“Skins,” protective layers of vinyl for small electronics, are a dime a dozen nowadays. Almost everyone’s jumping on this manufacturing bandwagon, and unfortunately, the production values on most manufacturers’ skins are uniformly awful: applying the …

To continue on my cavalcade of monthly Atlus portable titles, this month I bring you Landstalker developer Climax’ platforming-puzzle hybrid Steal Princess. Note that I didn’t classify it as an RPG—though it shares a bit …

Remember back in the salad days of the Game Boy Color, when each and every accessory manufacturer had to release some sort of gimmicky battery-backup solution? Attachments like Nyko’s Shock n’ Rock—essentially a battery pack …

Here’s a secret: ExciteTruck was awesome. There was nothing on the Wii’s launch lineup that quite duplicated the white-knuckle thrills this odd addition to the malformed franchise provided. Expecting more of the same thrills, …

So, I have been spending time with my dusty, unplayed PlayStation Portable for quite sometime now after the release of Patapon 2. I was soooooooo addicted to the first Patapon game that when news of …

Physics-based gameplay has come a long way since The Incredible Machine debuted fifteen-odd years ago. Gravity is one in a long line of recent mind-benders that take the basic idea of going to point A …

This needs to be said: Elite Forces: Unit 77 is an unabashedly, painfully generic game. I hate using the term “generic,” but it’s just such a perfect descriptor for this videogame. The thing is, Spanish …

Four People, Two Systems, One Crystal, No Problem!
Though I am hardly surprised, there have been far too many Crystal Chronicles games released lately to keep track of. Granted, each one is unique and independent …

LittleBigPlanet hits all the high notes developer Media Molecule wants it to hit: a charming, almost sickeningly saccharine environ and character set housing a deceptively powerful user-generated level editor—both free and paid downloadable content, and …

History redefined, again
By Lance Tan Ong
With all the war games that pop up every year, it is great to have a title that offers an unconventional take on World War II, courtesy of its parallel …