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'Super Mario All-Stars'
Super Mario is one of the most recognizable characters in gaming, first appearing on the gaming scene in the 1983 arcade hit Mario Bros. The character is still being put to good use today now appearing in various titles alongside the Sega mascot Sonic the Hedgehog.
By Roy Jones8 years ago in Gamers
'Banjo-Kazooie' N64 Review
When I first looked myself in the mirror and said “I want to do a review series of games from 20 years ago,” my mind mostly set on a handful of old games: Spyro the dragon series (for which I own every installment), the PlayStation era Final Fantasy series (sadly, I missed the first of those games by a year) and Rare's Banjo duo were somewhere near the top of that list. So it was that I found Banjo-Kazooie in the short list of games released in June 1998, and I said, well, I know what part of the year I'm looking forward to.
By Caleb Sherman8 years ago in Gamers
The Spectator's Review: 'Grand Theft Auto V'
*This review may contain spoilers for GTA V, read at your own risk.* Rockstarnever ceases to amaze me with its crude, gut-slicing humor and psychotic satire. That being said, if you enjoyed the previous Grand Theft Auto games, then GTA V is going to take you around Uranus and back (No, not the moon! That would imply that anyone who had a hand in this game is legally sane). I'm sure that when this masterpiece foraged from the fires of a thousand improvs was born, its creators were absolutely ready to screw with all of us.
By Kaya May8 years ago in Gamers
'Mass Effect 1'
Mass Effect is a role-playing, science-fiction, action video game developed by BioWare. This review will be all about the first installment of the trilogy.
By Leighan Godard8 years ago in Gamers
Code: Realize ~Guardian of Rebirth~
This is the story of a girl named Cardia. She destroys everything she comes into contact with due to her mysterious poisonous touch. She must never know of the outside world. She must never make friends; and most importantly, she must never know of love, because she is a monster.
By Nyra Tanner8 years ago in Gamers
The Spectator's Review: 'Fallout 4'
*This review may contain spoilers to Fallout 4, read at your own risk.* The Bethesda universe strikes again with another installment to the Fallout series; Fallout 4, like its predecessors follows the alternate world where nuclear technology propelled people into the future unlike our fossil fueled planet of today. In this world however, we still have similar cultural styles, hence the 1950's era way of life that the Fallout games are well known for.
By Kaya May8 years ago in Gamers
'Postal 2'
Probably the most controversial game ever made, Postal 2 was the sequel to a 2D overhead shooter produced by gaming company Running with Scissors. The original game had you gunning down anything and everything that moved from civilians to police to dogs. So it was no surprise that the follow up would be just as violent but this time, done in full 3D and from a first-person shooter perspective. The producers tried to play down the violent content in the game; giving you various tasks to complete during each level of the game which takes place throughout a working day week. These tasks would include picking up your paycheque to grabbing milk for your wife. The idea though, is to 'go postal,' the first thing you can do as soon as you leave your trailer is smoke pot which the main character gets addicted to. Looking around the town in which the game takes place and you will find a suspiciously placed gun somewhere.
By Roy Jones8 years ago in Gamers
A Spectator's Review: 'Far Cry 5'
*This review may contain spoilers for Far Cry 5, read at your own risk* In a time of high social conflicts and hot-button issues of ethics and morality, Ubisoft hits the ground running in their newest addition of the morally ambiguous and sometimes controversial Far Cry series. Far Cry 5 delves into the world of mass cults, religious zealots, and the slow devouring of the autonomy and will to resist of the people.
By Kaya May8 years ago in Gamers
The Spectator's Review: Intro
In the summer of 1997 my older brother received his very first Nintendo 64 along with one of the popular games that came with the bundle; Mario Kart 64. Compared to the slightly older Super Nintendo and its outdated predecessor the Nintendo Entertainment System, the 64 was a sleek technological wonder that would keep both my brother and I occupied for hours and then years on end.
By Kaya May8 years ago in Gamers
'Metroid: Other M' is the Worst Game Ever Made
You're probably thinking right now about Superman 64, Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing, or the infamous ET for the Atari 2600 and wondering how anything could be worse than those. Those games barely functioned and some might even make the case that they aren't games at all so much as unfortunate experiences. Ironically, that could be seen as a saving grace in the face of Metroid: Other M. Such technically bad and broken games didn't have a Metroid title's expectations placed on them. They didn't have the technology of more modern games. Simply put, they just didn't have the room for such offensively incompetent content the likes of which you're about to read.
By Suspicious Cook8 years ago in Gamers
Outlast
Outlast has been praised by critics and players alike as a great horror title, brought to us by Red Barrels as an independent project in 2013 with prequel DLC (known as The Whistleblower) not long after and a full-length sequel in 2017.
By Jeff Beck8 years ago in Gamers
Overcooked!
Overcooked! was developed by Ghost Town Games and published by Team17 back in 2016. This game is a rather interesting cooking version of a time management game.
By Trisha Stearns8 years ago in Gamers