Awesome Box Art of the Month: Lunatic Dawn FX

Awesome Box Art of the Week: Metal Gear Solid The Twin Snakes

Awesome Box Art Special: The Japanese Game Gear

I think most of us threw out the boxes for Game Gear games. It was like a disposable wrapper, so these days it can be hard to find boxed games in the wild. This is a damn shame, as some of those boxes were pretty classy. The Japanese especially had it good. How good? Here are some fine examples...

Awesome Box Art of the Week: Anata wo Yurusanai

Bad Box Art of the Week: Zillion

Microwave: The Video Game. Are you a bad enough dude to heat a hot pocket?

Awesome Box Art of the Week: Dai-Makai Mura

Awesome Box Art: Tactics Ogre (KO cover)

Awesome Box Art of the Week: After Armageddon

Awesome Box Art of the Week: Renny Blaster

Bad Box Art of the Week: Dungeon Explorer

The world of Dungeon Explorer as depicted by a 4 year old who has never seen Dungeon Explorer.

Awesome Box Art of the Week: Fantasy Life

Awesome Box Art of the Week: The Last Guy

Free Games...Yes, Really...Free!

Usually free stuff is lousy, like the old fruitcake you're neighbor tries to pass off as a "gift" every Christmas season. However, today I have some good news for freeloaders. Check this site out: http://www.thefreebundle.com/

Follow the link and you will find five awesome indie games for free. There is no catch...the games are hassle free and easy to download. I will vouch for all of these games as being fun and worth your time. Now go, and live like a king.

My Favorite Games of 2012

I played plenty of great games on every console in 2012. Here are the ones that really stood out from the rest:

5.Mass Effect 3 - I was initially upset with the ending to this trilogy, but in retrospect, the actual game was amazing. It was nice to see how all small my decisions came together in the final game. Kaiden returned to the Normany ( and Ashley was still dead), I destroyed the Geth, and fixed the Genophage mainly because I thought the Krogans are funny characters. The game could have used a final boss, but the new villain was interesting enough and players finally got to see what the Illusive Man was up to...so overall, not a bad way to end the series.

4.Tekken Tag Tournament 2 - I have always been a Tekken fan. However, over the past few years I grew weary of small updates to the roster and lame new gimmicks. TTT2 made me a believer again with its insanely massive roster, beautiful graphics, endless customization features, and overall replay value. This is the best fighting game I played in 2012 (sorry Persona 4 The Arena.) Too bad it didn't sell well, poor Harada...

 3. Gravity Rush - This was not a good year for Sony or the Vita platform. I was an early adopter to the system with few options for fun games to play. The shining beacon on the horizon was Gravity Rush, and it did not disappoint. The game looks absolutely stunning on the OLED screen and the game's unique physics are amazing. Sometimes when Kat was flying, I got so overwhelmed with the beauty of the game, I paused it and thought, "I can't believe this is on a portable system." I hope Sony makes a sequel ASAP.

  2. Xenoblade Chronicles - This is hands down the best RPG for the Wii. The game is very long, the story is interesting, and the characters are very charming. The game can be pretty damn hard too, but I love a challenge. Thank you Operation Rainfall for working so hard for this game's localization, tired Nintendo fans deserved this gem. One final note, this is my favorite RPG soundtrack since Chrono Trigger, and I never thought anything would come close to that classic.

 1. Persona 4: The Golden - Yes, I know this is technically an update to an old PS2 game, but I don't care! Persona 4 was already a fantastic RPG, but Atlus really outdid themselves with the Vita version. The graphics look much sharper now and tons of new content was added. Any 60 hour game that gets a second playthrough out of me must be something really special. I can't wait to see a HD Persona 5 (using Catherine's engine.)

Awesome Box Art of the Week: Final Fantasy XI Seekers of Adoulin

Awesome Box Art of the Week: The Last Story

Bad Box Art of the Week: Sports Champions 2

Looks like a K Mart ad from the 90s.

Christmas Cover Art Gallery

It's almost Xmas time. Let's take a look at some awesome and not so awesome Christmas themed box art.

Also Merry Christmas to my followers, I hope you all have a great holiday season.

Old Game Commercial: Tatsunoko Vs Capcom

Americans rarely get awesome game commercials. However, a few years ago, Capcom changed that with this little gem. It looks like Robot Chicken vs Capcom, and I am completely fine with that. Too bad this game didn't do too well, but fighters on Wii were doomed from the start.

Theatrhythm vs. My Wallet

I am a big fan of Theatrhythm Final Fantasy for the 3DS. The game has tons of replay value, and lots of fan service for Final Fantasy gurus. The one thing that bothers me is the sheer volume of DLC available and it's pricing. The game has roughly 50 DLC songs available for purchase at .99 cents a pop. So, basically if you want the whole game, retail cost of Theatrhythm 29.99 + 50.00 = 79.99. That is a lot of cash, and let's be honest, why couldn't they stick half of those songs on the fucking cartridge in the first place?

Square Enix released an updated version of the game for iOS yesterday, so now you can rock some Final Fantasy music on your iPhone 4s. However, only two songs are included. The rest of the music will cost ya. This wouldn't be so tempting for me if they didn't add really cool new stuff. New characters like Ramza from Final Fantasy Tactics (I missed him) and Auron from FFX are among the new DLC. In addition, new music tracks are exclusive to this version like the badass One Winged Angel remix from Advent Children. Sadly, after doing the math, if you want everything for the iOS version, it will add up to around $134.00! Also, if you only own the original iPad (like me) then you can't play this game because it needs gyroscopic technology found only in later Apple products. Somehow my iPad is obsolete three years after purchase...

Anyway, I can only dream that Square Enix will release this new content from the iOS version in the Nintendo store. They really love money so I think they will...eventually or they will just make a new 3DS version will all of the DLC included to milk fans for even more cash. I won't complain too much as long as my saved data transfers over to the new version. Yes, I am that pathetic.