When you try to blaze through as many games as I do, it’s easy to forget details about what happens in each one. Luckily, contributor Chibz has provided a way to maintain a text log of each game as I play it. Even better, it can be used by anyone with a Backloggery.com account!

Our new Java application, called BackScratcher, was conceived when fellow ICG author, Hiro, lamented his inability to automatically keep logs of games as he played them. After inputting your Backloggery username and setting a scan interval, BackScratcher will regularly pull the info from your “Now Playing” section and create a text file for it. Should you be playing several games at once, (continue reading…)

Motor City Patrol is an epic tale of cops & robbers a game where you drive around a lot and stop other cars. Oh yeah, and you have a gun (which I never used). There’s not much to it, but I nonetheless have great childhood memories from playing it. That’s why I decided to see how nostalgia held up against reality. (continue reading…)

It doesn’t seem right to mention Cool Cool Toon and not give a shout out to Slap Happy Rhythm Busters, another import-friendly title released on the PlayStation. The wacky name sets the tone for this fighting-meets-rhythm game, a combination that I have yet to see replicated. (continue reading…)

Just a few weeks ago, Tetris Party Deluxe shipped for the Wii and Nintendo DS, bringing with it an impressive array of modes and ways to play. No single version of Tetris, however, contains every mode included in every game ever made. That’s why it’s worth breaking out some of those older editions occasionally – to get a fix of your favorite modes.

There are so many Tetris games out there that it’s highly unlikely for someone to have played them all, or even know about them all. Among the less well-known versions, two of the best are, strangely enough, both on the Nintendo 64. (continue reading…)