From Me #220, I wrote about Final Fantasy 15 for the Playstation 4 and how I wasn’t getting into the game very much. I had stopped playing it and I was unsure if I would go back to it. For a long while, I didn’t. And just this last weekend, I started playing it again and…I like it a lot now. What? Let’s talk about Final Fantasy 15! I really liked Final Fantasy 15 Pocket for the…
On the Road to Delos Crossing: The Evolution of Adventure Games
It wasn’t that long ago that adventure games meant solving obscure puzzles and impossible save states. The genre has changed immeasurably over the last 30 years, but that doesn’t mean the key ingredients aren’t still there. With the release of Tell Me Why, we’re looking back at the biggest titles, and at why we still love adventure all these years later. Tell Me Why takes the genre to new heights, building a realistic world with fascinating characters. The adventure today…
More Thoughts From Me #235: Avengers! Assemble!
Over the weekend, I played some of the Marvel’s Avengers open beta on the Playstation 4. And now I have some thoughts about the game! Avengers! Assemble! I didn’t know what to expect from the Marvel’s Avengers open beta. Honestly I hadn’t been keeping track of the game. Don’t get me wrong, I love the Avengers characters but I wasn’t sure if this would be my type of game or not. So I started the beta and almost right away…
Two DC Comics Games Revealed
On Saturday, DC Comics held a digital event called DC Fandome. During the event, they revealed two new games: Gotham Knights and Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League! We have details on both games below. On Saturday, DC Comics held their digital DC Fandome event. Two new games were revealed! Here are the details: Gotham Knights Gotham Knights is developed by WB Games MontrĂ©al and will be published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. In Gotham Knights, there are four characters…
From Battletoads to Bloodborne (and Back) – How Difficult Games Still Kick Our Butts
It’s Sunday afternoon in the summer. You’ve just eaten a big meal and you’re settling down to an hour in front of the TV. Battletoads. You blow the cartridge and put it in. Maybe, just maybe, this’ll be the time you make it past the second level. But probably not, because frankly you suck at this game. Sound familiar? We’ve all been there. If it wasn’t Battletoads, it might have been Mario, Punch Out, Ninja Gaiden or any other title…