Category Archives: RPG or thereabouts

A Review of the Bundle Stars ‘Bundle #6 – Catnip’

A Review of the Bundle Stars ‘Bundle #6 – Catnip’ For a change of pace I’m reviewing an indie games bundle that has more than a mayfly’s lifespan left before closing. Check out Bundle Stars for lots of cheap games; … Continue reading

Adventure, First-Person, Online Gaming, Puzzle, RPG or thereabouts, Tower Defense, Video Gaming

A Review of the Indie Royale “Mighty Bundle”

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

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

Wartune

Wartune is a flash game that is ostensibly about “epic hybrid turn-based RPG/strategy” but is primarily about clicking on menus to get in-game currency so you can grind faster. It’s a missed opportunity that quite clearly sacrificed quality for money-making … Continue reading

Fantasy/Sci-Fi, Online Gaming, RPG or thereabouts, Video Gaming

Kingdom of Loathing: A Snarky Browser-Based MMO for Snarky Nerds

Kingdom of Loathing: A Snarky Browser-Based MMO for Snarky Nerds Kingdom of Loathing is a parody MMO by Asymmetric Publications. It has run constantly since early 2003 until today. I first played Kingdom of Loathing in late 2005. Its addictive … Continue reading

Comedy, MMO, Online Gaming, RPG or thereabouts, Video Gaming

An Actually Good Lord of the Rings Game!

This is going to be an unconventional article. My site isn’t a parenting blog and I usually have no patience for the wacky antics of children, but I thought it was hilarious that my ten year old nephew could write … Continue reading

Adventure, Fantasy/Sci-Fi, Guest Article, Lord of the Rings, RPG or thereabouts, Video Gaming, Zane Laughead

Seiken Densetsu 3

Guest article by Matt Hobbs ********** “A lost masterpiece.” “A forgotten classic.” “One of the best games ever.” Hyperbole, often fueled by raw nostalgia, overused around the internet to describe so many ” underrated ” games (which as we’ve discussed … Continue reading

Animu, Fantasy/Sci-Fi, Guest Article, Matt Hobbs, Music, RPG or thereabouts, Video Gaming

Torchlight II: Better than Diablo III

Have you played Diablo II ? Then you know how to play Torchlight II . The former was clearly the latter’s inspiration, and everything in it—from looting to the skill trees to the interface—is copied directly from Diablo II . … Continue reading

Exploring Stuff, Fantasy/Sci-Fi, RPG or thereabouts, Video Gaming

5 Gaming Crossovers I’d Like to See

Crossover video games are usually a quickly churned-out gimmick intended to capitalize on two separate franchises. Junk food gaming for that quick fix. Occasionally the results are interesting, but there is the potential for so much more. If Disney and … Continue reading

Animu, Beat-Em-Up, Fantasy/Sci-Fi, Fighting Games, League of Legends, RPG or thereabouts, Shmups, Video Gaming

SaGa Frontier

I think it was in one of the early Dragon Quest games where your character plays a slot machine and automatically wins. Whoever was in charge of that decision understood that games don’t have to be antagonistic towards the player. … Continue reading

Animu, Exploring Stuff, Fantasy/Sci-Fi, RPG or thereabouts, Video Gaming