Posts By James Puglisi

Playing Daytona USA in the arcades at the Boardwalk is one of my earliest childhood memories of an arcade game (well, that and playing The Simpsons Arcade Game at Chuck …
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Mercury Hg is another entry into the two Mercury games found on the PSP, however this time it made the move over to the Xbox Live Arcade.  I was a …
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Breakout (or Arkanoid, to some) has always been my favorite of the “classic” arcade games.  Not just for the brick-breaking, but the huge amount of powerups (or power-downs) that are …
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It seems like Roguelikes are making a comeback.  Dungeons of Dredmoor, 100 Rogues, Legends of Yore and now The Binding of Isaac are all recent examples of additions to the …
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As I played through Crimson Alliance, I was reminded constantly of my teenage days spent playing Gauntlet: Dark Legacy on my GameCube.  It was a top-down co-op action game with …
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Anyone remember The Incredible Machine?  As a kid I used to adore the series.  In it you are given Rube Goldberg-esque puzzles in which you have to figure out which …
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Yet another example of an XBLIG title taking a now-standard flash game idea and making it something worthwhile, The Cannon takes the tired “shoot things with a stationary cannon” genre …
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You know those physics-based flash games that seem to have grown in popularity for no real reason?  The ones where you control a cannon, or a guy with a bow, …
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There isn’t much to Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon.  Well, in terms of content there is a lot to offer, but it doesn’t take much to learn the ins and …
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If you were a fan of PC games in the late 80s/early 90s you probably remember Boulder Dash, a puzzle/adventure game in which you dodge bugs and falling boulders while …
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