We’re finally here – the top twenty absolute best PlayStation games of all time. Whittling down PlayStation’s greatest ever video games to a top twenty wasn’t easy, but the monkeys…
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Putting together a list of the 100 best Playstation games of all time is no easy task but the crew here at Goomba Stomp have been working around the clock…
The 60 Best Playstation Games Ever since Sony entered the market as a dark horse during the console wars of the 90s, the PlayStation has always played by its own…
It’s hard to dispute that Sony’s PlayStation 4 is the current winner of the console wars. 86 million units have shipped since the console was launched back in November 2013.…
Few companies outside of Nintendo can claim to have even a sliver of the effect on the gaming industry as electronics giant Sony has. Ever since the PlayStation emerged in…
Though it only lasted five years, the GameCube left an indelible mark on the Kyoto-based company’s fortunes in the Wii era and beyond.
Silent Hill 2 is something else. First released in 2002 by Konami (developed by Team Silent) for PlayStation 2 as a follow-up, not sequel, to the original Silent Hill (released…
In the wake of the announcement of the PlayStation Classic, the Game Boys discuss the return of the original PlayStation and share the titles they’d most like to see on…
“War has changed.” There is not a single video game that opens as profoundly, or as appropriately, as Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots does with Solid Snake’s “War…
“Go forth, and find your own calling.” What exactly is Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops in relation to the rest of the series? It isn’t written or directed by Hideo…
“After the end of World War II, the world was split into two – East and West. This marked the beginning of the era called the Cold War.” Metal Gear…
A lack of resolution does not necessarily mean a narrative has been left unconcluded. In fact, unresolved plot threads can work to serve the overarching narrative. The Brothers Karamazov wouldn’t…
Not so Final Fantasy is a tri-weekly column dedicated to all things Final Fantasy; from specific aspects of specific titles, to the universal features that set Square Enix’s inimitable JRPG…
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Games That Changed Our Lives: ‘Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance’ Made Co-op New Again
I’ve been a gamer for twenty-seven years, so imagine how intimidated I felt when asked to consider which game it was that changed my life. The first thing that crossed…
Diving back into the world of PS2 Japanese exclusive horror games reveals quite a few hidden gems, which were understandably but disappointingly never localized. One such game, the 2001 FMV…
On Nov. 4, 2002, gamers were introduced to one of the last great mascot platformer duos, Ratchet and Clank. Fatigue from the wave of 90s heroes like Sonic the Hedgehog,…
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‘The Suffering’ and its Sequel Brought Back from the Dead on PC by GOG
by Maxwell Nby Maxwell NAfter years of obscurity on the PC, The Suffering (2004) and its sequel The Suffering: Ties That Bind (2005) are finally available courtesy of GOG.com, and without any restrictive digital…
Releasing early in the lifespan of the original PlayStation, Final Fantasy VII was a cross-demographic smash hit that elevated Japanese role playing games out of the shadows and into the…
A few months ago, I authored an optimistic post regarding the then-newly announced Xbox Scorpio. I wrote then about how it seemed as if the Scorpio was going to usher in…
This month Goomba Stomp is going to be doing a bunch of features on one of our favorite developers, Capcom. Capcom has a pretty decent track record of releasing most of…