In case you don’t follow Kickstarter-related news or anything like that, you may not have heard of an upcoming crowd-funded videogame titled Yooka-Laylee. I’m normally not interested in these kinds of games myself (though I’m usually glad when such games do get funded, if only for the people that wanted them) but this one was an exception. Why? Well, many reasons. Continue reading
I don’t have a lot of nostalgia for the Final Fantasy series. Hell, I don’t even consider myself a fan of the series. That being said, though, there is one aspect I love: it’s music. Doesn’t matter which game it is, there’s at least one track from each entry that I’m fond of, and where better to start than a track from the very first game. Continue reading
(originally posted April 24th 2015)
When people talk about videogame music, it’s usually the tracks that inspire them; the tracks that get an emotion out of them or even tracks that cause nostalgia. This track does none of those things – it’s just frigging stupid, and that’s why I love it. Continue reading
(originally posted April 17th 2015)
Who should be playable in the next Super Smash Bros? It’s a question that many have asked and even more have answered. Every time a new instalment is announced, people immediately begin debating as to who should make the cut. No other fighting game series seems to generate this much discussion. Smash Bros is kind of like the videogame equivalent of Hollywood; everyone’s desperate to make it there. Continue reading
(originally posted April 10th 2015)
Me and my friends sometimes referred to certain pieces of music as ‘driving music;’ as in the kind of music you would play whilst driving your car. If I was cool enough, I would totally have this blaring out my speakers with the window down, sunglasses on and with one arm leaning on the side. Continue reading
(originally posted March 20th 2015)
Kind of cheating with this once since it was originally a piece of music from a film but it got used in Kingdom Hearts II so it technically counts. Plus it’s really good. Continue reading
(originally posted March 13th 2015)
WARNING: The following article contains spoilers for the following games:
Ace Attorney: Justice for All
Gravity Rush
Kid Icarus: Uprising
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door
Persona 4
Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy
Super Mario Galaxy
Super Paper Mario
Tomb Raider (2013)
Xenoblade Chronicles
So, apparently, it was International Women’s Day last week, which finally prompted me into doing an article I’ve wanted to do for a while: a list of some of my favourite female videogame characters. So, join me in my celebration of some of the most awesome women to grace our consoles. Continue reading
(originally posted March 6th 2015)
No matter how many Pokémon games there have been and no matter how many there will be, there are and always will be some constants. One of them being your rival, a recurring character who will randomly catch you off guard to challenge you. You can’t really prepare for them since their team is usually balanced as opposed to the Gym Leaders; there’s no one Pokémon you can take advantage of. It’s one of the true tests of skill and it requires some hype music to accompany it. Continue reading
(originally posted February 27th 2015)
I’ve got to give credit to TellTale. They managed to not only sucker me into playing The Walking Dead, a game of a franchise I avoided for so long due to my prejudice against zombies and post-apocalypse stories, but make me love it too. When all was said and done though I naturally craved more point-and-click goodness; then I remembered another game they made called The Wolf Among Us. One quick Google Search later and I knew I had to check it out. And boy, am I glad I did. Continue reading
(originally posted February 20th 2015)
Looking back, it’s kind of weird how, despite being a shopping centre, you never actually went to Junes to buy anything. Its sole purpose was for a place for the team to meet up and either discuss things or enter the TV world. So, it’s easy to forget what Junes actually is. And as some kind of megastore, it needs something to hook people into going there to buy stuff. This theme is that hook. Continue reading
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