PixlBit

Despite my love for music, I've never played very many music or rhythm games. Not that I haven't played any, of course. I dabbled in the music portion or Mario Paint. I played Rhythm Heaven on the DS (which I had a shockingly difficult time with lol) as well as Elite Beat Agents (one of the best and most original DS games) and Donkey Konga, but I've missed on plenty of good ones over the years. If I ever manage to catch up, these are the games I'd most want to play.

April Rain

I didn't expect to have a chance to watch the Nintendo Direct broadcast but sometimes life throws you a little bonus  There were some cool and unexpected announcements. (These are just some highlights. Make sure to watch the video yourself or find a detailed summary to get all the info.)

In 2006 Grasshopper Manufacture, best known at the time for its surreal GameCube shooter Killer7, tried its hand at the portable RPG with a quirky little game called Contact. An action RPG at heart, Contact failed to live up most people’s expectations of the genre, but its unique ideas make it worth remembering.

Philharmonic Suite: Finale

More than any other developer, Telltale Games is responsible for the popular resurgence of graphic adventures. (They also validated the episodic model, but that’s a blog for another day.) They made their name and indeed their business from licenses of popular properties like Sam & Max, Back to the Future, and The Walking Dead. But given their episodic business model and tendency for humor, I think Telltale has overlooked the property best suited to their strengths: Dr. Who.

Running from Evil Horde

Another month down! Finally finished a couple of long-running games and moving on to new things.

Okay, so I intended to post this yesterday (Wednesday) but I completely spaced it. I blame that on BioShock Infinite, frankly, which I haven't had that much time to play yet but so far it's really good. And writing this at all is cutting into my playing time, lol, so let's make this quick!