Review
Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures proves that platforming ain’t easy
Also proven: Pac-Man is disgusting.
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Does Vblank’s ROM City Rampage signal a shift away from Retro as a trendy aesthetic?
When we spoke to Brian Provinciano back in October 2011, he was nearing the end of work on his game Retro City Rampage, a parody of everything Eighties through the lens of a modern sandbox game like Grand Theft Auto (if that game came out for the NES). It was an ambitious project, especially for wha
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Etrian Odyssey 4’s new art direction is impossibly banal
A few years ago, when retro games were making a comeback, and new games were frequently “nostalgic” of games from the ‘80s and ‘90s, I admit I thought it was pretty great. Games looked like something I played as a kid on my huge analog tube television while sitting on shag carpet. We got a new class