A day or two ago, I spotted an ad on twitter claiming to show me six tips for spotting a fake handbag on eBay. Because I’m really the sort of girl who gives a crap about designer handbags, right? Right. Since I would rather not show the ad in question on my own site, here’s […]
Author: Claire
Splatoon Gives Me 90s Kid Vibes And That’s OK
Remember the 90s? For a majority of people who might be reading this, you probably lived through the 90s as one of the internet’s fabled ’90s kids’ like I did. Remember slap bracelets, Tamagachi, and Nickelodeon Gak? Yeah, good times, good times. Remember GoldenEye? That game was the best, right? Screaming at the splitscreen with […]
Why Sonic is the Best Story in Gaming
When you think of Sonic the Hedgehog, you think of the Blue Blur whose just gotta go fast in order to stay way past cool, right? Maybe you think of chili dogs and rockin’ jams instead. But have you ever thought about why Sonic is running? What is he running from? Is it simply […]
Welcome to Avalanche – Launch Day!
The Avalanche Rebels are a small group of games writers with a focus away from your average game site’s daily news grind. Here, we intend to provide editorials, articles, and reviews with a more personal touch. We realize that writing about games is subjective by nature and want to embrace that personal view of how […]
Yearly Sequels: the Death of a Game Series and Games as Art
An earlier version of this article appeared at Gamnesia.com. Don’t let the title fool you, sequels to video games are not inherently bad. In fact, some of the best games ever made are sequels. For example, Skyrim is the fifth game in the Elder Scrolls series, and many would argue it’s the best thus far — […]
Mario Kart 8 Big Blue Jam Session
Check out this killer jam session with the recording artists behind Big Blue, the classic F-Zero track reimagined once again. This time, it’ll be part of Mario Kart 8’s second DLC pack. If this alone doesn’t rev your engines for the next DLC pack, I don’t know what will. Perhaps Isabelle? Yeah, you can drive […]
Zelda: Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages Review
This article was originally published on ZeldaInformer.com It was also posted on my personal website, thelostmd.com The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages are one long game split into two chapters: One where Link is sent by the Triforce to protect the Oracle of Seasons, Din, and another where Link is […]
Sonic Generations (3DS) Review
This article was originally published on my personal website, thelostmd.com I grew up on Super Nintendo. I was one of those kids that told Genesis fanboys to shove it while I enjoyed the beauty of Yoshi’s Island. I was all about SNES back in the day, until sometime in early 2000 when I went to […]
Tomb Raider [2013] Review (Single Player)
This article was originally published on my personal website, thelostmd.com Uncharted: Multiplatform Gore with Bad Acting I’m not the biggest Tomb Raider fan, but when I saw this when it was first shown at last year’s E3, I was immediately sold and ready for pre-order. I wasn’t sure what to expect aside from the Uncharted-inspired […]
Kirby’s Dream Land 2 Review
This article was originally published on Gamnesia.com It was later published on my personal website, thelostmd.com Kirby’s Dream Land 2, the direct sequel to the Game Boy title that started the franchise, sees Kirby returning to Dream Land to find Rainbow Drops that have been stolen by the evil Dark Matter, who has possessed King […]