Posts Tagged ‘Puzzle Platformer’
FOG Review: Solstice: The Quest for the Staff of Demnos (NES)
“Friday Old Games” is a series of articles in which we review a game from the older generations of consoles, share why we picked it, and whether or not it holds up with time.
At some point when I was hanging out with Dave at his place of employment, Gamer Time, someone traded in a game for the NES that I had never heard of, Solstice: The Quest for the Staff of Demnos. Having grown up with the system, it always fascinates me to find games that I completely missed as a kid.
The cover art, posted as the header for this review, gave us a good laugh. It also had the box and manual intact, which pushed my decision to buy the game over the top.
Review: A Boy and His Blob (Wii)
"A whimsical journey at a budget price."
I’ve always loved the concept of A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobonia for the NES. The problem is, between the confusing map, limited jelly beans, and unforgiving hit detection, I could never get anywhere in the darn thing. Wayforward (developers of the fantastic Contra 4) decided to take that fascinating concept and “re-imagine” it into a more accessible and modern game.
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Videogame Jam of the Day Latest Podcast- Barrel Roll #150 - "I Can't Stop Playing James Brown" January 31, 2012Welcome to our one-hundred and fiftieth episode! This should probably be some sort of milestone, but instead we carry on and talk about video games as per usual. This week we are joined by Mike Bachmann, host of Fistful of Pixels and generally known as a decent sort of fellow. Topics include Dustforce, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, Resident Evil: Revelation […]
