Firstly, you should know that I’m an unrepentant Fallout 3 fanboy. I love that game like nobody’s business; even scored 1000/1000 achievement points. I loved the way Bethesda treated the source material (Fallout and Fallout 2 for PC are the only must-plays) with respect, but at the same time explored it and took it to new [...]
Ugh.
I really wanted to like this game. I’d heard good things about the way it expanded the kid-friendly 3D platforming experience with vehicle building. I’d been a fan of some prior Rare games, including Donkey Kong Country (SNES) and Konker’s Bad Fur Day (N64, XBX). But, that didn’t happen.
They lost me in the first [...]
We’re probably the 1,000th “weblog” to single out Crayon Physics for praise and recognition (as such, “Under the Radar” is a slight miscategorization). Even though it’s the gaming equivalent of a cult Sundance Film Festival mumblecore movie, we can’t get enough of it. Small wonder it won the grand prize at last year’s Independent Games [...]
Ninjatown for the Nintendo DS is probably my favorite hand-held game since Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime, and probably for the same reasons—it combines the cuteness of, say, “Happy Tree Friends” with deep strategy.
Ninjatown is based on the ironic hipster Shawnimals toys and graphic designs you can find in specialty shops. Picture what the Hello [...]
Welcome to GamingSmack.com!
I chose this URL because “SemiRetiredGamesIndustryVeteranAndFulltimeAchievementWhoreBlogsAboutRandomCrap.com” was taken! (Go figure. So were the .org, .us, .tv and .biz versions.) So it’s Gaming Smack. (And, at this point, I should point out that we’re going to be covering and commenting on video gaming in its many and diverse forms, but not gambling. The casino industry [...]
