Tag Archives: Adventure

This time the man behind Ico and Shadow of the Colossus himself has delivered the clockwork reassurance of The Last Guardian’s continued existence. Fumito Ueda said on his personal website (is that the best URL ever or what?) he is still working on the game and fans should “keep an …

We refuse to make the ‘egg’ pun, but there’s (potentially) very exciting news for gamers of a certain age as today sees a new Kickstarter (opens in new tab) launched to bring back Dizzy, the egg-shaped star of several classic platform/adventure games from the 1980s and 1990s. Dizzy Returns has …

The tools games can use to tell stories have come a long way, but narrative remains bound to scriptedcut-scenesfor many. Rhianna Pratchett, cinematic writer on the Tomb Raider reboot, sees knocking down that wall as one of her most important tasks. Ludonarrative dissonance is the ten-dollar term for it, but …

Back in the day We love nostalgia as much as the next aging nerd, and youd be hard-pressed to find a game more steeped in nostalgia than the recent indie game Retro City Rampage. Though we had mixed feelings about the game as a whole (see our Retro City Rampage …

Resident Evil 4 could have been a colossal failure. Fraught with development difficulties and behind the scenes struggles, RE4 seemed like it would be left behind in the transition from the original PlayStation to the then-current generation. That the game ended up being playable at all, let alone one that …

Anytime a new game comes along whose driving force is click-kill-click-loot-click-click-click, it’s hard not to make comparisons to the Diablo franchise. That’s especially true in the case of Torchlight II, a dungeon-crawler whose creators contributed to the former’s fruition. So let’s get that necessary comparison out of the way, then: …

Our guide to the unlikeliest drugs in videogames Warning! You are about to read about mature subject matter, which shouldn’t be discussed by minors without the presence of a responsible adult. Topics we’ll be covering include drug use, drug crime, drug addiction, and the ending of Ghouls ‘n’ Ghosts. Consider …

Super Mario Bros (opens in new tab) wasn’t just a hit, it arguably resurrected the console market, putting Nintendo’s consoles in the homes of millions. It became a cultural touchstone that had wide-spread notoriety, spreading to toys, cartoons and cereal. When it was time for a sequel Japan and America …

According to Mojang CEO Carl Manneh, the company is having an amazing year in 2012 as Minecraft proliferates to many different platforms. MCV Nordic (opens in new tab) reports that Mojang took in around $8.9 million in profits in 2011, and now that number is poised to hit nearly $18 …

The newest fighting game from the Arc Systems, the team behind Guilty Gear and Blaz Blue, is out this week and for most fighting game fans, that’s all they need to know. But the game in question, Persona 4: Arena, has a ton of history attached, reaching back as far …