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Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams Video Reflex Review: I Thought I Knew You

01/23/2013
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by Justin Lacey in: Reflex, Reviews

Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams is a re-imagining of classic Mario-clone The Great Giana Sisters. To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the franchise, Black Forest Games ran a successful Kickstarter in June of ’12 to create this new entry. The Machinae Supremacy soundtrack may own bones, but will that be enough to get Justin through some questionable level design and his lack of platforming skills? Join Josh in heckling him in this hot ‘n fresh Reflex Review! This video is intended for [...]

New Super Mario Bros. U Review: High Fidelity Formula

11/30/2012
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by Cole Monroe in: Rated, Reviews

Ever since the original New Super Mario Bros. was released on the Nintendo DS, the series has been quite popular. A Wii followup added a local multiplayer wrinkle to the familiar side-scrolling madness of Mario and 4 players on-screen at once made it difficult to do anything but laugh. Now in 2012, we have two more releases in the New Super Mario Bros. franchise. New Super Mario Bros. 2, released in August, was a bit of a disappointment. The focus [...]

Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit Video Reflex Review: That’s Between a Bunny and His Duck

10/15/2012
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by Justin Lacey in: Reflex, Reviews

The crazy French developers at Arkedo Studio made a new game. That game is called Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit. It involves an undead cape-wearing rabbit (who is also the Prince of Hell) trying to recover stolen photos of him masturbating with a rubber ducky. Naturally, this game is a metroidvania-ish side scroller with WarioWare-like boss battles. Visually, HY!WOTDR is marvelous. Controls are also smooth and tight. Is the game fun? We can tell you one thing for sure. [...]

Mark of the Ninja Video Reflex Review: Stealth is Cool Again

09/20/2012
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by Justin Lacey in: Reflex, Reviews

The duders at Klei Entertainment are trying their hands at the 2D stealth platforming genre (what?!) with Mark of the Ninja for XBLA. Mark of the Ninja is to Shank as Pizza Rolls are to Pizza. It’s got all the flavor of the original recipe, but product as a whole is superior in every way. If Shinobi, Tenchu and Samurai Jack had a three-way-baby, they would name him Mark Oftheninja. This video is intended for a mature audience as our [...]

They Bleed Pixels Game Curious Video: Smooth Puncture Wounds

09/17/2012
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by Justin Lacey in: Game Curious, Reviews

Listen, we know what you’re thinking. “Oh, another indie platformer.” But Spooky Squid Games’ They Bleed Pixels oozes too much charm (and blood) to not stop and take a gander. It has tight platforming, surprisingly deep fisticuffs, lovely Lovecraftian homagery and one smooth-ass chiptune soundtrack. But don’t take our word for it. Watch this episode of Game Curious to pass judgement for yourself. This video is intended for an mature audience as our commentary is not kid-friendly: For more Game Curious [...]

Awesomenauts Video Reflex Review: Saturday Morning MOBA for Everyone

05/29/2012
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by Justin Lacey in: Reflex, Reviews

Competitive multiplayer games are more intimidating to new players than veterans would like to admit. I’ve never been able to get into Multiplayer Battle Arenas (MOBAs) without having my morale completely crushed, but the genre continues to explode. Lucky for me, that means we are starting to see different breeds of MOBAs out in the wild, to the point where I can get hooked on a game like Awesomenauts before fully realizing what it is I am playing. Throughout May, Horrible [...]

Can You Find Game Type on Xbox Live Indie Games?

12/23/2011
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by Justin Lacey in: Headlines, News

Mommy’s Best Games, developers of Serious Sam Double D and Shoot 1UP ”who strive to deliver games that push the edges of the medium through gameplay, art, satire, and pie,” is thrilled with the new Xbox 360 dashboard update. While the Xbox Live Indie Games store itself is a bit buried, it seems as though Microsoft has been helping promote MBG’s new game, Game Type higher up in the marketplace. “I’ve been thrilled Microsoft created the special dashboard tile just for our game. It’s [...]

Kid and Play: Rayman Origins is a Crowd Pleaser

11/29/2011
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by Justin Lacey in: Editorials

Since moving in with my girlfriend, Magen, and her 3 year-old daughter, Lilly, I have learned a lot about myself. While I knew my video game playing habits were due for an adjustment, I failed to realize just how very few of the games I’ve been playing lately were kid friendly. The worlds around Marcus Fenix and Nathan Drake aren’t exactly filled with Big, Big Friends. When we recently invited Lilly’s young cousins over for a weekend slumber party, I [...]