Patrick Hope
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It’s not too often that a game which sounds really stupid in theory actually works out to be way better in practice. It’s pretty hard to make a concept like...
For reasons that have never made sense to me, there are some games that explode onto the scene, get tons of rave reviews, sell pretty well and are promptly forgotten...
This is a very important milestone, because as of today, Welcome to Bonus Stage will be 1 year old. Yes, that’s right. We’ve made it through 52 columns without getting...
One of the more rewarding parts of game collecting is finding out about hidden pieces of gaming history. Whether it’s all of the unlicensed games on the original Nintendo or...
This column has a very specific inspiration. I was at Walmart and saw a direct to DVD “Hercules” movie starring former WWE wrestler John Morrison. This is notable for being...
One problem with this being a year with very few major releases is that I can’t just coast along by writing my thoughts on whatever’s coming out, throw in a...
In a gaming climate populated by sequels and copycats, there’s always going to be something admirable about games that absolutely swing for the fences by trying something crazy. And that’s...
Happy Canada Day, everyone! In honor of the national holiday of America, Jr., we’re going to be looking at a game from a Canadian studio, the Ontario-based Silicon Knights. Sadly,...
So the NBA season is over now, which as one of the 10 or so remaining Timberwolves fans, doesn’t really mean too much. But it means the NBA draft is...
It’s hard to believe that “Mario Kart” is 22 years old. It doesn’t seem like that long ago that I was playing “Super Mario Kart” on the Super Nintendo with...