LIVE A LIVE: A Region-Locked and Loaded JRPG Part II
Continuing the look at Square’s off-beat RPG Live A Live, we dive further into the game’s story, themes, and how games can have a profound effect on us as people.
LIVE A LIVE: A Region-Locked and Loaded JRPG Part I
Squaresoft is a company that had many a classic under their belt, but even the JRPG giant has a few weird steps in its history, including Live A Live, a game that never really saw an life at all outside of Japan.
The Firemen: A Christmas Video Game
Yuletide logs should be kept in the fireplace. In the Firemen however, the fire is a six-story building, and you have to rescue Christmas. Unfortunately it isn’t always nearly that exciting.
The Stellar Core of Tezuka’s Stars in Astro Boy: Omega Factor
Anime adaptations are a tough sell in games, especially for beloved franchises. Astro Boy: Omega Factor manages to fly past the pitfalls and do justice to its historic legacy.
Return to Zork and the Spirit of Adventure
Memories are a funny thing. Sometimes its a recipe for chicken parmesan, other times its Return to Zork, Infocom’s bold adventure game
Batman Returns: Konami at Its Crest
The terms Konami and licensed game shouldn’t go together so well, but in Batman Returns, something happens to make the caped crusader truly shine.
Comix Zone: A Farewell to the Genesis
Coming out with a bang in the tail end of the Genesis life cycle, Comix Zone is a stylish, though unfocused game that is more flash than substance
Skitchin’: Hitchin’ a Ride on an EA Classic
Skateboarding? Hitching? Skitchin. In the era of extreme sports, EA came out with a game so of the 90s that it is often stuck there, for better or worse.
Blood Will Tell: A SEGA Retro Rarity
Blood Will Tell is a rare gem that sells for big bucks online. But does this cult classic video game adaptation of Dororo stand up to the test of time?
The Weight of Choice in Zombies Ate My Neighbors
With this year on its final stretch, taking a look aback to 1993 and Zombies Ate My Neighbors, a game that still has a great deal of relevance today.