6,557 reviews · showing 5,781–5,800
Reader PC
Once again, it's time to dip into my Hotmail inbox, where once in a while I rummage down far enough past the debt consolidation messages and annoyingly persistent offers to ''enlarge [myself] safely and naturally'' to locate a message…
snowdragon · December 9, 2003
Reader PC
A lot of the things wrong with America seem to be Macaulay Culkin's fault in some way. Thanks to The Pagemaster, kids are turned off from reading books. Ted Danson, a respectable actor even when paired with Kirstie ''Ugly-As-Sin Ice…
snowdragon · December 9, 2003
Reader SNES
All around us, people are heralding the joyous events occurring roundabout the end of December. Families are dragging tangled balls of lights and fragile ornaments from their attics; perennial Christmas movies and specials are already…
snowdragon · December 9, 2003
Reader SNES
From the Book of Snow Dragon, Volume XLIV, chapter 2, verses 18-22, row 4, seat J: 18 ''And lo, the small boy did place the Tom & Jerry cartridge into the SNES, looking at the clock to make sure he did not surpass the time limit for gaming…
snowdragon · December 9, 2003
Reader SNES
1992-1993 is my personal Golden Age of gaming. Sure, those who can legally buy their own booze and tobacco may pine for the days of shooting rocks floating out in space from the tenuous safety of a triangular space cruiser while those who…
snowdragon · December 9, 2003
Reader PlayStation 2
When I reviewed Animal Crossing some eight months ago (that long?), I gave it a 10 based on how well it did what it set out to do - that is, simulate life - and on first impressions, and the game succeeded spectacularly in that regard…
snowdragon · December 9, 2003
Reader PlayStation 2
When your parents stuff you and your siblings into your clown car of a family sedan and drive you hundreds, thousands of miles even, to a colony where Amish people still churn butter, take the reins of horse-drawn buggies and have barn…
snowdragon · December 9, 2003
Reader PlayStation 2
Rarely is the justice bestowed upon sleeper hits that they truly deserve. Month in and month out, unsung hits fly under the radar of the gaming public at large. Whose fault this is, it's difficult to say. Are magazines covering the wrong…
snowdragon · December 9, 2003
Reader PlayStation
When a true genius appears in this world, you may know him by this sign, that all the dunces shall be in confederacy against him.'' --Jonathan Swift Perhaps they forgot what a true spectre of beauty they had on their hands. Secret of Mana…
snowdragon · December 9, 2003
Reader PlayStation
Among the annals of the Internet is a sweet website called Swords Online. There they have knives, daggers, and all other manner of pointy objects designed both for inflicting pain and showing off on the fireplace mantel. Swords from all…
snowdragon · December 9, 2003
Reader Nintendo 64
If I'm prey to anything, it's a good marketing ploy. And what a whizzbanger this one is! Pokémon Snap (Nintendo, 1999) follows the path of milking the pocket monster cash cow - or rodent, as it were - with little diversion from time-tested…
snowdragon · December 9, 2003
Reader Genesis
Smell that? Mmmm ..... sludge from the nearby subterranean cave network. Kid tested, mother approved. The first level of the game drenches you in the stuff, or at least puts it in very near proximity to your fragile body. You get an…
snowdragon · December 9, 2003
Reader Genesis
To call it a lapse of good judgment on my part would be a sickening understatement, because believe it or not, I actually had high hopes for Normy's Beach Babe-O-Rama (Electronic Arts, 1994). When a friend shows you such an off-the-wall…
snowdragon · December 9, 2003
Reader Genesis
After hesitantly accepting the HANGEDMAN CHALLENGE, I figured out why this game is called Ka Ge Ki. To understand the title better, one must break these three two-letter words down and investigate them individually. Ka. This is either an…
snowdragon · December 9, 2003
Reader GameCube
To the best of my foggy recollection, baseball was invented in the late 19th century as the result of a bet between James Naismith and Abner Cooperstown to see who could come up with the manlier sport. Naismith, of course, had the…
snowdragon · December 9, 2003
Reader GameCube
Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour doesn't take itself seriously. Seeing as how last time I checked, Nintendo was still aiming for the fetal-to-crawling demographic, there's no reason why it should. The first game it reminded me of was the…
snowdragon · December 9, 2003
Reader Game Boy Advance
Do you have a short attention span? Do long, drawn-out adventures like Final Fantasy X hold your interest for a while and then gather dust on a lonely shelf with the rest of your unfinished games? Do you take pills because a talking head…
snowdragon · December 9, 2003
Reader Game Boy Advance
If anything, Super Street Fighter II Turbo Revival (Capcom, 2001) takes home the award for longest name of a Street Fighter game. Why, slap on some EX + Alpha Double Third Strike Zero X and you've got yourself a bona fide super jam-packed…
snowdragon · December 9, 2003
Reader Game Boy Advance
Monster Rancher is a series that has enjoyed a smooth ride with very few major hitches, and it is possibly even more of a smash hit than Pokemon or Yu-Gi-Oh if you consider that it has met with prosperity despite lacking any hype or a…
snowdragon · December 9, 2003
Reader Game Boy
Some months back, I took a look at Tetris Attack, one of the greatest puzzlers to honor a 16-bit platform with its presence. Branded as a Tetris game but strangely infested by Yoshi and his weird friends, it would have been one bland…
snowdragon · December 9, 2003
