I bet you missed me, huh? Don’t lie~

Anyway, Sonic games. Yeah yeah, I know. sonic has been REALLY bad lately. And it hurts me deep… but there are good ones. Lemme show yah what ones.

Starting with a newer game:

Sonic and the Black Knight

No, really. I’m not kidding. The concept for this game was HORRIBLE, but the execution is pretty damn good. Sonic is summoned to the land of King Arthur by a cute loli version of Merlin named (surprise!) Merlina and after some delicious chili dog eating, Sonic gets a magic talking sword named “Caliburn”. The action is fast, and the sword allows you to obliterate most enemies without a care in the world. Now, like Secret Rings, there are a few slowdowns. There are points where you have to give villagers rings and there are large enemies that don’t go down in one hit, but everything else in the game is a pretty damn good time. I don’t really recommend it for someone who doesn’t like Sonic, but it’s worth a try even if  you don’t. (continue reading…)

Remember that thing you used to carry in your pocket?

No, not your wallet! I mean that thing that that played games… You know.

Your Gameboy! Hell yeah you remember that. Well, lemme help you find some games to play on that bad boy.

Pocket Bomberman

This game was an instant classic… for me anyway. It was never terribly popular, but it was good and it was challenging. You play as Bomberman(durr) and you have to climb a tower for some reason… I forget. Anyway, each floor of the tower is a new world, guarded by a different giant bad guy type monster. You get lots of cool power ups for your bombs, and what I really liked about this game is you had to use the bombs to solve puzzles… By jumping on them. Sometimes they’d blow up and kill you, so you either had to be fast or have the power up that makes them detonate on command. This game is totally awesome and definitely worth a try.
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Here we are again with What Music Means number 2, in which I remix a song, and you pretend to listen.

Seiken Densetsu, or Final Fantasy Adventure, was the first Gameboy game I owned, given to me by a friend of my brother.  I cherished that game, and now it’s gone, lost in one of my many, many moves ’round the continent.  Everything about it was beautiful: The frantic combat, the surprisingly deep story, the lovable characters,  the gorgeous four-colour graphics, but most of all, the music.

Hearing the music on the title screen was even enough tomake my mother hate video games less.  Any time I played my big grey brick, she’d say ‘Arcy, play the one with the turkish music.’

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My entire life I’ve played at least one RPG among my conglomerate. Everyone’s played one once, I’m sure. It’s hard to say you’re a gamer without trying one of at least every kind of game in my opinion. I’ve played quite a few in my time, and I’m gonna tell you one thing right now. Most of them are damn good.

Diablo(2)

These games redefined RPG for a lot of people. Diablo has been a staple for any real RPG player since the original. The first one was made on the PC, and ported to the Playstation by EA. I like the PC version better, but both are good. In Diablo, you pick a class and are thrown into a world where demons are messing shit up and you are the only one (wo)man enough to kick their sorry asses. The interface is probably why this game is such a winner.

See that monster? Click it. Oh, you hit it!

You’re a mage, you say? Well, right click it!

Oh, it burst into flames and died! Awright!

Of course, as you play it, the game gets harder, the enemies come at you more, you find unique and boss monsters and you get better equipment. Thank god this game has online play, because with friends (Or total strangers), the game only gets more exciting. It’s even got a decent story, to boot! Can’t wait for Diablo 3!

Matt Uelmen is one of the best composers I have ever EVER heard. EVER.

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Ahh Pokémon, the wonderful little Gameboy RPG that helped spark a franchise of toys, trading cards, anime, books and manga.  In this article I’m going to go over the Red, Blue, and Yellow versions of Pokémon.

The Pokémon game franchise Began in Japan in 1996, and made its way to America in 1998 with versions Red and Blue, which introduced the first generation of Pokémon.  The game was developed by Game Freak, which it still is today, and was Published by Nintendo.  Later in ‘98, and ‘99 for Europe and Australia, Pokémon Yellow was released, featuring a few different and new elements to the game, but I’ll get to that in a bit.

Pokémon game play included an overhead view, like that of the Legend of Zelda games,  battles, a vast world to explore, and the ability to trade Pokémon with friends.  The battle system was turn based, like that of Final Fantasy, and gave you options to attack, use an item, switch out your Pokémon with one in your party, or run away from the battle.
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