Category Archives: Fantasy/Sci-Fi

A Review of Valdis Story: Abyssal City

Posted on February 14, 2014 by Lee 1 Comment

A Review of Valdis Story: Abyssal City Valdis Story: Abyssal City is a 2013 Metroidvania by Endlessfluff Games. It’s better than most.

Beat-Em-Up, Fantasy/Sci-Fi, Indie Games That Don't Suck, Metroidvania, Platformer, Video Gaming

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

Kingdom Rush & Adventure Time: Explore the Dungeon Because I Don’t Know!

Posted on January 10, 2014 by Lee Leave a comment

Kingdom Rush I’ve spoken before about how tower defense games are one of the few genres to work seamlessly with tablet controls due to only requiring one imprecise finger to manage everything. Further experience has proven my initial beliefs correct. … Continue reading →

Android, Fantasy/Sci-Fi, Tower Defense, Video Gaming

Castlevania: The Lecarde Chronicles

Posted on December 20, 2013 by Lee Leave a comment

Castlevania: The Lecarde Chronicles is a fan-made game heavily inspired by the venerable action series. It mostly takes notes from the SNES and Genesis games such as Super Castlevania IV and Rondo of Blood , but the way the world … Continue reading →

Fan Games, Fantasy/Sci-Fi, Metroidvania, Video Gaming

Dream Games: Mistborn

Posted on November 8, 2013 by Lee 1 Comment

Dream Games: Mistborn Sometimes magic in a fantasy novel is a strange, esoteric thing with bizarre world-changing effects. There’s nothing wrong with that as long as the prose is up to the task; I love the Thomas Covenant series and … Continue reading →

Exploring Stuff, Fantasy/Sci-Fi, Video Gaming

Mega Man Unlimited is Astonishingly Good

Posted on November 1, 2013 by Lee Leave a comment

Mega Man Unlimited is Astonishingly Good If you get the Mega Man formula wrong, your results are mediocrities with predictable levels and nothing to test the player, like Street Fighter X Mega Man . Do it right and you get … Continue reading →

Fantasy/Sci-Fi, Platformer, Video Gaming

Ittle Dew: Why Do I Like Zelda Clones So Much?

Posted on October 5, 2013 by Lee Leave a comment

Ittle Dew : Why Do I Like Zelda Clones So Much? My distaste with the Zelda games of the past decade or so I have spoken of previously . Since Nintendo is clearly incapable of making of good Zelda games … Continue reading →

Fantasy/Sci-Fi, Indie Games That Don't Suck, Puzzle, Video Gaming

A Review of Magic: Duels of the Planeswalkers 2014

Posted on September 27, 2013 by Lee Leave a comment

A Review of Magic: Duels of the Planeswalkers 2014 I played Magic: The Gathering around 1994 when it first became popular. Then I quit when Visions came out, after I realized that my family was poor. But I always appreciated … Continue reading →

Android, Fantasy/Sci-Fi, Online Gaming, Pay-to-Win, Puzzle, Video Gaming

Saints Row IV – Kitchen Sink Gaming

Posted on September 20, 2013 by Lee Leave a comment

Saints Row IV : Kitchen Sink Gaming Things you can do in Saints Row IV : Use a phallic tentacle bat to kill guys wearing giant pink cat mascot heads while listening to " The Boys are Back in Town … Continue reading →

Exploring Stuff, Fantasy/Sci-Fi, Post-Apocalyptic, Racing, 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