Horizon Zero Dawn is a feast for fans of all things science fiction from Planet of the Apes to Terminator to Asimov’s Foundation.
It is time to ask ourselves: is game quality improving? I approach this question through the lens of averages and total releases across platforms.
Alien: Isolation podcast with much fear and trembling in the context of the Alien film franchise and other Alien video games.
The Punisher follows a rich tradition of incredibly fun and actually decently designed licensed video games by Capcom.
Cosmic Star Heroine is a combination of recognizable influences but it doesn’t let all that inspiration go to waste.
It’s refreshing how the game used real-life historical weapons, as it adds some authenticity to a fighting game set in the 16th century featuring a demonic, soul devouring weapon of chaos.
Journey was the subject of the very first episode of Mage Cast but like sand, the pod was course and rough and got everywhere.
I sort of promised a list of hidden gems but I came to the stark realization that figuring out what a hidden gem is is hard!
Here it is all in one place: my Top 111 (that’s one-hundred eleven) favorite games of all time! It’s a faves list, not a best of!
Vectrex, Tim Skelly, and Armor Attack may not mean a whole lot to many millions today but learning more about this era of gaming with its ghostly vector lines can be fun.
Music is the literature of the heart; it commences where speech ends.
-Alphonse de Lamartine
What is the function and purpose of a game review/critique?
Slime-san: Superslime Edition worms its way onto PS4 and it’s smarter, faster, and tougher than you. An evolutionary advantage.
I’ve got eight slugs in me. One’s lead, and the rest are bourbon. The drink packs a wallop and I pack a revolver.
-Tracer Bullet, Calvin and Hobbes
Certainly, I’m sure you’re very busy and I’m very busy and maybe we don’t have as much time to play games as we would like. But my hope is that with Nintendo Switch being a system that you can play at home and bring with you, we’re going to be able to find more of those moments where we’re able to play the games that we all enjoy and be able to enjoy them that much more.
-Yoshiaki Koizumi
Don’t be afraid to make a mistake. But make sure you don’t make the same mistake twice.
-Akio Morito, founder of Sony
Vita means Life
-every Vita fan, always.
It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.
-Buddha
Above all, video games are meant to just be one thing: Fun for everyone.
-Satoru Iwata
We have always attempted to do things differently. Our vision has taken us to unprecedented levels of success and innovation. Just keeping up with conventional technology is not enough for us.
-Kaz Hirai
The Xbox 360 is the first console that I’ve ever worked with that actually has development tools that are better for games than what we’ve had on PC.
-John Carmack
Aside from being the “first” next-gen console, as well as providing many, many people with their first DVD player, the PlayStation 2 launched in something of a Golden Age of the non-PC gaming industry. Gaming tech was becoming extremely sophisticated … Sony seemingly knew the exact route toward popularity, turning the console with the least powerful hardware of that generation into a juggernaut of success.
-James Plafke, ExtremTech
This is the Walkman of the 21st Century. -Ken Kutaragi Hey, NPCs! Welcome to…
The DS represents a critical moment for Nintendo’s success over the next two years. If it succeeds, we rise to the heavens, if it fails, we sink into hell.
-Hiroshi Yamauchi
Xbox has been created by gamers for gamers.
-Don Mattrick
Please understand, I am not trying to say technology is unimportant. But if we are just focusing on technology… we will not succeed.
-Satoru Iwata
HERE COMES A NEW CHALLENGER!
My wife asked me what I wanted to do this weekend for Father’s Day and I thought about it… then a grin crept onto my face and I began writing this article.
Riffing on the anti-predictive post I crafted for the upcoming Smash Bros. Ultimate, here are like a billion honorable mentions that just couldn’t make it on my list of 24. Thank the internet for these (except for Altered Beast; I made that one)! Hire me, Nintendo.
Happy Father’s Day weekend!
-The Well-Red Mage
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This isn’t fun anymore…
-Zero, Mega Man Zero 2
