Archive for July, 2009

The Legacy of Legacy of Kain

Saturday, July 4th, 2009

Legacy of Kain…
…the story of an arrogant man afflicted with a terrible curse.
…the tale of a faithful servant betrayed and murdered, given the chance to exact bloody revenge.
…the unfolding of the destiny of a world in peril, stuck between light and corruption.
Actually it’s about time-travelling vampires.
Following on from my scathing recommendation of the Jak (and [...]

 

Have We Met?

Friday, July 3rd, 2009

Some gaming tropes are silly. Like the one about always meeting someone you know, or knew from the before times - before the game started. You know the scene, the hero is calmly going about his mission to save A from B by doing X, when suddenly it turns out that his ex-girlfiend is the [...]

 

Metroid Primology

Friday, July 3rd, 2009

If you like old things repackaged as shiny new things, then Nintendo loves you in your private game bits. High on the success of their plan to release ancient Gamecube titles as new Wii games by slapping the phrase NEW PLAY CONTROL! on the front of the box, those clever sprockets have… done the same thing [...]