Tweet One thousand bullets:  not in the game itself, mind you – but on the screen all at once.  Welcome to danmaku. Danmaku, literally meaning “bullet curtain,” is a type of arcade top-down or side-scrolling shoot-em-up that pits a player against wave after wave of screen-filling orbs of...

Tweet The Naruto franchise has good games; it may be hard to fathom, but there are a few (with a stress on the word few) great games based on the popular Shonen Jump series. Naruto Shippuden Dragon Blade Chronicles is not one of them. Taking a stab at the character action style of game play, Dragon Blade...

Tweet Fighting fans have spoken, and Capcom has finally answered their prayers. It’s hard to believe, but a long time has passed since Marvel Vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes burst onto the scene.  Though critiqued for its unusual-but-catchy jazz soundtrack, unintelligible story, and major balance...

Tweet Game: Magicka Publisher: Paradox Interactive Developer: Arrowhead Game Studios Genre: Action Adventure Price: $9.99 Verdict: A clever take on spell casting during a journey of laughter and occasional frustration. Pros: Fresh and fun spell casting, lots of fun with friends. Very affordable. Cons: Steep...

Tweet Put simply, Bionic Commando Rearmed 2 is more of a good thing.  The original Bionic Commando Rearmed was an excellent update to a classic franchise, and this one picks right up where the previous one left off. Game: Bionic Commando Rearmed 2 Publisher: Capcom Developer: Fatshark/GRIN Genre: 2D...

Tweet First, a confession:  I don’t like Monster Hunter.  I did spend some time with Monster Hunter Freedom Unite, but issues with the battle system along with obscurity regarding what I needed to do to advance made the game tedious and difficult to enjoy. My feelings about the Monster Hunter...

Tweet Remember that hot girl you dated briefly in college (or high school)? The one that made you feel like a superstar because she looked SO GOOD? The one who got everything right, on the outside? The one who, while not unintelligent, simply did not have a lot going on in her head at any given moment? Well,...

Tweet Indie developer Rascal Haven has put forth another effort on the Xbox Live Indie Games named Star Dash. This new title has the player taking the role of their own Avatar in a mad dash to collect stars for points while racing against the clock and the screen itself to complete each of the 100...

Tweet Repeat after me:  moe. This is not the Simpsons character, nor the member of The Three Stooges.  In Japanese, this word is pronounced “mo-ay,” coming from the word moeru (“to bud” or “to sprout”).  In Japanese otaku culture it refers to a warm, fuzzy feeling one...

Tweet 2005 – a banner year if there ever was one – laid a solid footing for Nintendo’s so called “Third Pillar” to go on and become the most successful video game handheld of all time, and as some would argue the best video game device ever made. The number of system defining games that...