The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening Review
Does the Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening hold up as a remake? Let’s find out!
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Backlog Quest II: Day 23 – Captain America: Super Soldier (NDS) – Light on the super
Dear Journal, Today I fought for truth, justice and the American way. Captain America: Super Soldier is a pretty standard 2.5D side-scrolling beat em’ up that draws comparisons to classic 2D games of the same type. You fight a horde of mindless enemy soldiers and the occasional boss through a series of rooms in a very elaborate German castle. At […]
Read moreBacklog Quest II – Sidequest: Pokémon White 2 – Same as it ever was
Dear journal, I wanted to be the very best, like no one ever was. But I failed miserably. Sure, I caught a lot of them and trained them competitively and defeated the Elite Four, but I cannot catch 650 Pokémon in a reasonable amount of time. Pokémon White 2 was a completely new story – innovative ideas, exciting storyline and […]
Read moreBacklog Quest II: Day 16 – Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands (DS) – The (easily) forgotten version
Dear Journal, Today Clearance Bin Review turned two! It was two years ago today that I launched CBR and published our first review, The Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands. By pure chance the opportunity to play the DS version of the game, which I knew to be notably different, came about last week and it seemed like a really […]
Read moreBacklog Quest II: Day 13 – Brave (NDS) – Gingers are people too!
Dear Journal, Today I learned that gingers are people too, just tiny, pixilated people. So we have a movie-tie-in game for a children’s movie on the DS here. Now, you’re saying to yourself that you shouldn’t expect much from it, after all, that is like the be-all end-all list of bad signs for a game going in. You’d be mostly […]
Read moreBacklog Quest II: Day 0 – The Backlog Strikes Back
Dear Journal, I thought I had made progress, I thought the light at the end of the tunnel was starting to shine through, I thought the backlog was finally starting to wane. My last adventure into my backlog proved successful, and I felt confident that perhaps my foe would remain weakened and no longer prove a challenge that necessitated action. […]
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