LittleBigPlanet PS Vita: Sony’s Answer to Super Mario Maker, Before Super Mario Maker

LittleBigPlanet PS Vita is a 2D Platformer / Level Editor developed by Double Eleven and Tarsier Studios with the help of Sony's internal developers. It was published by Sony for the PlayStation Vita in 2012. It's been a while since I've talked about the PlayStation Vita... let's fix that! If you've owned a Sony console … Continue reading LittleBigPlanet PS Vita: Sony’s Answer to Super Mario Maker, Before Super Mario Maker →

My Gamer Palate

I once wrote a post about games I thought I'd never want to play. In this post, I claimed that I'd never want to play a game so ugly as Skyrim or Dark Souls. I elaborated about the overblown set pieces of cinematic games like Uncharted, sacrificing meaningful gameplay for a B movie plot. I … Continue reading My Gamer Palate →

Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze: The Platforming King of the Jungle

Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze is a 2D Platformer developed by Retro Studios and published by Nintendo. It was originally released on the Wii U in February 2014 and received a Switch port in May 2018 with an added character and easier difficulty mode. I played the Nintendo Switch version. MSRB is $60. The people … Continue reading Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze: The Platforming King of the Jungle →

The Nintendo 3DS, 10 Years Later

The Nintendo 3DS was born in March of 2011. Its last major game, Persona Q2, was released in June of 2019. That means the system had a good long life of 8 years. I still play my 3DS, so I don't consider it dead yet, but I've realized that I've never made a post solely … Continue reading The Nintendo 3DS, 10 Years Later →

A Hat in Time: The Cutest Darn 3D Platformer

A Hat in Time is a 3D Platformer developed by Gears for Breakfast and published by Humble Bundle. It released on the PC in October 2017 and the PS4 / Xbox One in December 2017. A Nintendo Switch version was later released in October 2019. It costs $30. I played the Nintendo Switch version. With … Continue reading A Hat in Time: The Cutest Darn 3D Platformer →

Klonoa: Pioneer of the 2.5D Platformer

Klonoa: The Door to Phantomile is a 2D Platformer developed and published by Namco. It released for the PS1 on March 13, 1998. A remake was also released for the Wii in 2008. I played the PS1 version on the Vita.When the PlayStation released in 1995, pixels were out, and polygons were in. Everyone tried … Continue reading Klonoa: Pioneer of the 2.5D Platformer →