Welcome one and all, to another one of my bi-annual public therapy sessions. You know, I love videogames. But some games are shit, and playing shit games results in a build-up of negativity - negativity which must be purged in the fires of sick journalistic burns, which I will now vomit out onto the Internet.... Continue Reading →
The Monster Hunter franchise was always destined to jump on the monster-catching bandwagon - with so many unique and iconic monsters to tame, it was only a matter of time. I mean, who hasn't wanted to ride a Rathalos, right? I wasn't able to get my hands on Monster Hunter Stories 1 upon release as... Continue Reading →
Here on Videogames Make Me Happy, I try to offer a corner of the internet to celebrate every that's awesome about this amazing medium, unsullied by the general negativity and toxicity of 'gamer' culture. There is an understanding here that all games are subjectively 'good' to somebody - a lid for every pot and all... Continue Reading →
Pokemon Pearl was the first game I ever really “bought” myself. It was the first time I ever took my 7 year old ass to the shop, and purchased a game. Ever since that day in in 2007, I’ve been hooked on the Pokemon franchise. I’d watch the cartoon almost every day after school, and... Continue Reading →
City-builder games, sometimes known as “Colony Sims”, are a subsection of strategy games that are based around taking charge of a city or settlement, and helping it to grow and expand. They are as old as gaming itself - one of the first and most famous Colony Sim’s was SimCity released in 1989 which... Continue Reading →
Greetings, friends and onlookers. Are you sitting comfortably? Good. Then gather round, and I will tell you a story of how a game franchise cheated death via the awesome power of Kickstarter. Few video game developers/publishers have suffered a fall from glory greater than Konami. Although Konami have developed some of the most famous videogame... Continue Reading →
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