Persona 4 arena takes place two years after Persona 4. Yu and his friends are going to get back together for old time’s sake since they haven’t seen each other since the true ending of Persona 4 . Weirdly enough the night before Yu comes back into town the Midnight Channel (the conflict of Persona 4) [...]

It’s no secret that Square Enix’s first high definition entry in the Final Fantasy series, Final Fantasy XIII, was polarizing. It introduced an amazing new battle system that felt like a revolution for Japanese role playing games. This feature was widely praised by critics and gamers alike. However Square changed many others things in the [...]

Flower and Flow are two perfect examples of what makes the PlayStation Network unique in the online game space. Both are far more experiences than anything else and each has their own unique aesthetic. In the console space, there’s nothing else like them. So when thatgamecompany, the developer of both Flow and Flower, announced their [...]

Twisted Metal is the longest running Sony-exclusive franchise and during its seventeen year run, the franchise has had its ups and downs. The series’ last entry was Twisted Metal: Head-On in 2005 and the last console original entry was Twisted Metal Black in 2001. It almost goes without saying, but fans have been waiting a [...]

Let’s face it: you’ve never heard of Zack Zero before. This small downloadable title is the first game from Crocodile Entertainment and is guaranteed to fly under many people’s radar. Let me be the first to tell you that to overlook this game certainly wouldn’t be a tragedy but you would be missing a fun [...]

Generally, the Playstation 3 has had trouble finding truly successful franchises. While the original Resistance was met with a warm reception, its sequel was considered a failure in several respects. Ratchet and Clank have had moderate success on the platform; however their latest PS3 iteration was met with a tepid response from several critics. Upon [...]

Halloween, for better or worse, is the time of year when it seems that every movie is horror themed. For a while, the Saw films were released around this time. Paranormal Activity has taken that spot, having a yearly release during the Halloween season. Recently, video game companies have been getting in on the action, [...]

The grind house genre of films has been making somewhat of a comeback in recent years, for better or worse. Be it the Quentin Tarantino/Robert Rodriguez Grindhouse double feature, or films like Black Dynamite, this exploitation genre of films has had varying degrees of success. Unfortunately, little has been done to translate this genre into [...]

The PixelJunk series has become a staple of the Playstation network. From the tower defense game PixelJunk Monsters to the abstract puzzler PixelJunk Eden, the series has consistently tried to change formulas. In 2009, Q Games released PixelJunk Shooter, and earlier this year we saw the release of PixelJunk Shooter 2. While popular, their titles [...]

When a game is beautiful on the outside, it can be difficult to see the flaws with it. Whether we like it or not, graphics go a long way to deciding whether people are willing to pay for a game or not. It’s not just graphics, though. A good artistic style can make you really [...]