GRID 2 (Steam)

I have very fond memories of the original GRID. It helps that in the first race, they put you behind … More

Mario Kart 7 (3DS, 7 hours)

Part of the appeal of keeping this blog is I get to review games that you may have heard of, … More

Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy’s Kong Quest (SNES, 30 hours)

Do you remember back in the days of GameCube and PS2 when every game series had to be a trilogy? … More

Dragon Quest (~25 hours, Android)

Dragon Quest is supposedly a very influential game. I say supposedly cause it was released a little before my time. … More

Joint Review: Streets of Rage Trilogy (Sega Genesis, 1991-1994)

Brawlers were a phenomenon in the early ’90s, but the genre has lived on to the present day, with Streets … More

Review: Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2012, PC)

It’s hard to measure digital distribution platform Steam’s impact on the game industry, especially because they don’t disclose sales numbers, … More

Brief Game Review: Yoshi (1992, Game Boy)

Editor’s Note: It’s been a long time since having a Brief Game Review.  Sometimes a slow day is nice. This … More

Review: Tetrisphere (15 hours, Nintendo 64)

My sister didn’t play many video games when we were kids, but she got hooked on two. One was The … More

Review: Tetris Attack (20 hours, Super Nintendo Entertainment System)

It’s a strange thing, but when I think of games that are popular in the San Francisco Bay Area, I … More

Review: Battlefield: Bad Company 2

At the time of its release, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare received almost universal praise.  War games are nothing … More