Take Another Look: Jaws for NES
For this video, I present my reasoning as to why Jaws should be considered early "Survival Horror"! Elements such as item collection, weapon upgrades and an epic final battle help back up my claims, and I feel ...
Ep. 06 Violinist of Hameln (Super Famicom)
Enix is probably most well known for being an "RPG company," since they are the creators of what is arguably the quintessential Japanese RPG series, Dragon Quest. During the 16-bit era, however, that series re...
Open Letter to the Gaming Industry – Forced Tutorials
It's happened to us all. You get the latest Call of Battlefield: Modern World at Bad Company Warfare VII. You load up the disc and ready your thumbs to blast some Nazis. You start a new game and it leads you ri...
Ep. 04 Earth Defense Force 2 -Chikyuu Boueigun 2 (PS2)
Earth Defense Force 2017 became an instant sleeper hit when it made its American debut for the Xbox 360 in 2007. Its simple action arcade gameplay, massive scale, and unapologetic cheesiness was a breath of fr...
Ep. 02 – Goemon: New Age Shutsudou! (GBA)
The Ganbare Goemon series, known to many in the West as the Mystical Ninja series, is one of Konami's longest-running and most iconic franchises...but since most the titles never made it out of Japan, this fact...
Ep. 01 – Gunners Heaven (PS1)
In the episode that kicks off the Import Gaming FTW! video series, I take a look back at Gunners Heaven, a 2-D side-scrolling run-and-gun shooting action game (hyphen-pocalypse!) released in 1995 for the PlaySt...