Patrick Rost



When I heard I was going to be playing a game where squares are fighting squares, I figured at the most I’d be getting a mathlete competition, and at the very least I’d be entertained by a church group laser tag match. The truth of Zenzizenzic, Adult Swim’
by Patrick Rost
Games are supposed to be fun. It’s in the name of the action: gaming, to not work, to not be idle, and to not be bogged down by the mundane and the unexciting. While more banal activities can be excused, a game that provides such poor outcomes on one’
by Patrick Rost
If you put a modern platformer in a box, and you couldn’t see the mechanics and gameplay of that platformer, would the genre be dead or alive? Though the question of Schrödinger’s Side-Scroller remains unanswered, the purple kitty who draws his namesake from Schrödinger’s other, more famous
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War may never change, but strategy most certainly does. For members of the world’s elite Special Operations, you’ve only got one shot to get in, kill, and get back out again. While real-world soldiers only have that one shot, we video gaming fare are given a few more
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Some fans root for the Giants, and some root for the Royals. There are those who languish fandom upon the San Francisco Giants for their progressive approach to the game and the star-studded cast of characters they are able to present, and those who instead root for the Kansas City
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There is a very thin line between acceptable mediocrity and dull uselessness, and being on the fence is not a position that you want to find your game in. Unfortunately for Idea Factory International, that’s exactly the zone you’ll find Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 2: Sisters Generation, the
by Patrick Rost
First impressions of video games usually aren’t so strong, nor do they typically strike before the game is even finished downloading. Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 2: Sisters Generation had me at the semi-colon. What a name! This quaint little RPG for the PlayStation Vita has a name that implies
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The Crew has been an interesting case throughout the lifespan of its development. To begin with, everyone positioned it ads one of the biggest racing games to release on the “future generation” of consoles. Then after a few delays and some lackluster footage being released, many began to forget about
by Patrick Rost