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Aera

It’s been six years since the release of one of my favorite games on the original Microsoft Xbox.  Developed by Microsoft’s FASA Studio, Crimson Skies: High Road To Revenge had everything that  you would want in a game at the time: highly stylized graphics, an epic setting, a sandbox gameplay environment, easy pick-up and play controls, and online gameplay through [...]

Eliss

Just like me, Eliss has been celebrated as of late.  However, unlike me, this extraordinary quasi-music puzzle game wasn’t the object of ridicule by relatives at his own birthday party because it gained a couple of pounds and added some gray hair.  No, instead, Stephane Thirion’s micro masterpiece has gained worldwide accolades for its originality, accurate touch-sensitive control, and addictiveness.  Proclaimed by some as the ‘killer [...]

3D Spinball (3D Pong)

Aren’t you getting sick of all the movie remakes?  First, it was Psycho with Vince Vaughn (stick to comedies, buddy) and most recently, Star Trek…  Well, that was actually pretty good.  But now, Paramount just started casting Footloose… Freakin’ Footloose, man?!  Really?  The same can be said about most game remakes, but fortunately, this ain’t one of them.  Based off the original [...]