Tag archive: platforming [ 6 ]

Starseed Pilgrim Game Curious Video: Plant or Fall

05/01/2013
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by Justin Lacey in: Game Curious, Reviews

Exploration, music, and planting blocks on blocks on blocks. If you are lucky you’ll find some keys before you fall into the abyss, as long as “The Nothing” doesn’t get you first. Justin gets lost exploring the world of Droqen’s Starseed Pilgrim, and he wouldn’t have it any other way. This video is intended for a mature audience as our commentary is not kid-friendly: For more Game Curious and video content from Horrible Night: Subscribe to our YouTube Channel Join us [...]

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 [...]

Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two Trailer Renews the Promise

03/26/2012
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by Justin Lacey in: Previews, Trailers and Scraps

To be blunt, Disney Epic Mickey failed to match its hype, but I have to say I was pleasantly surprised at the gusto shown in the recent announcement of its sequel. The Epic Mickey franchise will not go quietly, and its team seems bound and determined to fulfill on the promises set forth by the original game. Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two will attempt to capture the magic of the original pitch of revolutionizing Mickey video games [...]

Games of Our Wives: New Super Mario Bros. Wii

08/18/2011
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by Cole Monroe in: Reflex, Reviews

My wife’s gaming habits are strange. She likes point and click adventure games like Myst and Monkey Island. But she also likes puzzle games like Zuma and Angry Birds. However, on certain occasions she’ll gravitate towards a game that I had no idea she’d love. When she first played New Super Mario Bros. on the DS, I had a hard time getting the handheld away from her. She beat the hell out of that game. When it was announced that [...]

Gaming Cynic: Video Games are Unrealistic

06/06/2011
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by Ethan Moses in: Editorials

Gaming Cynic – I woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning. My usually jovial self will be taking a mental health day. Instead, I’ll be looking at everything in my life through a half empty glass. I’ll get over it, but my pissy mood wants to burn some bridges first. After having an intense conversation this past weekend with a group of established people about politics, religion, global economics, quantum mechanics and 16th century painters, I realized [...]

Donkey Kong Country Returns is Hardcore

11/15/2010
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by Justin Lacey in: Previews, Trailers and Scraps

The buzz around Donkey Kong Country Returns is all about its brutal difficulty level. Check out the latest trailer (above), sit back and process the platforming, the mine cart jumps, and the barrel blasting. Then, ask yourself – did Nintendo just out Super Mario the Super Mario Bros games with a Donkey Kong game? Maybe your head will stop spinning in time to pick this game up when it comes out for the Wii on Nov 21. Sources: Joystiq Giant [...]