Batman: Arkham Asylum review

Batman: Arkham Asylum Review — Trapped in Gotham’s Madhouse, and Loving Every Minute

Seventeen years later, Rocksteady’s trip into Gotham’s madhouse remains one of the most atmospheric nights Batman ever spent in a video game. There is a moment early in Batman: Arkham Asylum when you realize the game understands something… Read More

Nintendo GameCube 25th anniversary

Nintendo GameCube Turns 25: The Little Purple Console That Refused to Play It Safe

Nintendo launched the GameCube first in Japan on September 14, 2001. Contemporary reporting from Tokyo described a relatively quiet hardware debut accompanied by only three launch games: Luigi’s Mansion, Wave Race: Blue Storm, and Sega’s wonderfully eccentric Super Monkey Ball.

Crazy Taxi 2

Crazy Taxi 2 Review — Dreamcast’s Wildest Fare Took New York

Crazy Hop, crowded city streets, punk-rock energy, and one more reason the Dreamcast refused to go quietly. There is a specific kind of panic that only Crazy Taxi 2 can create. A passenger is yelling from the back… Read More

Prince of Persia - Sands of Time

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Still Feels Magical

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time arrived during one of the most exciting periods of the PlayStation 2, Xbox, and GameCube era, when 3D adventures were becoming more cinematic without yet losing their sense of experimentation. It had sword fights, traps, puzzles, and towering palace ruins, but its real personality came from how gracefully it let players move through them. Every wall run, narrow beam, collapsing platform, and last-second rewind made the journey feel intimate and theatrical at the same time.

PlayStation 2 hidden gems

Top 20 Hidden Gems for the PlayStation 2

Everybody remembers the giants: Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Metal Gear Solid 3, Final Fantasy X, God of War, Kingdom Hearts, Shadow of the Colossus. Those games earned their place. No argument there.

But the real magic of the PS2 era was how ridiculously deep the shelf was. You could walk into GameStop, Blockbuster, Walmart, Circuit City, or that one local game shop with sun-faded posters in the window and find something strange tucked between the obvious hits.