Hero Rescue

Seven years ago, I wrote seven reviews of the terrific Wii U game Pikmin 3. I had played the game Switch-style…

The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time is widely considered not just one of the greatest games in the Zelda…

In the late 90’s, amongst a wave of all-new “Games for Girls”, Barbie appeared on CD-ROM for the first time. I was…

I’m a huge fan of The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, but I hadn’t played all the way through its direct sequel…

What kind of game is Red Dead? You wouldn’t be wrong if you said it’s a video game that plays like every other…

I had no idea what I was getting into when I first put Rygar into my NES. I had borrowed the game, released in 1987…

Gears Tactics, like many strategy games, has a permadeath feature. The three main characters—Gabe, Sid, and…

The initial technological threat in Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty is Metal Gear RAY. It is an “anti-Metal…

About five minutes into the Resident Evil 3 remake, I uttered the word “brilliant.” I don’t use that word often. I…

Mere minutes into Half-Life: Alyx, I encountered a Strider. These behemoths cast ominous shadows on all who dare…