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Let’s Riff on Ripper: Prologue

by Spoony on June 3, 2009 · 189 comments

The following was completed before I quit. But I still quit. Really.

The Ripper’s reign of terror begins, but it’s not your mama’s Ripper of Whitechapel.

It’s the Ripper…OF THE FUTURE!

Edit: Because you requested it…

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Wolverine: Adamantium Rage

by Spoony on May 15, 2009 · 99 comments

When Linkara learns that Spoony is going to review a comic book, he decides he has to create his very own COMPLETELY ORIGINAL video game show!

NOTE: Special thanks to Pike for the logo!

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Bite-sized version is here.

The city is in chaos. A new drug lord has taken over, flooding the streets with Colombian cocaine. It’s not safe to set foot outside your door because of the roving gangs of lawless, heavily-armed, desperate criminals. Heck, it’s not even safe inside your door because of a sudden, cataclysmic plague of deadly, coked-up snakes infesting the city tenements!

Only Harry Callahan can put an end to this crime wave. He’s officially off the case, but trust me, he’s had it with these motherf*cking snakes in this motherf*cking game.

Edit: Sorry that the mouse pointer is visible in many of the shots. I was a little surprised by it myself.

I do use an emulator to capture footage, and the save states are invaluable in getting specific moments, but actually you would have seen the mouse pointer even if I’d gone the other route and recorded straight off the console. Weird, I know, but the video capture software I use for both has advanced to the point where it will record the pointer and pull-down menus. It can be a little annoying for console games, but it might have made Phantasmagoria a little more interesting.

Anyway, I regret the mistake, but not enough to play the game again to get more footage. ;)

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A crew of highly-organized thieves have hit the Du Plessis Diamond Wholesalers, but they made the unwise move of bringing along Mr. Blonde. Civilians are dead, the escape plan went tits-up, and now they’re barricaded inside. Worst of all, they’re heavily-armed, armored, and prepared for a prolonged standoff, complete with gas masks!

Can SWAT break the standoff and restore order? Someone call Michael Mann, there’s a movie in this!

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The planets are aligning, R’lyeh is in ascension, Halley’s comet is returning, and the Taronian Cult has gone stir crazy in preparation for the return of their unholy alien god emperor! They’re hoping to ring in the dawning of this new age with a titanic liquid fertilizer bomb that could destroy the entire block!

Will SWAT be able to thwart these mad cultists’ plans, or will they be able to complete their dark summoning ritual? Why couldn’t they just make my job easier by going out Heaven’s Gate style?

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