by Allen | Aug 25, 2025 | Gaming, Review
  There are not a lot of game titles that have had an appearance on almost every console generation I can think of. And a humble old 2D action platformer happens to be one of them. Shinobi is a series that started around 1987. That makes Joe Musashi, the original...				
					
			
					
											
								
							
					
															
					
					 by Allen | Aug 6, 2025 | Event Aftermath, Feature, Gaming, Indie
Having visited the Philippine Game Dev Expo 2025, I’ve come to notice how the offerings from the pool of indie developers have not only expanded but also greatly improved in what they have. To the point that there were some publishers out there quite interested in...				
					
			
					
											
								
							
					
															
					
					 by Allen | Jun 23, 2025 | Gaming, PS5, Review
Hideo Kojima is a creator with whom many gamers have had a somewhat complex relationship, one that I, too, share. His works created and defined its own genre, and continued to be the master of that domain for many years to come. His finest works would come out of the...				
					
			
					
											
								
							
					
															
					
					 by Allen | May 23, 2025 | Gaming, Indie, Review
When a game format or formula is explosively successful, there are bound to be a lot of copycats. We’ve seen this happen with MOBAs, Auto Chess, Dark Souls, and rougelites. Many of them maybe get close but do not really deliver, some of them get there to some level of...				
					
			
					
											
								
							
					
															
					
					 by Allen | May 19, 2025 | Feature, Gaming
There was an age back then when a group of gamers would regularly hang out in gaming arcades. Not the types where you see 3D Virtual Rides, Karaokes, or basketball shooters that reward you with tickets, no. Just ones that are full of gaming cabinets, many of them...