As a multiplayer-focused free-for-all, Starwhal is a lot of fun in short doses. Sadly, the game is too repetitive and the extra modes are bafflingly unbalanced. I can imagine this being a hit with lar...

Episode #39 - Street Fighter II was big business in 1993. In fact, the franchise was so big that many games journalists believed it would break the 16-bit war wide open. In today's episode of A Brief History of Gam...

A cute concept is not enough to save Jungle Rumble: Freedom, Happiness and Bananas from being a disappointing rhythm/action game. Tapping the screen is fun at first, but too many of the levels play ou...

Hand of Fate is a devastatingly addictive adventure game that mixes card collecting with fast-paced third-person action and board games. All though full of disparate ideas, the game is never confusing...

Q*Bert Rebooted isn't without potential; it has a lot of content and some of the new ideas are solid. Unfortunately, any potential is squandered by an overlong campaign and a control scheme that often...

Episode #116 - This week Sony decided to discount a bunch of the SNK Minis that were released on the PSP back between 2011 and 2012. These titles are all ports of old SNK arcade games, many of which never made it to...

Episode #43 - As you may have heard, Netflix and Nintendo are teaming up to create a live action television series based on The Legend of Zelda. As far as I'm concerned, this is great news. But as great as this sou...

Episode #2 - Game store clerks are a rare breed in our society. They come armed with a curious amount of confidence and an off-putting superiority complex. Using half-truths and a limited knowledge of the games in...