Earthbound Review The Weird, Wonderful JRPG That Proved Different Could Work
I almost left the New Player Ready crew in frustration due to Earthbound’s placement on our top 100 SNES rankings. I desperately wanted it to...
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Half Life Review The FPS That Proved Shooters Could Tell A Real Story
Half-Life: How Valve Revolutionised Storytelling in First-Person Shooters Carl is currently working on writing a review of System Shock 2 because Joe is too busy...
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Jak and Daxter Review The PS2 Platformer That Bridged Two Generations
Tim is mistaken when he says that Jak and Daxter was just “another mascot platformer.” Joe is closer to correct that it was the last...
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Crazy Taxi Review: How An Arcade Port Became A Dreamcast Masterpiece
People often don’t remember – early arcade to home conversions were really bad. Watered down versions that had fewer features, less enemies, lower quality graphics....
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The 10 Best Xbox Games of All Time (According to Five Guys Who Watched Microsoft Crash The Console Party)
“`html Microsoft showed up to console gaming in 2001 and immediately proved they understood how to compete. The Xbox was aggressively marketed. The online infrastructure...
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Jumping Through Time: The Platformers That Shaped Gaming History
It is not easy to rank the top 10 greatest platform games, especially with the heated debate that occurred during our discussion. By the time...
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Chrono Trigger Review Why This 1995 JRPG Is Still Gaming’s Peak Achievement
I am a latecomer to Chrono Trigger — I did not grow up with it; I do not carry childhood memories of the holiday season...
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StarCraft Review The Strategy Game That Became A National Sport
Elena here, and if you’re anything like me, you have no idea about half the European strategy games that came out before StarCraft. But let’s...
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Why Disc-Based Gaming Changed Everything: The PlayStation 1
I spent my career as a software engineer debugging games before the industry transformed beyond recognition. I understand assembly language. I understand hardware constraints. I...
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The 10 Best Retro Sports Games of the 90s: From NBA Jam to Tony Hawk
The Top Ten Sports Games Ever Made This ranking will break all of your friendships. As soon as David proposed that we rank the greatest...
