When I was growing up, I never had the chance to play the original PaRappa the Rapper on PS1. I was a Nintendo kid playing hits like Banjo Kazooie and Mario Kart 64 back then. Even with its re-release on …

I can’t seem to wrap my head around my feelings for The Bit.Trip. For one, I absolutely adored 2013’s Runner2. I’ve also wanted to play the earlier games in the series for quite some time now. Having them bundled and …

Before Rock Band and Guitar Hero we had FreQuency and Amplitude. Hours upon hours of my younger years were spent perfecting songs in FreQuency. That game in my mind reflects upon a magical time in which I didn’t really know …

As a music/rhythm game, Superbeat: Xonic takes inspiration from the DJMax games. Musical notes appear on screen and you’ll need to match your timing with the notes to obtain the high score. On the surface, this new rhythm game for …

Are there other forms of life out in the universe? I’m not the person to say yes or no, but let us say there is. What would this life form look like? How would they communicate with us? In a …

Persona 4 Dancing All Night is the latest in a line of P4 spin-off games and serves great as a celebration of the P4 cast. I love it not only as a sendoff to a really likeable cast of characters, …

Jungle Rumble: Freedom, Happiness and Bananas is a rhythm based puzzle game involving tribes of monkeys fighting over the jungle trees. You play as the “Great Spirit” controlling the Mofongo tribe through the jungle canopy. The Mofongo Sage informs that objective is to collect the bananas, …

Entwined is a small game by a brand new team of recent students called PixelOpus. I don’t like to draw comparisons too much, but to me it reminded me of thatgamecompany’s first game flOw. Something small, a little experimental, and …

Michael Jackson: The Experience HD is a music/rhythm game that, just to be punny, isn’t bad; it’s bad. If you’ve played any BEMANI game or Guitar Hero game in the last ten years, you know the deal: Directions appear on …

Space Channel Five: Part 2 is a rhythm game… before the words guitar and hero were ever put together. It is a fun and ridiculous game that rivals Katamari in weirdness. SC5:P2 puts you (slightly) in control of Ulala, the head …