Guest columnist Glen Watts takes time out to laud Yasunori Mitsuda’s Chrono Trigger score. It’s 1994 and Yasunori Mitsuda is not a happy man. Having joined Squaresoft two years previously […]
Tag: iOS
Mallet’s mallet
“July Ann does not have a boyfriend”, I am reliably informed by one of Radiohammer’s loading screen tool tips immediately after two pervert scientists have argued over the cup size […]
The Wolf Among Us
The runaway success of The Walking Dead made Telltale Games an industry darling. But how does its fairy tale follow-up fare? Fresh from the mean streets of Fabletown, Brian Tarran […]
Music Monday: Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars
The original Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars (or Circle of Blood if you’re in the US) is one of those games of which I retain immensely lucid memories. […]
Music Monday: Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse
It’s been over a year since SEGA Studios Australia released their (to me) hugely disappointing remake for contemporary platforms, but, as is not unusual, I woke up feeling nostalgic for […]
Music Monday: Noby Noby Boy
Keita Nagahashi’s (Katamari Damacy) suggestive plaything Noby Noby Boy will most likely be remembered for – if anything – its surrealist planetscapes, all-but unachievable cooperative end-goal and its cheeky concept […]
Kero Blaster Quick Rinse – Let us tell you a cave story
Darren Gargette takes Daisuke ‘Pixel’ Amaya’s all-action amphibian for a hop in our Kero Blaster Quick Rinse. If you like these Quick Rinse videos you can find many more (plus […]
Music Monday: Mr Driller
I’ve always found the juxtaposition between Mr Driller, an innocuously simple up, down, left, right, dig arcade action puzzle game and its grand, intricate soundtrack quite thrilling. All of the […]
Music Monday: Shatter
New Zealand artist Module’s soundtrack for Sidhe Interactive’s spangly Breakout/Arkanoid variant Shatter cunningly and curiously managed to sound simultaneously retro, contemporary and futuristic. Such devilry. More importantly it was toe-tappingly, […]
Botanicula Quick Rinse
Darren Gargette gets his chlorophyll of pointin’ and clickin’ with Amanita Design‘s plant-filled puzzler, Botanicula. PC version shown. If you like these Quick Rinse videos you can find many more […]
Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft beta Quick Rinse
Darren Gargette builds his deck in the beta of Blizzard’s free-to-play CCG: Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft. If you like these Quick Rinse videos you can find many more (plus a […]
Electronic Super Joy Quick Rinse – Lady sex noises
“Ooh la-laaa!” Darren Gargette plays the in-your-face 2D platformer formerly known as Techno Ninja: Electronic Super Joy. This is the Windows version of the game which is also available for […]