FMV games carry an interesting legacy. Broadly defined, FMV games are simply games which incorporate video files in an interactive format. Their gameplay can be so disparate that they can barely even qualify within the same genre, ranging from basic choose-your-own-adventure to complex point-and-click adventure to survival-horror. They typically aren’t …
If you’ve been playing point and click adventure games long enough, you may have heard of the hidden object genre at some point. It’s the casual off-shoot of the larger genre, focusing on minigames over environmental logic puzzles, having less brain bending and more simple tasks you can lose yourself …
Co-authored by Harry Milonas An acclaimed science-fiction writer with a strong cult following, Philip K. Dick is recognized as one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century. In 1968 he published Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, telling the story of Rick Decker, a special policeman in charge of …
For those who grew up gaming with a DOS PC, a lot of people will hold the same reverence for Apogee that console gamers would have for Capcom or Konami. While the quality of their output varied from game to game, there’s no doubt that they were one of the …
For those who grew up gaming with a DOS PC, a lot of people will hold the same reverence for …
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Every year we post a series of spooky articles around this time of year. We actually have a whole ton …
This time around, the theme is a roller coaster, split into seven stages, each one representing one part of your …
The CD-i, despite the best efforts of both its marketers and its developers, just wasn’t meant to be a games …
In Japan, video games are often sold with “catch copy”, memorable phrases that are the equivalent to Hollywood movie taglines. …
The “boss-rush” fighting game never took off as a genre, but while Monster Maulers and Warzard garnered something of a …
One of the most beautiful elements of the indie scene is that you get games by people who normally wouldn’t …
Well, it’s been a long time coming, but HG101 has finally joined the 21st century with modern web design and …
The first thing to address about Tokyo Xanadu is the title. The game was published in Japan in 2015, thirty …
101 rare, weird and important Japanese video games Cover sketch by Thor Thorvaldson Now crowdfunding on Unbound! Japan has produced …
Released in late 1987, Bio Senshi Dan: Inkrizer to no Tatakai (“Bio Warrior Dan: Fight Against The Inkrizers”) is an …
Most people associate top-down shooters with frantic action or some kind of glitz/glam/gore excess thanks to the like of Smash …
Fire Emblem Gaiden was released two years after the original. While most of the graphics have been recycled (outside of …
