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About an Adult Swim Flash Game: Robot Unicorn Attack
February 13, 2010 - 5:46 pm
Tags: Adult Swim, Canabalt, Flash, Robot Unicorn Attack, Scott Stoddard, Spiritonin
Posted in About an Adult Swim Flash Game | 1 comment
What is a “game” but an alchemist’s mixture of disparate concepts that by themselves don’t mean much, yet somehow make sense as a whole when paired accordingly?
Gears of War’s cover mechanic has no use in a two-dimensional fighter. A licensed Barbie title (maybe) doesn’t need Castlevania’s map system. And – obviously – Guitar Hero’s flurry of scrolling [...]
The Backlog: (Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bayonetta edition
February 12, 2010 - 1:21 pm
Tags: Battlefield: Bad Company 2, Bayonetta, Bioshock 2, FIFA 10, Heavy Rain, Mass Effect 2, PES 2010, PS3, Windows, Xbox 360
Posted in Backlog | 3 comments
Why am I so conflicted over BioShock 2? The original was great, brilliant even. And if 2K Marin’s sequel is half as good as the first, that would still make it better than all of the dust-collecting shovelware currently sitting on store shelves.
Nick doesn’t seem as wracked with indecision this week as yours truly, and [...]
The Backlog: Missing Staff and The-Game-That-Never-Ends edition
January 22, 2010 - 1:58 pm
Tags: Assassin's Creed 2, Dragon Age: Origins, Ghostbusters: The Video Game, Torchlight
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Intrigue! Wonder! SCIENCE! There is no time for pre-break paraphrasing of the vast and riddle-laden mysteries nestled within this week’s backlog. They are too great. Too fragile, perhaps. Inadequate minds would be at a loss if I just threw out the summarized refuse of what might possibly be our worst best backlog ever. I, a humble [...]
Silicon Sasquatch’s Honorable Mentions of 2009: Aaron’s picks
December 30, 2009 - 12:00 pm
Tags: Battlefield 1943, PlayStation Network, PS3, The Maw, The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition, Torchlight, Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War II, Windows, Xbox 360, Xbox Live, Xbox Live Arcade
Posted in Silicon Sasquatch Lists | 3 comments
While our Top 10 Games of 2009 deserve attention for their overall excellence, we can’t neglect this year’s other fantastic games — titles that just missed the final cut. Be it their charm or presentation, our Honorable Mentions were simply hard to forget. We now present a five-part series of articles, one from each member [...]
Silicon Sasquatch: Year one complete!
December 21, 2009 - 10:31 am
Posted in PSAs | 4 comments
It hardly feels like a year has passed since Nick and I made the audacious decision to produce our very own videogame blog. The seedling concept that would eventually become Silicon Sasquatch gestated for a long time over many nights of World of Warcraft (and post-college pity parties), to no immediate avail. But in December [...]
Sasquatch PSA: Torchlight 50% off! (PC)
December 18, 2009 - 6:05 pm
Tags: Diablo, PC, Runic Games, Steam, Torchlight, Weekend Deals
Posted in PSAs | 3 comments
The headline says it all, friends. Steam is running one of its beloved Weekend Deals on Torchlight, a game we at Silicon Sasquatch hold very dear to our hearts — even though we’ve only played the demo (a lot). But now everyone can have the clever action RPG from Runic Games for just $9.99 (normally [...]
The Backlog: Wow, It’s Almost That One Holiday! edition
December 18, 2009 - 12:32 pm
Tags: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Cave Story, Dragon Age: Origins, Mass Effect, PixelJunk Shooter, Team Fortress 2
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The year known as 2009 is winding down. A celebratory mood creeps into our homes as Christmas and New Year’s draw near, while we inch, ever closer, to certain Mayan-predicted doom as told by the prophet Cusack. Those critics won’t be laughing when the planets start aligning; their precious Miatas and Ayn Rand anthologies will [...]
Review: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Xbox 360)
December 16, 2009 - 9:06 am
Tags: Activision, Call of Duty, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Infinity Ward, MW2, PC, PS3, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Posted in Reviews | 4 comments
What more can be said about the so-called largest entertainment launch in the history of mankind?
It’s tempting to boil down Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 to a vaporous obligation, an experience that divides gamers into the haves and have-nots. But that’s putting blind faith in a product based on its advertising blitzkrieg. Aren’t we supposed to [...]
Sasquatch PSA: Ch-ch-changes
December 1, 2009 - 7:23 pm
Tags: construction, I have to admit it's getting better, PSA, redesign
Posted in PSAs | 2 comments
Maybe we’re ready to kick this website into overdrive, or we’re simply tricking ourselves into doing more work than ever before. Either way, astute readers will notice some changes around our corner of the Internet.
Most obvious is our change in a layout theme. As much as we enjoyed the old look and its simplicity, I [...]
The Backlog: Pre-Tryptophan Tidings of Gamedom edition
November 20, 2009 - 9:09 pm
Tags: Assassin's Creed II, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, beta, BioWare, DICE, Dragon Age: Origins, EA, Forza Motorsport 3, Left 4 Dead 2, Mario, Microsoft, Modern Warfare 2, New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Nintendo, PC, PS3, Thanksgiving, tryptophan, Turn 10, Ubisoft, Ubisoft Montreal, Valve, Wii, Xbox 360
Posted in Backlog | 4 comments
The Holidays approach. For some that means quality time with family members not seen for a year — maybe more. Others, well…can I get a “what what” if at some point during your life you hid away in the midst of celebrations to finish Earthbound (or, insert other game reference here). However, my adult years [...]