Score: 9

"Can you believe these people?"

submission: SSBM: The Knee

date: June 8, 2008

I would have enjoyed some slightly better production values (the Windows Movie Maker text annoys me, personally), but the humor made up for it. It made the whole video.

And I am embarrassed that other players of SSB have missed that humor. Obviously no one could really base an entire strategy around the knee. Using Marth alone (by Countering) could prove fatal to that strategy. The humor in this move being so "versatile" (but really just being the same thing every time) is perfect. I loved the whole section about the different knee combos, too.

My rating for this video is really around 7-8, but you get an extra few stars out of spite for the idiots who don't get the humor, because they make it even funnier. Any skilled player knows that this "strategy" is useless. And any skilled player wouldn't bother saying it because it's obvious. Only trash-talking noobs would even bother pointing it out.

I would like to see more like this (but maybe with a nicer player/skin, at least).

Score: 10

"Nooo!!! (This game is too good!)"

submission: The Mastermind Game

date: March 10, 2008

After a 6-win streak, the Mastermind threatens "...or I will destroy... TOM FULP!!" And then I actually LOSE! (Badly...) NO!!!

The banter that comes from the Mastermind never gets old and everyday I hear a new threat from him it seems. And when you get to your last turns, I love how the music changes. It adds so much tension.

This takes an already addictive logic game to the limits by actually making you want to play one more time, either for revenge or just to throw it in the Mastermind's face.

We need more games like this. This game is too good and too addictive. I hope we can see another little Mastermind-based game sometime down the road. This one is a sheer pleasure to pay every time.

Score: 8

"My God that ending was awesome!"

submission: Splash Attack

date: July 5, 2007

You, sir, are a genius. I mean, you just suck people in like that. And what it leads up to... it's so rewarding when you figure it out. Great job, man. I'd say "make more" but there's so much to this entry.

Score: 8

"Sounds like GOOD RPG music, not TYPICAL RPG music."

submission: Denial - RPG Boss Battle

date: December 5, 2009

Unlike the reviewer below who apparently thinks RPG = FF7, this actually does have an RPG Boss vibe to me. Players who play something other than FF7 might be able to hear it. This track also has a good enough base to it that it's not limited to just RPGs. I could easily see this track in a fighting game, arcade style.

It's probably just my style, but I like the minimalism in this song. The lack of a melody creates an interesting mood. It has a lot of repetition in places, but it's nicely varied overall, so it doesn't get boring.

At around 2:57, however, this song hits a very sore spot. Too much with the cymbal clash and way too high. It's too sharp over the rest of the track. Again, that may just be me, but it kinda hurt to hear in my headphones and really stuck out like a loose nail in an otherwise smooth track.

For the most part, though, this is a good track. It reminds me of Persona 2, which is a very good thing. It sounds solid and fits in an RPG without sounding typical. It's not the usual, which gives it strength. Just work out overpowering or deafening with sounds that are too sharp. They distract from the song and, if it's in a game, they distract you from what you're doing.