Once upon a time, Chili Pepper Knight set out to defeat the Death Bunny and get Princess Tomato.  In this game, you start out at the final boss, defeat it, and rescue the princess.  But once the credits roll, they stop and go backwards, and you have to play the whole game in reverse!  While this is yet another continuously running platformer, Spoiler Alert is one of the most original games in the genre ever.  And one of the few that actually held my interest all the way through.  In this game, you’ll run backwards right to left, un-defeating every enemy and un-collecting every coin you come across in order to avoid time paradoxes.  It’s available on iOS devices and Steam, but reviewed on iPad here.

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A long time ago, an evil deity of darkness and a Goddess of light fought an epic battle, but both sides lost.  Weakened with swords skewered between the two, both darkness and light fell into a deep sleep and nobody won the battle.  Eons later, in the human world, the swords and weapons from that great war that missed the targets fell to the earth.  These weapons are called Furies, and only a select few can wield them.  These people are called Fencers.  Each weapon is infused with a fairy that can help Fencers use magic and special attacks.  But these fairies aren’t just little girls with wings.  Some of these fairies can be critters, big burly men, and even robot mechs!  These Fencers and their fairies seek out other Fury weapons, and even fight amongst themselves for them.  The story in this RPG starts out with Fang, a lazy young man who just pulled out a Fury sword containing a young girl fairy whose goal is to revive the light Goddess and save the world.  They’ll meet all sorts of other crazy characters along the way with their own goals and objectives. Will they be able to save the world?

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Nintendo’s Art Academy games on the DS and 3DS make clever use of the stylus and touch screen to teach art and painting basics to budding artists.  They’re one of the best educational games I’ve ever played.  And now they’ve got another one out with kids and the young at heart in mind, especially ones who are Pokemon fans!  In Pokemon Art Academy, you’ll learn drawing, coloring, and cartooning techniques as you doodle many different kinds of Pokemon from the popular game series.

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Senran Kagura is a beat ‘em up game series starring a group of busty female ninjas.  I think it may be an anime series, too, but I’m not sure.  And now the crazy characters are starring in their very own…cooking rhythm game?!?  Well, since I’m not an expert on this stuff, plus I don’t have a PS Vita, I had my friend Leroy review this.

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Brainiac has hypnotized several members of the super hero Lantern force, and now plans to take over the Justice League and the Earth!  But not if Batman and Robin have anything to say about it!  Play as the Caped Crusader and Boy Wonder as they team up with other DC heroes and even villains in this newest entry in the LEGO Batman series.  It’s available for all of the current game consoles, but reviewed on Wii U here.

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I’ve had this wreath hanging outside my cubicle all month (yes I do have a day job), so I thought I’d share it with you.  It’s a video game themed Christmas wreath I ordered on a Web site called ThinkGeek.com.  Click here for a closer shot.

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A few years ago, Double Fine crafted a turn-based RPG with an unusual premise revolving around kids wearing costumes and trick or treating for candy at Halloween.  So what better way to celebrate the Christmas season than with a review of the sequel!  Hey, it worked for Nightmare Before Christmas, right?  To be fair, Costume Quest 2 was released a few days before Halloween, but I’ve been pretty busy and just now got a chance to review it.  Anyway, the sequel takes place right where the original left off.  After saving Halloween in the first game and in the expansion pack: Grubbins on Ice, brother and sister Wren and Reynold are ready to take the portal home.  When they get back, Halloween is saved, but the two kids notice their dentist, Dr. White, sneaking around.  They follow him and find him talking to a mysterious Time Wizard, and then he jumps through a time portal.  Just then, the kids’ costumes and candy and all of Halloween disappear!  Now it’s up to the two siblings to travel in time to the past and future, get their costumes back, and prevent the evil dentist from ridding the world of candy and Halloween forever!  Costume Quest 2 is available to download on most current gen consoles, but reviewed on PS3 here.

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Riding on the popularity of other toys connectable to video games like Skylanders and Disney Infinity, Nintendo has made their own action figures that connect to their games.  These new toys from Nintendo are called Amiibos, and the first wave was recently released, fashioned after some of the popular characters from Super Smash Bros.  So what do these Amiibo do, and what’re they all about?  Well, I have them all (yes I am insane), so keep on reading if you want to learn more.

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Toad is my favorite Mario game character.  And he’s probably one of my top five favorite Nintendo characters overall, alongside Kirby, Samus, Princess Zelda, and Captain Syrup.  So in honor of that and the new release of Captain Toad:  Treasure Tracker for Wii U, here is a top five list of my favorite Toad moments in gaming.

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Adventure Time is one of Cartoon Network’s most popular shows, and I’ve reviewed many games based on the franchise, both on tablets and consoles.  Their newest console adventure was recently released, and in the game, Princess Bubblegum has sent Finn and his stretchy magical dog pal Jake to the Nameless Kingdom to investigate some trouble.  The three princesses of the Nameless Kingdom have gone missing, presumably trapped in maze-like dungeons, and so it’s up to Finn and Jake to set out and rescue them.  Adventure Time: The Secret of the Nameless Kingdom is a top-down viewed action adventure game very similar to classic Zelda titles, and it is available on PS3, Xbox 360, and 3DS (reviewed on PS3 here).

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