http://www.8bitninja.com The professional website of Richard Mitchell, Video Game Journalist Fri, 14 May 2010 13:20:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://www.8bitninja.com/2010/05/14/review-alan-wake/ Reprinted here is the Lost Planet 2 preview I wrote for Joystiq.com I enjoyed the original Lost Planet, but I wouldn't call myself a fan. The third-person shooting was vanilla at best and frustrating at worst. The story and characters were forgettable -- really, do you remember any of it? But ... http://www.8bitninja.com/2010/04/09/hands-on-lost-planet-2-single-player/ Reprinted here is the Bayonetta review I wrote for Joystiq.com The first thing you should know about Bayonetta is that the story is entirely unimportant. It makes no sense. At all. Period. There's something about two warring clans, one of witches and one of sages (Light vs. Dark -- yada yada ... http://www.8bitninja.com/2010/01/08/review-bayonetta/ Whenever the ol' Netflix queue runs out of TV episodes to ship -- Annie and I just watched the first two seasons of Mad Men -- I'm often at a loss. What movies should I rent? My first choice was Zombieland, but that's not out yet. So what's a consumer ... http://www.8bitninja.com/2009/12/10/blood-the-last-vampire/ Reprinted here is the Silent Hill: Shattered Memories review I wrote for Joystiq.com I've played every game in the series and a few years ago you might even have caught me defending the Silent Hill movie. When I first heard that Climax was re-imagining the first game in the Silent Hill ... http://www.8bitninja.com/2009/12/09/review-silent-hill-shattered-memories/ Look at my fancy new theme! http://www.8bitninja.com/2009/11/26/test/ It's getting to be about the time of year that we -- we being "Joystiq bloggers" -- have to start thinking about our choices for the best games of the year (this one being 2009). Off the top of my head, in no particular order, here are some of the ... http://www.8bitninja.com/2009/11/25/game-of-the-year-considerations/ Good lord, I haven't worked enough at all this month. I have worked, but not nearly enough. I place the blame squarely on Halo Wars. Never again will I request a game a full month before its release. Really, really bad call on my part there. Tomorrow: Time to buckle down. Oh, ... http://www.8bitninja.com/2009/02/19/bi-monthly-blues/ I've decided to turn this into a professional website, so I think it's time to clean it up a bit. Ideally, I'd like it to be an online portfolio, where anyone can take a look at the work I've done around the net. Please bear with any bugs for now. http://www.8bitninja.com/2009/02/05/changes-coming/ I think the reason I write so very, very little here is that I feel the act is irrelevant. Few read 8bN and I give them little reason to do so. That said, I feel that I need to state "on the record" that I'm thrilled to see Barack Obama ... http://www.8bitninja.com/2008/11/05/obama/