(AfroGamers.com) Boot up a Game Boy in 1996, when Pokémon Red and Green first arrived in Japan, and you got a screen the color of pond scum. Four murky shades of green doing their best impression of color. It should have looked cheap. Instead, it felt like you were holding ...
(AfroGamers.com) The first time I stopped moving in Green Hill, it ruined the way I played every Sonic release after. Somebody had to say it. For over thirty years the pitch has been the same. He moves. He blurs. He taps his foot when you leave him standing still too ...
(AfroGamers.com) Let me lead with a position I have defended in more arguments than I care to count. Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom, our two most celebrated Zelda titles of this modern era, are also its most overpraised, and my reasoning comes down to something plain. ...
(AfroGamers.com) In April 2009, Little King’s Story dropped on the Nintendo Wii. It would hit the U.S that summer and went on to be showered with praise for it’s approach of low intensity real-time strategy gameplay and visual style reminiscent of Story of Seasons or Harvest Moon. Mind you, RTS ...
(AfroGamers.com) Simulation games are a genre that I really enjoy. They’re addictive in that in games or anything, humans like to see progress. We like to see something we’re working on come together or improvements being made. Would it be great if we had an isekai or progression series status ...
(AfroGamers.com) There are some video game titles that are worthy of remake or a reboot. What makes them worthy varies by studio and gamer. A studio could decide that a poorly received title deserves another shot because development technology and hardware have gotten better. Maybe the studio can get it ...
(AfroGamers.com) Open world is my favorite setting approach for games. Ever since I experienced the 3D overworld map of Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, I wanted more worlds like that. Sure, it was a barren Hyrule even before the time jump but it great to just explore the towns, ...
(AfroGamers.com) I’m not the biggest horror fan but I dig zombie films and comics. Video games—it depends. A legendary series like Resident Evil never really appealed to me—then again, I never gave it that strong of chance. It’s odd because I gave Dino Crisis a go, beat it and the ...
(AfroGamers.com) The worlds of Super Mario always make me wonder about how is anyone living and thriving here? It’s going to be a bit of a thing, so grab a snack and a drink. I’ve been playing Super Mario games since the late 1980s and when you’re a kid; new ...
(AfroGamers.com) In 1979, the Eagles released “I Can’t Tell You Why”. The song was a hit off their album The Long Run. That statement comes to mind when wondering what it is I love about Ubisoft games. They’re a studio in my Big 3 along with Nintendo and Bethesda as ...