Tyler Martin
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Editorial: Comfort Gaming in a Time of Crisis
April 13, 2011 - 2:19 pm
Tags: Infinity Blade, Japan, Japan Earthquake, Japanese culture, Pokemon White, Tactics Ogre
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Pull up a seat, as Sasquatch contributor Tyler has a story to tell. It has been casually mentioned here on Silicon Sasquatch before but if you didn’t know, I’ve lived in Japan for the last year. You also should know that Japan recently suffered a rather large earthquake, followed by a ten-meter tsunami and a [...]
Review: Stacking (XBLA/PSN)
February 17, 2011 - 4:13 pm
Tags: Double Fine, PlayStation Network, Reviews, Stacking, Tim Schafer, Xbox Live Arcade
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Stacking is an adventure-puzzle game about the youngest child of a family of Industrial Revolution-era chimney sweeps fighting against the upper class. What separates this from other period pieces is every man, woman, child and beast is portrayed by a Russian stacking doll. How that design document was successfully pitched I may never know, but [...]
2010 Honorable Mentions: Tyler’s List
January 6, 2011 - 2:09 pm
Tags: 2010 Honorable Mentions, Game of the Year 2010, GOTY 2010
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When I finalized my list of honorable mentions for 2010, I noticed an interesting trend: all the titles seemed to be a familiar experience yet has been tweaked in some fashion for a new medium or platform. 2010 was the year game developers finally learned the lessons that a sequel doesn’t need to be identical [...]
A History of Violence: The future of the God of War series
December 16, 2010 - 9:06 pm
Tags: God of War, Kratos, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Ready at Dawn, Santa Monica Studios, Sony
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After recently completing the fifth entry in the God of War series, Ready At Dawn Studios’ PSP title Ghost of Sparta, I find it difficult to believe the franchise is little more than five years old. God of War is now such a tent-pole first party franchise for Sony that Kratos is arguably as iconic [...]
Review: Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time
February 10, 2010 - 1:17 pm
Tags: Insomniac, PlayStation 3, PS3, Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time, Ratchet and Clank
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by Tyler Martin Sony came back in a big way in 2009. The PlayStation 3 had an unmatched first-party line up of titles that included Killzone 2, Infamous and Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time. While the console’s most successful title was Game of the Year award winner Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, the [...]
Silicon Sasquatch’s Honorable Mentions of 2009: Tyler’s picks
December 28, 2009 - 12:00 pm
Tags: 2009 Honorable Mentions, Assassin's Creed 2, Doodle Jump, Drop7, Guerrilla Games, Half-Minute Hero, Killzone 2
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While our Top 10 Games of 2009 deserve attention for their overall excellence, we can’t neglect this year’s remaining deluge of fantastic games — titles that just missed the final cut. Be it their charm, gameplay or presentation, our Honorable Mentions were simply hard to forget. We now present part one of a five-part series [...]