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Strider Xbox One Review: Does This Familiar Reprise Rise Above Contempt?

Though Double Helix's take on Capcom's cyber-ninja struggles to find its own identity, the underlying game stands as one of Hiryu's better adventures.

Feb. 19, 2014 Jeremy Parish

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Daily Classic: Donkey Kong's Unlikely Game Boy Reinvention

It was no Donkey Kong Country... but maybe that was the point of this portable classic.

Feb. 18, 2014 Jeremy Parish

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Daily Classic: Strider 2, an Arcade Game Born into the Wrong Era

A faithful sequel that fell flat through no fault of its own.

Feb. 17, 2014 Jeremy Parish

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How Will La-Mulana 2 Advance 8-Bit Design?

Designer Takumi Naramura talks about Kickstarter, international appeal, and the science of evolving retro-style action games.

Feb. 17, 2014 Jeremy Parish

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Lightning's Jesus Christ Pose

Whether deliberate or not, the divisive new Final Fantasy sequel does a curiously good job of dabbling in religious symbolism.

Feb. 14, 2014 Jeremy Parish

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Inside the Genesis of Virtue's Last Reward and the Challenges of Visual Novels

Things aren't looking so rosy for a continuation of Spike Chunsoft's Zero Escape series. We talk to director Kotaro Uchikoshi about the inspiration behind his games, and the challenges of keeping a niche genre alive.

Feb. 13, 2014 Jeremy Parish

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Daily Classic: When Cinematic Games Put Gaming First, Arcades Gave Us Strider

Like a game and a movie (but more of a game).

Feb. 12, 2014 Jeremy Parish

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Lightning Returns PS3 Review: Not the Future of Final Fantasy, Just an Intriguingly Weird Present

The Final Fantasy XIII saga continues to be tremendously polarizing and occasionally somewhat baffling. But on the other hand, this final entry plays better than ever.

Feb. 11, 2014 Jeremy Parish

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Eight Great RPGs You Should Play if You Like Bravely Default

After you power through the latest portable epic, don't miss these back catalog greats.

Feb. 7, 2014 Jeremy Parish

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Virtual Spotlight: Ninja Gaiden

Virtual Spotlight and Daily Classics collide with the adventure that hurtled anime influence into gaming's mainstream.

Feb. 7, 2014 Jeremy Parish

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Daily Classic: Valis II, a Generic TurboGrafx Game Built on Generic Anime

How can a game be both exotic and run-of-the-mill all at once?

Feb. 6, 2014 Jeremy Parish

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Daily Classic: With Cotton, TG-16 Shooters Got Adorable

Success' whimsical arcade shooter was like the meet cute of shooters and anime.

Feb. 6, 2014 Jeremy Parish

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With Pitfall II, Atari Platformers Became More Than Just Running and Jumping

David Crane's adventurous sequel pushed creative and technical boundaries.

Feb. 5, 2014 Jeremy Parish

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H.E.R.O., a Run 'n Jump Atari Game (Minus Running 'n Jumping)

Is a platformer really a platformer without platforms?

Feb. 5, 2014 Jeremy Parish

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Jet Set Willy, Trading Classiness for Freedom on Spectrum

The sequel to Manic Miner was quite a sophisticated game, but only in terms of its structure.

Feb. 5, 2014 Jeremy Parish

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Bravely Default: Creating a Deceptively Modern 3DS RPG

The RPG's producers talk about breaking away from Final Fantasy and building something new in its place.

Feb. 5, 2014 Jeremy Parish

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Montezuma's Revenge, an Atari Quest to Make Adventure Proud

By borrowing from Atari's action RPG, Utopia created a platformer classic.

Feb. 5, 2014 Jeremy Parish

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With Pac-Land, Arcade Platformers Raced Into the Future

While other heroes experimented with design, Pac-Man blazed a trail straight ahead.

Feb. 5, 2014 Jeremy Parish

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Daily Classic: How Clash at Demonhead's NES Comedy Defied Whitewashing

A stony-faced Trojan Horse of a game unleashed subversive goofiness upon unsuspecting players.

Feb. 5, 2014 Jeremy Parish

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Daily Classic: U.N. Squadron's SNES Identity Change

A solid shoot-em-up that was inflicted with a baffling identity crisis.

Feb. 5, 2014 Jeremy Parish

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What Bravely Default Gets Right

There's more than just Final Fantasy nostalgia at work in Square's extraordinary new 3DS RPG.

Feb. 4, 2014 Jeremy Parish

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Capitalizing on a Lucky Break With Pokémon Snap

Nintendo's RPG-turned-global-phenomenon helped keep things looking rosy in tough times.

Jan. 24, 2014 Jeremy Parish

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Duck Hunt, the Template for Wii's Success

30 years ago, Nintendo's iconic sports shooter predicted the future.

