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Reviews

Monday, October 4 2010

'Valkyria Chronicles II': Constructing Classmates That You'd Take a Bullet For

Think of it as Persona meets Mass Effect 2 set in an alternate history World War II's European theater. With magic powered tanks.

Monday, June 7 2010

Iron Man 2

The game has the charming habit of freezing intermittently, which I discovered when it did so in the opening cut scene. I’m not sure if the error ever repeats because I got pretty comfortable skipping the plot after a while.

Thursday, May 13 2010

Sonic Classic Collection

Part of the fun of Sonic is attempting to hold a tornado in your hand.

Monday, May 11 2009

Sonic’s Ultimate Genesis Collection

The sheer scope of this collection -- and the wide variety of genres and franchises represented by it -- is enough to prompt the question of what we’ll be nostalgic for 15 or 20 years from now.

Monday, June 9 2008

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games

Seeing Sonic and Mario alongside each other in the same game is still a synapse fryer along the lines of seeing Mickey Mouse guest star as a cadaver on CSI. Something about it just...ain't...right.

Blogs

Tuesday, October 5 2010

Fantasy Jews in 'Valkyria Chronicles'

Nukes I've come to expect out of Japanese fantasy, but racism -- even race awareness -- is a rare bird in a Japanese RPG and possibly the aspect of this series that never ceases to intrigue me.