Video Game Review
Review – Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo
I’m not sure I would normally gravitate to a puzzle game in an arcade. The hockey arena that was in town when I was growing up had a Tetris machine for a little while. If […]
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Review – Harvester
Normally, I play through a game before sitting down and writing a review, even if I’ve already completed it before. I like to have all my praise and condemnations at the front of my mind. […]
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Review – Metal Slug
Arcade games weren’t a huge presence in my development as a gaming hobbyist. There was usually one around, and I played them when I could, but I was too young to have a substantial enough […]
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Review – Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour
It would be impossible to understate what an impact Duke Nukem 3D had on my childhood. By its release in 1996, I was already a fan of the character through shareware versions of Duke Nukem […]
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Review – Twisted Metal 2
When speaking of my childhood, I often describe my younger self as a die-hard Nintendo fangirl, but that might be inaccurate. In the days before the weight of reality crushed my childhood, I often spent […]
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Review – Cruis’n USA
Way, way back when the internet was delivered by telephone, we had to use a lot of imagination. Our only access to information on upcoming games was in magazines like Nintendo Power, which would often […]
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Review – Super Mario RPG
It’s impossible to state what an event Super Mario RPG was in my childhood. I could spin quite a few yarns about my initial experiences with the game, like how, when I would rent it, […]
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Review – Pilotwings 64
The original Pilotwings was an effective launch title for the SNES, because it successfully demonstrated the amazing sprite scaling and rotating capabilities of the the console, effectively named Mode-7. It was colourful, relaxing, and then […]
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Review – Chex Quest
My mother had tight control over the cereal I ate when I was a child. I never got to have Fruity Pebbles or Trix, which I always enjoyed when visiting a friend or relative, but […]
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Review – The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall
It’s unfortunate that The Elder Scrolls: Arena didn’t exactly fill my gravy boat, but then, despite it being the first in a venerable series of games, I’ve never heard anyone refer to it as their […]