While the unique puzzles and platforming featured in the original Escape Goat made me a fan, the new map system being introduced in Escape Goat 2 immediately had me thinking of the 2D handheld Castlevania games. Rooms are now sequentially linked to one another, with certain rooms having multiple exits. You may not be able to access an alternate exit the first time you encounter a room, so the mapping system will allow you to easily backtrack once you acquire whatever it is you need to open the previously inaccessible …

“I think we have a demographic for it,” I was told by a Namco Bandai PR rep. Let me back up — mere moments earlier, he asked what I thought of Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures; I returned his questioning with nothing more than a five-second blank stare. Fittingly, that blank stare was encapsulating of all that Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures appears to stand for — an emotionless venture that’s devoid of any soul or effort, and will simply be dismissed as an awkward misstep almost immediately.
But here we are, …

Digg’s RSS reader begins rolling out next week. Everyone should have access by June 26, which is great timing in light of Google Reader shutting down July 1.
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Under Itagaki’s watch, the Ninja Gaiden series was about big production values, precise action, and serious-face gameplay. Those days are over. Win Inafune at the helm of this new Ninja Gaiden spin-off, the tone has gone the way of Japanese Grindhouse action-comedy, with zombies driving steamrollers, cyborg ninjas tearing off their shirts and going tazmanian devil on hoards of the undead, and special moves like the “meat slapper”. For better or worse, no one is going to say it’s just another Ninja Gaiden title.
Sadly, these kinds of games never seem …

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I’m going to be perfectly honest with you guys; I’m not super into puzzle-platformers anymore. There is something about them that just doesn’t click with me like they did before. Except for 6180 The Moon. That game is rad. 
6180 The Moon is a game that put me into a zen like trance while I sat there and jumped through the top of the screen and came up on the bottom. I got the chance to hang out with Jerome and Sun, the architects behind this chillingly peaceful experience. Check out …

You’ve probably never used a fountain pen, or accidentally spilled a jar of refil ink and ruined your favorite pants. And for that, you have the ballpoint pen to thank. The handy gadget is having its 75th birthday today, so go sign away your rights to something to celebrate!
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As amazing as the PS4 conference was, Sony was able to sneak in a tiny little detail: online play is now locked behind PlayStation Plus. A bit of a bummer for people who saw free online as a big selling point for PS3 over 360, but Plus is rich enough that you may not mind it all that much.
However, there is an asterisk next that new requirement stating that some games will be playable online without a Plus account. Two such games are the free-to-play MMOs DC Universe Online and …