There comes a time in a man's, or woman's, life in which one must step out of the shadow of his, or her, forerunners. Today is that time for our fair Giana. It was only about a year ago that Otaku USA took a look …Read more »
Square Enix’s mobile gaming division has been the subject of much scorn from press and players alike, primarily for their absurd pricing schemes. It’s hard to justify spending $20-ish for arguably inferior ports of DS titles like Final Fantasy III or The World Ends with …Read more »
My heart goes out to all videogame-loving Gundam fans, constantly strung along with false promises and solidly mediocre games. Now, don't get me wrong, it's not that Gundam videogames are inherently bad – the sheer number released has guaranteed that at least some are pretty …Read more »
On Saturday, December 8, 2012, Cartoon Network premiered the 15th Pokémon movie, Pokémon the Movie: Kyurem vs. the Sword of Justice . There was no theatrical showing this year, as there was for last year’s movie, Pokémon the Movie White: Victini and Zekrom , which …Read more »
DmC: Devil May Cry has been under fire from the moment it was first announced along with images of Dante's revamped look. If one were to generate a word cloud based on descriptions of the antagonist, it wouldn't have much variety, and "emo" or something …Read more »
Sitting in a theatre full of people wearing 3D glasses, watching stock characters spouting clunky dialogue with the most wooden delivery imaginable, while a nonsensical jumble of third rate science fiction/war movie/zombie horror clichés simply occurs at you with merciless disregard for motivation, plot development …Read more »
Terry Cavanagh is a pretty slick game developer. Some of you may have experienced his work in VVVVVV , a sly Metroidvania-style platformer with a simple but stylish look and some amazing tunes. Now Cavanagh is back with his first iPhone/iPad game, Super Hexagon , …Read more »
Transformers: War For Cybertron set a fantastic precedent for what could end up as the absolute standard for all future Transformers games. Its frenetic combat, willingness to adhere strictly to the 'bots we loved as children, and explosive campaign acted as benchmarks for how developers …Read more »
Most reviews of Capcom's Devil May Cry HD Collection should read pretty similarly. Devil May Cry and Devil May Cry 3 get the majority of the coverage while the borderline putrid Devil May Cry 2 gets swept under the rug. It's the big, blood-drenched elephant …Read more »
As if to atone for the mixed bag of last year’s fighting game movies, 2012 is being bombarded with tons of new fighting games. Seriously, look at the list of things released/to be released this year: Soul Calibur V , Street Fighter X Tekken , …Read more »
The 14 th and 15 th Pokémon movies came to the U.S. in English-dubbed editions in December 2011 after attaining the second and third spots in the ranking of the year’s domestic box office hits in Japan (beaten only by Studio Ghibli’s latest, From Up …Read more »
It may not be immediately apparent, but for all the seemingly minor iterations King of Fighters has gone through over the years, it is actually a deeply sophisticated series. Sure, it may have garnered a bit of flak for having reused so many of the …Read more »
The live-action Tekken will go down in my book as a firm reminder of how filmmakers, if not people in general, aren’t taking chances any more. The much-hyped big screen take on the popular Namco fighting game franchise had the opportunity to do something to …Read more »
I remember Astro Skate, the local roller-rink: the scent of sweat and canvas, the texture of worn plastic wheels, the sound of syrupy, bubblegum pop blaring from the speakers. But most of all I remember the arcade games, especially Street Fighter II: The World Warrior …Read more »
Eccentric games with quirky conceits are everywhere and they are almost unilaterally terrible. Even the ones who exude limitlessly bizarre charm ( Deadly Premonition ) mire themselves in gameplay that vacillates from boring to unbearable. These games are not good. That is why when a …Read more »
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