Flashback Friday: River City Ransom
It was suggested by a few members of the GameOcatane crew that I should do a Flash Back Friday article for Battletoads. This classic Rare title surely deserves its FBF dues, but in open defiance to my comrades (and openly admitting I haven’t played very much of Battletoads) I am going to remind everyone that […]
Momentum
Momentum is an indie game developed by Projectile Entertainment based near Salt Lake City. The inspiration for this game is a mix between the dial controlled marble labyrinth and the complicated handheld marble maze games. Immediately after starting up the game, players are given a short tutorial as part of the first few levels. […]
Flash Back Friday: Nintendo Power Pad
Unless you’ve been living under a rock lately y’all should know that the Olympic games are currently taking place in Rio de Janeiro Brazil. Everywhere you turn there’s inspiring stories taking place right in front of us. Stories of fantastic athletic feats, smashing world and historical records, and tales of triumph over adversity. This was […]
Contrast Review
It’s been an absolute pleasure to play and review Contrast from Compulsion Games Studio. The challenge for me this time around was to produce and edit our very first video review. I hope you all enjoy! A HUGE shout out to Naila and Stephanie from Compulsion who sat in on my twitch streams for Act 2 […]
Take Me Back Tuesday: Baseball Simulator 1.000
In honor of tonight’s Major League All Star Game I thought it was fitting to do a “bonus” flashback article this week chronicling one of my favorite baseball games ever! The game came out in 1990 on the NES. The controls were quite simple and very effective. each direction on the D Pad represented a […]
Unravel
Unravel is an Indie title from a small developer Coldwood Interactive and then published and distributed by EA. Unravel is a side scrolling platform adventure. The game harkens back to the classics like Pitfall, Sonic, Mario and Adventure Island (look it up, a fantastic NES title starring a skateboarding islander). However, this particular adventure has a […]