The Snakes of Avalon has been described as weird. Is it weird? Well, yes — and no. In Snakes you play a guy who is perpetually drunk. What happens along the way may be weird by normal standards but in an alcohol-induced daze, not so much. There’s a murder plot, or maybe there’s not. You’ll have to decide…
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The Snakes of Avalon – A drunken tale in 4 Acts.
Friday, July 22nd, 2011Cat Mario! (Syobon Action?)
Tuesday, November 24th, 2009
Everyone loves Mario! You do, don’t you? You know Mario, the little Italian plumber from a series of games from Nintendo that goes back to the ancient Donkey Kong, and still 20-30 years later we’re still enjoying him. You know, Mario Bros, Super Mario Bros, Super Mario World, and on and on. Spin-offs of spin-offs, tv shows, and what have you, he’s become almost as recognized as Mickey Mouse the world over, and maybe even surpassed (I can’t remember but I might have read an article where he surpassed Mickey as the most famous fictional character), but I digress… There’s been a ton of fan games and rip offs. Now let’s talk a little bit about cats. Okay so they’re not as exciting. But a lot of us love cats, take the characters in John Wizard Game’s Dawn’s Light for instance, or Cat Ladies. So it makes some sense that someone, somewhere would create a game that has both CAT and MARIO elements. It’s by some Japanese person, whom I don’t even know the name of because I can’t read Japanese. This only makes sense though because Nintendo is a Japanese company. What makes this game unique though (aside from the fact that you play a cat in what looks like a rip off of Super Mario Bros)? You’re about to find out…
Ben Jordan Case 6 – Scourge of the Sea People
Thursday, November 12th, 2009Two words. John Hammond. How they managed to rope in Professor Hammond from Jurassic Park into this adventure is beyond me. They must have “spared no expense”. Don’t believe me, here’s the screenshot to prove it:
Since I took up all that room for this screenshot, let me just briefly sum up my opinion of Ben Jordan’s sixth case, in a word, great. The full review after the jump.