RipTen Retrograde: Hydlide (NES, 1989)
You better appreciate this everyone- I played Hydlide for you.
You better appreciate this everyone- I played Hydlide for you.
How important is a first impression? In the world of video game developers, the answer is “very, except when it isn’t.”
William Fourkiller, hero of the people, has decided taxing something he doesn’t understand makes way more sense than going after those poor…
There are a few things I just can’t resist in this world. Chinese buffets, performance art involving two guys…
I really hate politics. At least, I hate the way politics actually work here.
The problem with having to save the world is that, more often than not, it doesn’t wait until you’ve had a full nights sleep.
In the first entry of Ripten’s fairly irreverent journey through the wayback machine in over a year, Black Isle’s second entry in the Fallout series is played and analyzed.
Norwegian students in the IGAD program have decided to show us a silent, yet noisy, bit of the future.
RipTen has used its extensive sources to come into possession of a damaging conversation between two high ranking officials and their use of the Pokédex Act.
Maybe if we all hold hands and wish hard enough this will become true. Check out this spectacular fan made video.
Anthony Rosnar’s “IRL In Real Life” is a look into how he his virtual habit took over his actual life, and how he dealt with it.
The Reviewer, not by Edgar Allan Poe. To you the gamer pessimist, I ask you honor one request. No matter your opinions on game journos
Trust the reviewers, this game blows.
It is loosely based on a particularly gruesome and disturbing story from the all-time best selling hit novel, the Bible. You may have heard of it.
When the reviewer first started seeing Bastion, its artistic value and direction were enough to win him over. It is an absolutely gorgeous game.
“The bodies of men, munition, and money may justly be called the sinews of war. Especially when you are blasting aliens to death on Mars.”