Tag: Beaten 2018
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The Addams Family (SNES)
(Review archived from January 15, 2018) The Addams Family was one of the earliest ‘modern reboot’ films that I can recall in my memory, so much so that the movie even predates the term ‘modern reboot’. I’m sure there were other earlier ‘rebooted’ franchises (I mean how many times have the classic Universal monsters been…
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Disney’s Kim Possible: Revenge of Monkey Fist (GBA)
(Review archived from January 13, 2018) Kim Possible was fun little TV series; a ‘girl-power’ action-comedy cartoon romp that I suspect was Disney’s answer to The Powerpuff Girls. While Kim Possible was neither as groundbreaking nor as ‘edgy’ as the Powerpuff Girls, it was a jovial Disney spin on James Bond style super-spy hijinks(okay, James…
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The Goonies (Famicom)
(Review archived from January 11, 2018) The Goonies is a game that I have been meaning to play for a long time, primarily due to a question I always had regarding its sequel The Goonies II. As a kid I was never entirely certain whether The Goonies II on NES was intended to be a…
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Super Mario All-Stars: Super Mario Bros. 3 (SNES)
(Review archived from January 10, 2018) I’m certain that entire swaths of internet text have been devoted to lauding the greatness of this game, but I’m going to boil it down to the single concept that stuck with me this time around. Meticulous. Certainly not a groundbreaking revelation by any means and if you read…
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To the Moon (PC/Steam)
(Review archived from January 8, 2018) To the Moon is one of those critical darlings of the indie scene from a few years back that I always seem to finally play well after the hubbub has died down. While its RPG Maker roots are still pretty apparent in terms of graphical assets, I feel that…