Over the years I’ve been doing this blog there have definitely been games I’ve always intended to review. This has mainly been for nostalgic reasons, which I’m sure makes sense; after all, like any nerd with a platform, I just want to share the things I love with the world but at great and overly … Continue reading Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3
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Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2
A short while ago I reviewed Budokai Tenkaichi, the first game in a series of fighters that eschewed the traditional side-on form of the genre in favour of a fully 3D, free-moving fighter which aimed to recreate the movement and flow of the battles in Dragon Ball Z, a martial arts manga and anime about … Continue reading Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi
I’m not sure there’s a show that feels more emblematic of the ‘90s to me than Dragon Ball Z. I have vague memories of waking up early to catch it on whatever random channel it was on. I’m not sure why I did so; subsequent rewatches of the show have confirmed in my mind that … Continue reading Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi
Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors
If you grew up on the Internet during the early-to-mid aughts, you almost certainly remember escape-the-room games. These were an absolute staple of early Flash gaming, with titles like The Mystery of Time and Space, Don’t Escape, and (perhaps the one most deeply resonant for me, with its screens well and truly burned into my … Continue reading Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors