Review – Beat Hazard (PC)
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Review – Beat Hazard (PC)

Somewhere along the way, the “Sh’Mup" or “Shoot Em Up” genre evolved and became the “Bullet Hell” Genre.  Play styles and enemy patterns from games like R-Type, or Gradius remail but there is a lot more going on in the playing field than older systems could handle.  Hell there’s probably more going on in a single screen of a modern Shoot Em up game than happened in an entire round of Gradius.  Since the screen is covered in action and well, bullets, the term Bullet Hell is used. If you want to go way back, Asteroid is essentially the grand…
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Review – Dance Dance Revolution (PC)

Dance Dance Revolution PC (Konami) 2 Players Here’s a little artifact that is probably fairly obscure. There was an official DDR game released for PC a while back. Except it was an exclusive product for a chain of stores not in my area (Fry’s) and to an online store I never shop at (outpost.com). And at only $10 it’s certainly cheaper than the Playstation alternatives. On the other hand it has to compete with free programs such as Stepmania. So how well does this game step up to the challenge? Not very well I’m afraid. I guess I’ll get the…
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Review – Frequency (PS2)

FrequencyPS2 - 1-2 PlayersGameplay – 7/10 Graphics – 7/10 Sound – 9/10 Replay – 6/10 Overall – 7.3/10 Frequency is generally a hard game to describe. There isn't really anything that is much like it. The closest thing I can think of is "DDR without the down arrow", but, there is so much more on inaddition to that so the description doesn't really fit very well. For one, the tracks are a lot longer. Then there's a little ship thing that you'll actually have to control your on top of following thepattern...Well, maybe I should start out simple and then…
Review – BIT.TRIP BEAT (PC)
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Review – BIT.TRIP BEAT (PC)

Gaijin Games |  Nov 2nd, 2010 What do you get when you take the simplicity of Pong, a game that involves hitting small square “balls” with a rectangular paddle, and add in some musical aspects, a bit of plot, and ramp up the play mechanics beyond a 2 player game of tennis?  Whatever it would be, it’s probably pretty close to BIT.TRIP BEAT. Ok, really the only thing they really share in common is hitting balls with paddles and retro styling. The general premise here is that you must deflect a series of rhythmic balls back with your paddle.  They…