The Berger Bits

A lot of exploration games exist. Sadly most of them involve facets of gaming that can be a hindrance if not implemented well or play styles that not everyone enjoys. Survival tactics, psychological horror, or incoherent stories tend to be factors. Some exploration games turn out to be nothing more than linear “walking simulators”. That’s […]

“A kid’s platformer” might be the best way describe The Last Tinker: City of Colors by German game developers Mimimi Productions and LOOT Entertainment. Blending elements from classic platformers like Ratchet & Clank, Okami, and Banjo Kazooie, Tinker aims to bring a platforming world of brilliant color that’s accessible to everyone, including the youngest gamers. You […]

I hold the 1980s with a great deal of fondness.  All of my teen years were in the 1980s.  TV gave us Knight Rider, The A-Team, and Airwolf; movies gave us Terminator, Escape from New York, Predator, and the only good Transformers movie; VHS tapes and cable TV were exploding in popularity, and MTV actually […]

I find it amazing how many people still think that video games are a waste of time or are doing nothing more than training people to be killers. These people are clearly insane, as millions of gamers who would never harm another would tell you.  (If these lunatics were correct, gamer conventions like PAX would […]