One of our resident Resident Evil reviewers reviews Resident Evil 2 remake, really! Included are some differences between the versions.
PS1
I recently closed in on a deal I’d been negotiating for months and landed…
On this Vagrant Story podcast, we handle one of Square’s most difficult games with care. Having trouble beating Vagrant Story? Have a listen!
The Dream Weaver Mage remebers 7 forgotten PS1 titles that could really use the modern remake treatment! Koudelka, anyone?
Time to cast your vote for the best PlayStation soundtrack from our selection of player-nominated nominees! Which VGM OST will be crowned the GOAT?
What’s the best PlayStation soundtrack? Nominate a soundtrack, then come back to vote for the best one Wednesday through Saturday!
“The epic type here to compare might be Milton’s Satan in Paradise Lost. Incomparably brilliant, indomitably proud, wielding weapons no one else can use…”
“And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of…
“As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his…
If you can hear this image, you’re awesome. Happy birthday, PlayStation the first!…
Is it too large of a question or inappropriate to ask, as we might ask of art or education, what the game is for?
Being as kind as possible to people like Jessie and Aeris, knowing they’re inevitably going to die, is a little quixotic for two reasons: (A) they’re not alive…
PlayStation games without a case find a new home: I affordably custom printed new inserts and salvaged new cases myself!
“Elysium is a perfect world, created by the Ancients thousands of years ago. A world of eternal youth… a world without disease, hunger or war.” -Yuna, Mega Man Legends 2
In the name of Loric, King of the Elves, Demon begone!
-A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
These are my picks for the must-have games that the PlayStation Classic should definitely include but probably won’t!
“I just had to escape, I just had to be free,
And I didn’t even know, I had a destiny…”
-Abe
It’s refreshing how the game used real-life historical weapons, as it adds some authenticity to a fighting game set in the 16th century featuring a demonic, soul devouring weapon of chaos.
“…many video game companies [feel] that in the near future, the video game platforms to contend with will be from Nintendo, Sega… and Sony.”
-GamePro, 1994
“Kindness and good nature unite men more effectually and with greater strength than any agreements whatsoever, since thereby the engagements of men’s hearts become stronger than the bond and obligation of words.”
-Thomas More, Utopia
“Sleeping on a dragon’s hoard with greedy, dragonish thoughts in his heart, he had become a dragon himself.”
―C.S. Lewis, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
In this Vagrant Story critique, we revisit one of the more challenging and inaccessible offerings from Square right at the tail end of the 90s.
We are the music-makers,
And we are the dreamers of dreams,
Wandering by lone sea-breakers
And sitting by desolate streams;
World losers and world forsakers,
On whom the pale moon gleams:
Yet we are the movers and shakers
Of the world for ever, it seems.
“Live your own life, for you will surely die your own death.”
– Latin proverb
Final Fantasy Tactics is one of the heavier and in some ways more realistic entries in its series. Haven’t played it? Heresy!
“Unfortunately, killing is one of those things that gets easier the more you do it.”
-Solid Snake, Metal Gear Solid