December 2007
4 posts
Old-School Gaming Review: Super Metroid
The Metroid series is known for having the first major franchise to have a female protagonist. Today, I’m going to discuss what many people say is the best of the series: Super Metroid for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. Only in recent years have the storylines of the series achieved any significant depth. Mostly, a story was an excuse for the player to be on the mission rather than...
I'm going to have a very fun Winter Break.
Hopefully, my Winter Break will spent, among other things, having fun with two new Wii games: Super Mario Galaxy and Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, both well-recieved games. It’s been a while since I’ve taken the main man of video games for a spin, and I feel Galaxy will fit the bill nicely. I’ve seen videos of Metroid Prime 3 gameplay, and I’m quite excited to try it out....
Wii is still selling like hotcakes.
Once again, the Nintendo Wii is apparently THE hot gift for the holiday season, and the PS3 and XBox 360 fanboys are still scratching their heads. My thought on this is thus: the age of casual gaming has truly begun. It was alluded to in the decreasing difficulty in newer games, but now with the coming of the Wii and its motion sensor controls, we have entered a new age. Long live the party...
Square Enix mostly sticks with portable in early... →
It looks like Square Enix is sticking with portable consoles in early 2008, and as always, it looks like a solid lineup. But I can’t help but wonder when Square/Enix will cease releasing new Final Fantasy VII related games and just give the people what they want: a remake of the classic. “The World Ends With You” does sound like an interesting game, though.