Reviews by aschultz
106 reviews · showing 101–106
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Reader NES
Pyramid review
Pyramid provides an original take on Tetris, lumping isosceles right triangles into shapes you rotate and drop into a well until it gets filled. Shapes lump into the general structure when they touch something below, and if you fill up a…
aschultz · May 27, 2004
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Reader Game Boy
Kwirk review
It's hard for puzzle games without much resolution to have the flair that helps make a game addictive, so the creators generally go in for a weird title. Kwirk tries for this, but it drops the Q, which is much weirder than stuffy old K. Oh…
aschultz · April 26, 2004
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Reader Arcade
Poly Play review
There's still a small type of disgruntled deluded folks who think that Communism could or should actually work. They overlap well with gamers: lazy slobs who want something for nothing. These amateur politicians who have that perfect…
aschultz · April 13, 2004
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Reader Arcade
Bump 'n' Jump review
When I was young, I liked car crashes. In theory. Cars still scared me especially when I had major streets to cross, but I enjoyed signs depicting dangerous conditions on roads and dreamed of participating in an accident one day, not fully…
aschultz · April 12, 2004
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Reader Genesis
NBA Jam review
Most of us get wrapped up in our nostalgia and daydream about it to our own detriment. The programmers of NBA Jam took notes on their sporting fantasies and produced an immensely addicting game. I suspect they, too, had nerf hoops slung…
aschultz · February 3, 2004
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Reader PC
Imogen review
Freeware is the refuge of the broke of pocket. Or the tech-savvy brokenicks, at least. Oh, sure, there's ROMs and abandonware out there too, but I was over so budget enough this month that I got wary at the thought of handling anything…
aschultz · January 22, 2004
