Brief Game Reviews: Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode I

For a game called Sonic 4, this is pretty faithful to the original games’ formula. The speed isn’t as fast … More

Brief Game Reviews: Commander Keen 6: Aliens Ate My Babysitter

In my mind, this is the greatest 2D platforming game ever made. The team at iD really honed there level-design … More

Brief Game Reviews: Commander Keen 2: The Earth Explodes

This is, in my opinion, the best Keen game in the original trilogy. The level design is top notch. The … More

Brief Game Reviews: Commander Keen 3: Keen Must Die

Despite raving over what great games Commander Keen 4 and 5 are, this isn’t such a great game. You can … More

Brief Game Reviews: Commander Keen 4: Secret of the Oracle

This is another classic. I feel the level design in this is better than in 5. Also, there’s more variety … More

Brief Game Reviews: Commander Keen 5: The Armageddon Machine

There are a lot of good things to say about this game. In some ways, it’s better than Sonic… or … More

Brief Game Reviews: Kirby’s Dream Land 3

This is an extremely generic 2D platform game. As someone who thinks Kirby’s Dream Land 2 is one of the … More

Brief Game Reviews: Half-Life: Blue Shift

This game is interesting from a historical perspective, as it’s one of the earliest things Gearbox Software worked on. As … More

Brief Game Reviews: Blue Dragon

This feels a bit like Final Fantasy for small children. I’m not complaining too much; at it’s core, this is … More

Brief Game Reviews: Outland

This is a really good game. I’m surprised more people don’t talk about it. You’re a guy with a sword … More