Top Fifty: 45-41

Today I’ll continue reviewing my favorite 50 games of all time. Last week, I listed items 50-46, and today brings the next five in my list. 45-Dungeons and Dragons: Tower of Doom (Capcom, Arcade, 1993) Comparing this updated top 50 list to the list I made years ago, Tower of Doom is one of the […]

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Free Game Friday: Super Mario Crossover

In a wonderful blending of different NES games, Super Mario Crossover lets you play Super Mario Brothers using Mario, Megaman, Samus, Simon Belmont, Zelda, or one of those guys from Contra. Each one retains all the abilities from their native game, which means that Simon can throw axes and Zelda has a boomerang that stuns […]

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Top Fifty: 50-46

This August, Lungfishopolis will celebrate its 2 year anniversary. Leading up to that day, I’d like to update my list of all-time favorites. Back at the end of 2007, before Lungfishopolis was born, I created a list of my favorite 51 games of all time. Now, more than two years later, I figured it was […]

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For Science: Portal 2 Demo

On the off chance that you’ve not yet seen this. It is awesome.

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Combinations

In PC Gamer podcast 224, a caller asked an interesting question. If you could combine any two games, which two would you combine? One of the show’s hosts suggested combining Arma & Portal to create a game that had a tank which would shoot portals rather than shells. Interesting, but I’ve got a few game […]

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Free Game Friday: Zelda 2, in 3D!

There’s a lot of hate out there for the 2d sidescroller Zelda sequel. I was one of the few who really enjoyed the game. I loved fighting the shield-bearing knights in the game’s dungeons. And I bought the Nintendo DS version of the game and replayed it. Now, there’s a 3d version of the game […]

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Gamecraft: Idea for an Alignment Mechanic

As many gamers likely are, I’m a great game designer… in my own mind. While listening to a podcast recently, I heard someone mention how the protagonist in Red Dead Redemption helps Bonnie the rancher round up cows, and then immediately goes and murders twenty people at the behest of a snake oil salesman. Not […]

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