A while back I reviewed the Silmarillion – this time I’m reviewing and discussing Tolkein’s first novel: The Hobbit.
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When I was a kid, I picked up a used copy of Ghouls & Ghosts for the NES. I picked it up after hearing Adam Sessler, a game critic I respect immensely, gush about the game on Extended Play (which might have still been “GameSpot TV” at the time). I played it, found it frustratingly hard, and turned it in. When I came to the last issue of Nintendo Power which I did a Where I Read for (Issue #26), I decided now, with the aid of emulation, to give the 16-bit version of Ghouls & Ghosts anothe
This time I’m actually on schedule for the Let’s Play Videos, with part 3 of the Genji: Days of the Blade let’s play. This time we get to meet another improbably dressed young female warrior, but this one is playable!
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This week, I’m returning to my E3 2012 coverage and finishing it up with my Top 5 Sold! List.
Persona 4 Arena footage: http://YouTube.com/AtlusUSA
Sleeping Dogs footage: http://YouTube.com/SleepingDogsGame
Rock Band Blitz footage: http://YouTube.com/HarmonixMusic
Watch Dogs footage: http://YouTube.com/Ubisoft.
Castlevania: Mirror of Fate: http://YouTube.com/Nintendo
Filed under: Video games, videos Tagged: Atlus, Castlevania, E3 2012, Harmonix, Konami, Persona 4, Rock Band, Rock Band Blitz
We’re moving on with the Nintendo Power Recaps with issue #48 for May of 1993. Our cover story for this issue is the beat-em-up adaptation of the Batman Returns film. Our letter themed topic for this issue is suggestions for contests. The prizes that are printed seem pretty reasonable. We have one writer who suggests a Wrestlemania themed contest, with the winner getting a trip to Wrestlemania IX, second prize being a Super Wrestlemania Game Pak and a years subscription to WWF magazine, and the
The Fate universe has, in the works I’ve reviewed thus far, has generally formed a cohesive narrative whole – with the exception of clear comedic side-stories that are deliberately intended to be outside continuity like Carnival Phantasm. Others have adapted alternate routes of the visual novels that are part of Type-Moon’s Nasuverse (like Fate/Stay Night mostly adapting the Fate route and Unlimited Blade Works adapting that route). Fate/Prisma Illya is a true alternate take on the Fate Universe
Before moving on to our next Loyalty mission, we chat with some party members.
Filed under: Let's Play Tagged: Let's Play, Mass Effect: Andromeda, Video games
This time, in Genji, we have more backtracking in the game, and a party member who rushes headlong into combat and gets caught in a force field.
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Last night I went to the Hollywood Theater for their monthly Kung Fu Theater night, and I wanted to give my thoughts on the theater and the films I saw.
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<p>This week in the <a class="zem_slink" title="Nintendo Power" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_Power" target="_blank" rel="wikipedia">Nintendo Power</a> Retrospectives, I start with the “Best of the Rest” of Nintendo Power’s first year, reviewing the first 11 titles (out of 33) that made the Top 30 but weren’t featured in Nintendo Power proper.<span id="more-2584"></span></p>
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<p>This time we get to fight a big stompy robot!</p>
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We do our first attempt at the H-047C Vault, before we get our butts kicked.
Filed under: Let's Play Tagged: Let's Play, Mass Effect: Andromeda, Video games
So, when I was recapping the last issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly, I didn’t cover the issue’s editorial. That’s because it didn’t have one that I could find. However, we’re now on issue #83 for June of 1996 and we have an editorial column this issue. First, I do need to mention that this issue’s cover features Sonic The Hedgehog and the new wave of 3D platforming games. Anyway, the editorial column for this issue, unfortunately, steps into the territory of describing the stuff that’s i
<p>This week we come to the second to last issue of Nintendo Power’s first year, featuring another classic title in Ninja Gaiden, and two classically bad titles in The Adventures of Bayou Billy and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, along with an underrated gem.<span id="more-2572"></span></p>
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We have another recap of an issue in Nintendo Power, just in time for a significant, coinciding event in the modern video game industry.
The issue is Nintendo Power #51, for August of 1993. Our cover game for this issue is Street Fighter II Turbo, which introduces the ability to have same character matches in the game, as well as the ability to play as the bosses, coinciding nicely with the release of Capcom?s latest fighting game to include Street Fighter characters ? Marvel vs. Capcom 3.
In
<p><span style="line-height:1.5em;">After a bit of a delay, I’m posting my review of the next issue of Nintendo Power.</span></p>
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I recently picked up the role-playing game Wild World of Wrestling by Timeout Diversions from DriveThruRPG. The game is from the same people who brought us the underrated RPG WWE: Know Your Role, which I also own and like. As I’m reading through the game, I’m also working on setting up my own little promotion. This is partly with original wrestlers and in a large part with adaptations of real-world wrestlers. But, first, I’d like to do a little world-building and set-up the in-game organization.
<p>This week I’m reviewing a novel by Michael Moorcock. Specifically I’m taking a look at the first novel in the Hawkmoon series – <em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005GNM1N0/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=themillenn0b3-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B005GNM1N0">The Jewel in the Skull</a><img style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" alt="" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=themillenn0b3-20&l=as2&a
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