All posts by Bo E

A hardcore gamer who loves new and retro games alike. He is known to friends for his extremely critical views on games. He's also an award winning music producer and DJ with records released worldwide.

Cover Art: Super Mario Kart (SNES)

Welcome to Cover Art! A section of the site where we look at a retro video game’s box cover art and briefly discuss it’s gameplay and legacy.

Super Mario Kart was both developed and published by Nintendo for the SNES. Directed by Super Mario World & Pilot Wings staff, it was released for the US in 1993.

Cover Art Super Mario Kart SNES

Easily one of, if not the best racing game for the Super [ Read More... ]

Review: God Mode (PS3 version), good cheap online fun

God Mode PS3 review screenshot 9

If you’re a budget gamer who wants to play online, then good news comes in the form of God Mode. The story is simple, you’re a descendent of a god who was banished from Mt Olympus. Consequently, you’re a mortal who’s recently died. Now you need to fight your through the “Maze of Hades” in order to win your life back. To be entirely honest, that doesn’t really matter … [ Read More... ]

Looking back at Team ICO’s history explains why The Last Guardian is taking so long

the last guardian team ico history

For many, one of the most anticipated Playstation 3 titles (and one of the reasons some bought a PS3 in the first place) has been the upcoming Team ICO game, The Last Guardian. Originally codenamed “Trico”, fans panicked fans and media hype have led some to believe that it was cancelled, where as others have waited patiently. We took a look at Team ICO’s track history as … [ Read More... ]

Kojima announces patch for Zone of the Enders HD Collection & puts ZOE sequel “on hold”

Zone of the Enders sequel cancelled HD PS3 patch

Metal Gear Solid and Zone of the Enders creator Hideo Kojima sounded off during a recent radio show discussing the future of the ZOE series. Kojima expressed his dissatisfaction with the ports of the PS2 classics in Zone of the Enders HD Collection (done by High Voltage Software). Particularly, he felt the drops in frames per second and choppiness in action scenes was unfair to fans. Consequently, he … [ Read More... ]