Jan. 22, 2014 Jeremy Parish

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Virtual Spotlight: Castlevania II Simon's Quest

Does Simon Belmont's second NES adventure hold up after all these years, or should it be buried with the graveyard duck?

Jan. 22, 2014 Jeremy Parish

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Punch-Out!!, the Swan Song of an Arcade Legend

30 years ago, Nintendo dropped the mike on its arcade roots with a stunning boxing sim.

Jan. 21, 2014 Jeremy Parish

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35 Years Ago, Nintendo's First Brush With Video Disaster

In 1979, a single game nearly sank the company's game business before it even launched.

Jan. 21, 2014 Jeremy Parish

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Virtual Spotlight: The Other Double Dragon

A new import for PSN documents just how far the mighty fell.

Jan. 16, 2014 Jeremy Parish

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Virtual Spotlight: Gradius

Get ready for Gradius to shoot your core! By which I mean "crush your self-esteem."

Jan. 10, 2014 Jeremy Parish

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Dr. Luigi Wii U Review: Practitioner Imperfect

Not quite the viral hit you might be hoping for.

Jan. 10, 2014 Jeremy Parish

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What's Nintendo's Next Move?

With Wii U on the ropes mere months after its debut and no relief in sight, we can't help but wonder how Nintendo will handle the console's troubled future.

Dec. 27, 2013 Jeremy Parish

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How John Madden Changed Sports Games Forever

25 years ago, America's most boisterous sportcaster demanded greater realism in games.

Dec. 27, 2013 Jeremy Parish

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NES and Famicom: Recollections on the 30th Anniversary

We asked you, ourselves, and folks in the industry for their thoughts on a system that helped define video gaming.

Dec. 26, 2013 Jeremy Parish

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The Most Important Games on Sega's SG-1000

The games that helped Sega kick off its 20-year career as a console powerhouse.

Dec. 26, 2013 Jeremy Parish

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1983: The Summer That Changed the World

30 years ago Nintendo, Sega, and Microsoft entered the Japanese console race. In doing so, they reshaped the future of games.

Dec. 26, 2013 Jeremy Parish

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2013 in Review: The Tragic Fatalism of BioShock Infinite

One of 2013's most spectacular games was also one of its most disappointing for its failure to heed its predecessor's pivotal philosophy.

Dec. 23, 2013 Jeremy Parish

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NES Remix Review: What Took You So Long, Nintendo?

This collection of bite-sized Nintendo challenges is so fun and so obvious we're mystified that it's only now arriving.

Dec. 19, 2013 Jeremy Parish

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2013 in Review: Grand Theft Auto V: An Ugly Journey Through a Beautiful World

You'd be hard-pressed to find a better example of gaming's ability to squander something wondrous on mean-spirited pettiness than the latest GTA. And that's OK.

Dec. 19, 2013 Jeremy Parish

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2013 in Review: Pikmin 3 Puts a Friendly Face on Video Game Violence

Nintendo's strategy adventure was as brutal and violent as any video game in 2013. So why doesn't it seem as off-putting?

Dec. 18, 2013 Jeremy Parish

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Virtual Spotlight: Double Dragon

Can we forgive the fundamental lie of a version that takes the "double" out of "Double Dragon"?

Dec. 16, 2013 Jeremy Parish

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2013 in Review: Tomb Raider Makes Us Ask, Do We Have to Kill a Classic in Order to Save It?

Square Enix updated Lara Croft for the modern age of games, but the end result barely resembles Tomb Raider as we knew it.

Dec. 14, 2013 Jeremy Parish

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2013 in Review: Big Budget Games are a Joke, So Why is Saints Row IV the Only One Laughing?

Volition made its mark by casually skewering the medium's clichés.

Dec. 11, 2013 Jeremy Parish

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Wonderful Memories, Crummy-Looking Postcard: Ys Memories of Celceta Review

Falcom's latest adventure may not be beautiful, but it has a great personality.

Dec. 10, 2013 Jeremy Parish

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Virtual Spotlight: Ninja Gaiden III

Does the least beloved Ninja Gaiden deserve a second chance on 3DS?

Dec. 3, 2013 Jeremy Parish

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How Could Crimson Dragon Go So Wrong?

How did a game with such a distinguished pedigree turn out to be so mundane?

Dec. 2, 2013 Jeremy Parish

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Virtual Spotlight: Metal Gear Solid VR Missions

The original Metal Gear spin-off is still an addictive treat.

Nov. 28, 2013 Jeremy Parish

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Super Mario 3D World Wii U Review: Makes the Old Feel New

Lest you fear Nintendo has run out of steam, the latest Mario adventure brings plenty of original ideas to the mix while making the familiar feel fresh.

Nov. 21, 2013 Jeremy Parish