Reviews – Page 5 – THIRD HALF//

My takes on various forms of media in the form of various other kinds of media.

MY Games #2: Metal Warriors

September 1, 2012 3/2 No Comments

(These are going in absolutely no particular order, by the way.)

For the second in this little exercise in waxing nostalgic, we jump ahead to the age of the SNES and this unsung piece of industrial grade awesome. When most people gush on about Lucasarts games, they tend to fix their sights on the likes of Maniac Mansion and their other adventure games, but to me, THIS was why Lucasarts was worth remembering. (I believe I already confessed last time that I didn’t have the attention span to really appreciate adventure games or RPGs until probably Chrono Trigger.) So, here goes. Metal Warriors.Continue reading MY Games #2: Metal Warriors

MY Games #1: StarTropics

August 28, 2012 3/2 1 Comment

The other day, I was thinking about putting together one of those new-fangled Top Ten lists of my favorite games as filler, er, I mean, for a change of pace and to show I wasn’t totally done writing normal text entries. But the more I sat down and thought about it, I just couldn’t come up with either JUST ten favorites, or spin the list into something more along the lines of “My Top Ten Most Influential Games.” There’s also the fact that whenever I get started on a game I like enough to consider a favorite, I can’t stop talking about it. Anyone on my AIM Buddy List can probably attest to that. So, here’s what I’m gonna do- Each week, I’m going to sit here and pick one of my favorite games, and explain why exactly I loved it, and what, if anything I took away from it. So, let’s begin the process of humoring me and hopefully, some of you might be enticed to try these out if you haven’t already.Continue reading MY Games #1: StarTropics