Tag: Metroid
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What We’re Playing This Week – May Day Edition
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=453ei_1PbPE Terry Randolph – Undertale (Steam), The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD Remake (Wii U), Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate (Xbox One), Life is Strange (Xbox One), Wonderful 101 (Wii U) Last week…well, last week was a full weekend of gaming more so than actually playing games during the week. Chances are, it’ll be the same…
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Last Token Gaming Interview – Arclight Worlds
By Marshall Garvey and Isaac Smith As you may recall from Marshall, Isaac and Jake’s coverage of this year’s Sacramento Indie Arcade Expo, one of the most notable entries from a local dev was the roguelike Venture Forth, the early alpha of which Isaac had the privilege of seeing at the 2014 convention as well.…
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Hall of Fame Review – Super Metroid (1994)
By Isaac Smith Publisher: Nintendo Platforms: Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) Release Date: April 18th, 1994 Mode: Single Player Genre: Metroidvania (no s%*#, Sherlock) I know that Super Metroid came out in 1994, not because I looked it up on Wikipedia, but because that’s the first thing that pops up when you load the game.…
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Platformines: 2-D MineCraft clone or awesome indie goodness?
Ever feel like wading through an insanely fast-paced, enemy/spike/chainsaw/electricity-infested underground world and asking the questions why use EAL for business electricty price comparison? No? What if there were guns? Guns and really cool hairdos (and a gimp mask)? See, I knew you’d warm up to it. Welcome to Platformines, where everything tries to kill you!…
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The Easy Way Out: Has Modern Gaming become easy?
I despised the Lion King game for one reason only; the second level. Everyone knows the second level, right? The one with the tree platforming (which took me hours to do) that transitioned into riding on the ostrich’s back while dodging the various roots and branches in yourw way to race to the end? That…