Monday, March 14 2011
‘Knights Contract’: Proof that Namco is Where Literary Adaptations Go to Die
Dieses game offendet mein senses.
Monday, March 16 2009
Retro Game Challenge
Retro Game Challenge allows the player to go through the motions of playing various games from the 8-bit era, which it does almost flawlessly.
Wednesday, December 12 2007
Smash Court Tennis 3
Smash Court Tennis 3 lies in the murky middle ground between Wii Sports' tennis and Virtua Tennis, neither excelling in any particular area nor really doing that much wrong.
Friday, December 7 2007
Namco Museum Remix
Playing classic titles is often like reading a dense Victorian novel.
Friday, January 26 2007
New Rally-X
New Rally-X continues Namco's self-cribbing of the collect-junk-in-a-maze template.
Sunday, November 12 2006
Dig Dug
Dig Dug further cements Namco's image as fortunate sons of context and circumstance.
Friday, June 24 2005
Klonoa 2: Dream Champ Tournament
As with the best games based on environmental puzzles, level design is paramount.
Wednesday, January 19 2005
Namco TV Games
One look at the current crop of video games, and it becomes clear they just don't have the simple elegance so perfectly created in the days of yore.
Friday, November 5 2004
Donkey Konga
Despite the success of several rhythm games, none have yet to rival DDR in the home market. But that's where Donkey Konga comes in.
Wednesday, October 20 2004
Katamari Damacy
As the industry becomes more mainstream and the costs of development increase with each new hardware cycle, it seems like game creators are beginning to try to follow proven formulas out of fear of poor returns.
