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Guest Retro: Metroid II
Posted by Lazlo Falconi
Posted on 3 February, 2013 at 8:07PM ↑ 1 ↓ 0
Guest Retro: Metroid II

This site is getting a little bit too PC-loving. Come on guys, did we really need two Descent articles in a row? (The answer is obviously yes, but it's a rhetorical question.) What about the handheld love? What about... Metroid II: The Return of Samus.

In the far-flung futuristic year 20X5, the surprisingly not male Samus Aran is dispatched to perform a mass genocide on planet SR388, killing off every living creature she comes across. It is up to you stop this maniac at once make sure she performs her duties with the utmost precision!

Metroid II: The Return of Samus is an often overlooked game by Metroid fans, probably due to it's being nestled between the first game, and what is arguably the greatest side scrolling action game ever, Super Metroid. But Metroid II definitely does Metroid like no other Metroid does Metroid.

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Fan Works #1 - Freedom Planet and SRB2
Posted by Billy
Posted on 29 September, 2012 at 1:41PM ↑ 0 ↓ 0

I love to play things created by the fans; fans truly know what makes a game series great, even if the original creators do not. Which brings us to the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise... Not doing so well overall in recent times. However, the fans of this series have made some pretty stand out stuff. This is why I am creating Fan Works - a series of articles dedicated to the works of fans. It won't be all Sonic stuff, either. But today, I have two special fan games:

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Retro of the Week - Aria of Sorrow
Posted by Swifto
Posted on 26 August, 2012 at 10:57AM ↑ 0 ↓ 0
Modern of the Month: Mirror's Edge
Posted by Swifto
Posted on 1 July, 2012 at 1:26PM ↑ 0 ↓ 0
Modern of the Month: Mirror's Edge

I would like to induldge in a little personal history a moment.

See, I've always been a skinny guy. As a toddler, to elementary school, throughout high school, I never had much meat to me.

Oh yes! I was made fun of. Not an enjoyable youth. But let's not get into that. I still thought myself a fast person, able to run quickly and move quickly, but never for very long. Endurance was always my weakness. Years after graduating high school and working in the real world, I was still

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