Well, for those of us in the US, tomorrow is Thanksgiving, and can I just say — where the hell did that come from? Where did the month of November go? I mean, besides imploding into a gaping maw of cosmic depression about the state of the world — that should account for, like, ten […]
This week’s monster hails from the classic arcade game of the same name. Released in 1980 by Atari, Centipede ranks as one of the best-known games of that early arcade era. Maybe you remember it because you were there, maybe you need to hunt down a decent barcade or internet copy for a refresher course […]
Ah, yes, the wonderful world of Pokémon. A certain app released last month has kicked 90s nostalgia into high gear and made us all hyper-aware of those good ol’ pocket monsters once again. But there has always been a darker side to this world. Like most franchises with any kind of internet fandom, Pokémon has […]
Pfft, Undertale? More like PUNdertale, amirite? Heh, heh… *clears throat* Okay, so when it comes to Undertale, chances are you fall into one of three groups: 1) You love it, 2) You’ve never heard of it, 3) You wish people would just shut the hell up about it. And yes, groups two and three can […]
This week’s post delves into the world of meta monsters, those devious little suckers that everyone who has ever tried programming has come to fear (while grudgingly accepting their inevitability) — bugs. Uh, in this case, it’s a mammoth-shaped bug. Let’s take it back to Skyrim, Bethesda’s fifth Elder Scrolls game released in 2011 and […]
As you may already know, this week Nintendo revealed the starter Pokémon for the newest games in the never-ending cycle, Sun and Moon versions. You can watch the trailer here. Now, this may not be your typical Monster of the Week post, but I’m duty-bound as a 90s kid to hop on board the hype […]
Okay, so, first off: Fuck these guys. Seriously. If you’ve ever played a Zelda game, chances are you’ve run into these guys. They’re bats— Okay, because I know somebody’s gonna feel the need to jump in and correct me: technically they’re called keese, not bats. But c’mon. They’re bats. —So they’re bats that flop around above you, […]
Okay, first things first, who the hell that’s ever played Yoshi’s Island remembered that angry blue blob was called Nep-Enut? News to me! If you haven’t played Yoshi’s Island, aka Super Mario World 2, for the SNES, then I definitely recommend that you correct that. It’s one of the most fun and creative games of the […]
This week’s post is not about spine-chilling terror or the existential monsters that live within us all. It’s about game mechanics. Anyone who has played an unhealthy number of Nintendo games (like myself) will recognize this little bastard. Maybe you recognize Lakitu as “that jerk who says I’m going the wrong way in Mario Kart” or […]
Dearest readers, I have a confession to make. I didn’t play Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time as a child—I didn’t own it—so I was in college when I finally got my hands on a copy and played to the end. Dead Hand still scared the hell out of me. If you haven’t played Ocarina of […]