Category Archives: Animu

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance

Posted on January 24, 2014 by Lee Leave a comment

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance What’s with the name of this game? Revenge and vengeance mean the same thing, so why make a portmanteau that doesn’t carry any new significance? Kojima probably just thought it sounded cool. The Metal Gear Solid … Continue reading →

Animu, Beat-Em-Up, Fantasy/Sci-Fi, Stealth, Third-Person, This isn't just a video game this is ART you wouldn't understand it you plebian filth, Video Gaming

Fantasy Defense: Pneumonia Edition

Posted on September 13, 2013 by Lee 2 Comments

Fantasy Defense : Pneumonia Edition While writing this article a couple weeks ago, I was under the impression that touchscreen controls were just terrible. A poor man’s mouse and keyboard. But there is one genre I’ve found they’re pretty good … Continue reading →

Android, Animu, Fantasy/Sci-Fi, Pay-to-Win, Tower Defense, Video Gaming

Fantasica: Soulless Free-to-Play and Pay-to-Win Garbage

Posted on September 6, 2013 by Lee 2 Comments

Fantasica : Soulless Free-to-Play and Pay-to-Win Garbage Here’s a working business model: Take the proven success of the hamster wheel method of gaming (slow progression through tedious busywork), add timers to make players come back every day instead of spending … Continue reading →

Android, Animu, Online Gaming, Pay-to-Win, Tower Defense

Devil Survivor: The Best Megami Tensei

Posted on June 28, 2013 by Lee 1 Comment

Ambivalent About this Series I played Revelations: Persona when it first came out in 1996. I didn’t enjoy it that much; it was far too obtuse and clunky though I enjoyed the concept of collecting monsters for use in combat … Continue reading →

Animu, Fantasy/Sci-Fi, Music, Post-Apocalyptic, RPG or thereabouts, Strategy, Video Gaming

The 10 Best Retsupuraes

Posted on June 21, 2013 by Lee Leave a comment

The 10 Best Retsupuraes In 2007, Something Awful Forums user Slowbeef created the " Let’s Play ", a video (or a series of images with text) in which someone plays a video game and comments for the enjoyment of others. … Continue reading →

Adventure, Animu, Comedy, Fantasy/Sci-Fi, Fighting Games, Insanity, Platformer, Third-Person, Video Gaming

Dream Games — Attack on Titan

Posted on May 17, 2013 by Lee 5 Comments

Edit: If you’re Googling this to find the Attack on Titan minigame, the link is here. Dream Games — Attack on Titan This article contains some moderate spoilers for the ongoing manga storyline. If you’re watching the animated series and … Continue reading →

Animu, Beat-Em-Up, Dream Games, Fantasy/Sci-Fi, Horror, Video Gaming

A Review of the Indie Royale “Mighty Bundle”

Posted on March 29, 2013 by Lee 1 Comment

A Review of the Indie Royale “Mighty Bundle” Go to Indie Royale , get cool games for cheap. Let’s check them out. Waveform Another game from the Indie Royale that refused to let me take a screenshot. I even tried … Continue reading →

Animu, Fantasy/Sci-Fi, Horror, Puzzle, Racing, RPG or thereabouts, Strategy, Video Gaming

Final Fantasy IV DS

Posted on March 8, 2013 by Lee 2 Comments

Guest article by Hamilton Clower ********** Final Fantasy IV DS Classic. A little over a decade ago, I was a starry-eyed high schooler, walking home across the Longfellow bridge, drunk on mental visions of Final Fantasy VII and probably a … Continue reading →

Animu, Guest Article, Hamilton Clower, RPG or thereabouts, Video Gaming

The New JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Game Is Going To Own

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Lee 3 Comments

The New JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Game Is Going To Own A lot of shounen series get turned into video games. It makes sense: they’re both popular and popular with children, have lots of characters and cheap violence that could easily … Continue reading →

Animu, Fighting Games, Video Gaming

Dream Games — A Berserk Game with the Dark Souls Engine

Posted on November 16, 2012 by Lee Leave a comment

Berserk is the greatest comic book series ever made. It’s better than any superhero comic, better than any slice of life or coming of age comic, better than any surreal artsy comic. Berserk is the greatest of anything in the … Continue reading →

Animu, Dream Games, Fantasy/Sci-Fi, Horror, Video Gaming