shmup
I Hate Running Backwards PAX East Preview
Take a cast of characters culled from some of the all-time classic, old-school difficulty action games. Throw them into a vertically scrolling bullet hell. Make them progress by doing the one thing that’s totally counterintuitive in normal SHMUPS: run backwards. That’s the formula for I Hate Running Backwards, and it works shockingly well.
The Void Rains Upon Her Heart Preview (Steam)
Peanut Butter and Chocolate. Milk and Cookies. Beer and Curling. All great combinations that go great together. It turns out that SHMUPs and roguelikes are another great examples, two great game styles that blend great together.
Dimension Drive (Switch) Review
Bullet hell. Arcade shooters. Shoot-em-ups. All these mean one thing, lots of bullets and usually a high level of difficulty. I’ve always had a fondness for this genre, one with roots in the arcades, but I never was as skilled as some of my friends. Shoot-em-ups in particular I find endearing with their adorable style and crushing challenges. All these years of shmups though and there hasn’t been ...[Read More]
Review: Alpha Mission II (PSN)
Flying and shooting and dying.
Radiant Silvergun coming to XBLA
I’ve failed to impress upon you the adoration I have for Ikaruga. I recognize that failing, and apologize for it. Allow me to rectify (hehe, rectify) this by saying that I LOVE IKARUGA. With that being said, my heart skipped a beat today when I saw that Radiant Silvergun, the game which Ikaruga drew heavily from, will be released as an exclusive to XBLA in 2011.