The attacks are as over-the-top as always, but carry a lot more charm in this version Naruto is a series that generally tries and succeeds to find a balance between serious and silly, depending on the characters and topics. Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2 was one of my favorite…
Read MoreMany of the finest games focus on two aspects of their design; scoring and entertaining mechanics. Scoring is beautifully pure; doing certain actions rewards the player with points that increase a score. This score is most often either used to gauge the skill of a player or used to give…
Read MoreThe Game Atelier has a habit of making incredibly addictive little games that are essential for anyone who likes fun. Last year it brought Sun Flowers to the PlayStation Vita in a gorgeously HD port complete with trophy support. For a fiver it was easily the best value game on…
Read MoreIf you were to think of Monster Hunter, and turn those big epic monster battles into simple-to-control arcade action battles, you’d be surprisingly close to Tank! Tank! Tank! As an arcade game it lacks for any of the depth of Monster Hunter, of course, but the same focus on gigantic…
Read MoreCall it a guilty pleasure, or whatever you’d like, but I’m a fan of the light-gun shooters that have come in the recent motion controlled era. Heavy Fire: Afghanistan on the PS3 with Move was a flawed, but fun change of pace from all the modern-day shooters that have come along since…
Read MoreI love The Expendables movies. My wife calls them “grandpa’s action movies,” and they are that in every possible sense; they take the world’s washed-up action heroes of the 80s and throw their creaking bones into a hyperviolent action movie. It’s like The Avengers, with wrinkles. It’s just brilliant fun…
Read MoreHere are a handful of new screenshots for Arc System Works’ BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma. This fighter will be releasing this winter, first in arcades but is also expected to land on the Sony PlayStation 3 some time afterward.…
Read MoreWell friends, it’s the last week of Summer… of Arcade. And taking the yearly promo out in style is DUST: An Elysian Tail, which is getting some pretty nice word of mouth. There’s a lot more than that this week though, so get to clicking. Quite a bit of DLC…
Read MoreWhile still only announced as an arcade release, BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma looks to add some new characters to this popular fighting series. Arc System Works plans to release sometime this winter. Here’s hoping we see a console port sooner than later. And for that trailer:…
Read MoreTumble Pop is the kind of game the Game Boy really excelled at. It’s a simple, joyous little arcade game, and while it’s a title that’s largely been forgotten to history, it’s a game that is worth looking at again now. Released back in 1993, it’s a simple take on…
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