When I was a kid, my little brother and I would spend hours building things out of Lego blocks, destroying those things, and then building other things. I built mostly space ships and he stuck to things like firetrucks and ambulances. It’s still an “I know this will never happen” dream of mine to be one of the guys at Lego who creates new sets. Loving Lego as I do, you’d think that my favorite game would be something like Minecraft. You’d be wrong though, my favorite is far less popular: Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts. I know it’s current (as is the rest of my list), but I can’t honestly think of a game that better encapsulates what I consider to be pure, unadulterated fun. READ MORE
Like lots of other people, my love for top-down dungeon crawlers started with The Legend of Zelda on the NES. Zelda has moved on, though, and while I enjoy Link’s 3D adventures, the top-down perspective continues to hold a special place for me. Games like The Binding of Isaac and NIS America’s own ClaDun may not be exactly the same (which is good – who in their right mind wants to pay to play the same game over and over again), but they scratch the same itch, and games like Legasista improve on the formula by introducing RPG elements, randomly-generated dungeons and more loot than you’ll know what to do with. READ MORE
I’m a busy guy. Holding down a full-time job and helping to raise four kids doesn’t leave me with as much time for gaming as I used to have. I manage to squeeze it in, often at the expense of sleep, but working off-shifts and weekends means that multiplayer is often difficult for me to schedule, and that makes me sad because multiplayer is where games live forever, and I really feel like I’m getting a good return on my investment. READ MORE
Death Rally is one of a recent rash of reboots of classic games. It’s more in the vein of Choplifter HD than Pac-Man: Championship Edition DX, in that instead of twisting and iterating this new installment, it’s mostly the same game you (should) remember from 1996 with a fresh coat of paint. READ MORE
The original Orcs Must Die! is a great little game. It is simple enough that you can plan to play for 30 minutes before bed and then look up at the end of Act 1 and realize you have to be up for work in only three hours. Orcs Must Die! 2 captures the very same feeling, and improves on everything that the first entry did. READ MORE
