Hardcore Gaming 101 – Page 298 – Promoting the culture of video games

January 10, 2017

Ittle Dew

Young adventurer Dew and her somewhat faithful fox/fairy sidekick Tippsie find themselves adrift in unknown waters on an old rickety …

January 8, 2017

This entry is part 6 of 12 in the series Aleste / Power Strike

The second GG Aleste game was released in both Japan and Europe, the latter where it was known as Power …

January 8, 2017

This entry is part 5 of 12 in the series Aleste / Power Strike

Portable systems are rarely known for their shoot-em-ups, but that didn’t stop Compile from trying. The “GG” in “GG Aleste” …

January 6, 2017

Owlboy was a game that took nine years to make. It started development in 2007 and finally got released in 2016. …

January 3, 2017

This entry is part 5 of 5 in the series Danganronpa

WARNING: SPOILERS FOR THE ENTIRE FRANCHISE (but not Danganronpa 3 itself) Something weird happened after that first anime adaptation. The …

January 3, 2017

The indie scene has been a hotbed of shoot-em-ups for a good long while, but they’ve become essential to the …

December 29, 2016

Downwell is a game where you jump into a well and then go down it. Also, there are monsters that you …

December 28, 2016

This entry is part 2 of 3 in the series Spriggan

The second Spriggan game has almost nothing to do with the first, changing the setting from fantasy to futuristic military. …

December 23, 2016

Operation Carnage was never the most well known of DOS games, and even if you consider yourself a fan of the …

December 20, 2016

This entry is part 3 of 12 in the series Aleste / Power Strike

Released two months before Aleste 2, Aleste Gaiden was released as part of the Disk Station Special Fall package, which …