Much like its suggestive title implies, Scoregasm is a wild ride that ebbs and flows before peaking in an intense frenzy of scintillating explosions — only this climax is of the intergalactic warfare kind. Droves of alien spacecraft and fields of neon bullets spray chaos all over the screen in this addictive top-down arena shooter. It’s a [...]
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Review: To-Fu 2
Posted by Rishi on October 31st, 2011
Game name: To-Fu 2 Price: $0.99 Compatible with: iPhone To-Fu 2 is a challenging platformer made with iOS devices in mind. Rather than imprecise virtual buttons for movement, To-Fu 2 lets players ping the squishy hero with surprising accuracy. Simply tap on To-Fu, drag in the direction you want to go, and release to send him flying. The [...]
Review: Professor Layton and the Last Specter
Posted by Rishi on October 31st, 2011
How many other games can wear the badge “formulaic” as a compliment? The fourth game in the franchise, but the first chronologically, Professor Layton and the Last Specter isn’t very different from the previous games in the series. You have the same go-there-solve-puzzles-save-the-day format as always, but when a series has found such solid footing, is there [...]
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No Comments »Review: Ratchet and Clank: All 4 One
Posted by Rishi on October 31st, 2011
Typically, the release of a new Ratchet & Clank console game can shine through the dim haze of any packed holiday season, as Insomniac Games is one of only a tiny handful of developers that consistently delivers knockout-amazing action-platformers. Such was certainly the case with Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction and follow-up A Crack in Time, [...]
Posted in Action, Genres, Platform, PS3, Reviews Tags: Ratchet and Clank: All 4 One, Review No Comments »Review: Okabu
Posted by Rishi on October 31st, 2011
Hand Circus made a name for itself with one of the iPhone’s early breakout hits, Rolando. After a hugely successful sequel, the developers set their sights on greener, eco-friendly pastures. The result is Okabu, a game that is one part co-op puzzler and one part Ferngully: The Last Rainforest. In Okabu you play as the adorable cloud-whale [...]
Review: PowerUp Heroes
Posted by Rishi on October 31st, 2011
When I was two years-old, I thought I was Superman. Then I broke my leg trying to fly. At that extremely young age I was already trying to be a superhero. That desire to be someone greater and more powerful is inherent within us, and the kid-friendly Kinect fighting game PowerUp Heroes taps directly into it with [...]
Review: Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken
Posted by Rishi on October 31st, 2011
Don’t let movies like Happy Feet fool you — penguins are a**holes. Those flightless birds dressed like maitre’ds that dance to Justin Timberlake songs and get fawned over by Morgan Freeman in documentaries can appear to be cute and lovable creatures, but we know the real deal. In truth, penguins are nothing more than zeppelin-flying, power-hungry madmen (madbirds?) that’re hellbent on world domination. [...]
Posted in Action, Genres, Platform, PS3, Reviews Tags: Review, Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken No Comments »Review: Payday: The Heist
Posted by Rishi on October 31st, 2011
You’re robbing a bank with three of your friends. Which three friends do you choose? Your old high school buddy as a point man? Maybe. Your paintball-savvy co-worker? Might work in a support role. But when the police arrive and the plan breaks down, who can you trust to get your back and help you [...]
Review: Kirby’s Return to Dream Land
Posted by Rishi on October 31st, 2011
Kat Bailey, Associate Editor: Going back to the day of the NES, the Kirby games have typically seen Nintendo at their most creative. That was what I was expecting with Kirby’s Return to Dream Land, but what I found was surprisingly conventional. The levels are all very pretty, and I like the addition of four-player co-op, [...]
Posted in Action, Genres, Platform, Reviews, Wii Tags: Kirby's Return to Dream Land, Review No Comments »Review: Pokemon Rumble Blast
Posted by Rishi on October 31st, 2011
Someone should tell Nintendo and the Pokemon Company that Japanese developer “Ambrella” just can’t make a decent Pokemon game. It would be one thing if Pokemon Rumble Blast was just another unimpressive, watered down version of the series’ source material. But aside from the unique Hey You, Pikachu! on the Nintendo 64, the developer has yet to do anything interesting [...]
