Tag: playstation 4

  • Parappa The Rapper on PS4 is Actually a PSP Emulator

    I’ll probably never use it, because I don’t jailbreak modern consoles, but it’s an impressive discovery by KiiWii on the GBA Temp forums  (via Wololo) that the Parappa The Rapper remaster for the PlayStation 4 is actually a PlayStation Portable emulator with special features. Those features let the developers replace the textures in an emulated…

  • God of War (2018) Out Soon, Sounds Awesome

    The 2018 God of War game without a subtitle isn’t a reboot of the series, but it does sound like a great starting point for anyone who dropped off after the earlier games or who wasn’t interested in them at all. The review embargo lifted a few days ago, to almost universal acclaim, here’s part…

  • Surprise, Shadow of the Colossus is Still Great

    Shadow of the Colossus is one of my favorite games. It is from a unique moment in time before independent developers had found the ability to publish their novel ideas widely. Instead, we had this deep series of boss fights from Team Ico that turns out to work just as well today as it did…

  • Joakim Sandberg’s Iconoclasts Out on Steam, PS4, Vita

    It can be pretty frustrating to find out that something you want to fix is difficult or impossible to repair. Glued-on screens cover batteries that are all custom fit inside small cases that prevent curious people from learning how things work and fixing problems with their devices. Iconoclasts from Joakim Sandberg takes that a step…

  • Xbox Game Pass Announced

    Microsoft recently announced their Xbox Game Pass subscription service. Most people are comparing it to a Netflix for games, it’s not a bad comparison excepting that while Netflix streams, the games with Microsoft’s service will download to an Xbox One. The selection of games available will be pretty small, “over 100” when the service becomes…