Category: XPGain
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Ghost in the Shell Review — A Shell of What’s Beneath
Written for XPGain, recreated with permission. Among the more difficult things to realize in life is that change is slow, and accepting things that deviate from expectations isn’t always a quick or easy process. The themes of change and expectation deviation permeate the recent reboot of the 1995 classic Ghost in the Shell, which was…
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Crypt of the Necrodancer Review – Beating and Unbeaten
Thump, thump, thump.
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The Classicist – Megaman X4
A solid action-platformer that is, perhaps, a touch too retro.
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The Classicist: Streets of Rage 2 (Sega Genesis/Mega Drive)
Utterly bizarre, disarmingly fun, and a classic.
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Freedom Wars | XPGain
The only color comes from the gentle drifting of green and black from the opposite wall of the cell, whose giant display is simply a large, black eye.
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The Classicist – Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES)
Where the cracks show, they largely speak to the period more than they are flaws with the game itself.
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The Classicist – Parasite Eve
It’s a high concept that is worth exploring, but one that may be better explored elsewhere.
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The Classicist – Gunstar Heroes
The thrill of an explosion, the impending catastrophe of a train wreck, the infinite details hidden in the microseconds of movement.
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The Classicist – Harvest Moon
A large farm that gives the player a long leash to find their own enjoyment.
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Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds
In short, the game is a solid example of doing many things right.
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Buy Hype, Sell Low
Written for XPGain, recreated with permission. Gamer attention is practically a force all on its own. A giant, slobbering, gibbering monster that crashes into storefronts and servers and consumes with the rabid single-mindedness that can’t help but draw parallels to zombie apocalypses or global epidemics. The kind of rabid fascination humans have with consumerism is,…