Cultured Vultures

1 week ago | culturedvultures.com | Ashley Bates

Did you know that licensed games can often be bad? It’s true! While you pick yourself off up the floor, it’s time for me to prove that the PlayStation 2 actually had quite a few licensed games that were some of the best games on the system. The Simpsons: Hit & RunMe not mention Hit & Run? That’s unpossible. The Simpsons’ history with video games has been spotty at best.

1 week ago | culturedvultures.com | Gabriel Ricard

Despite the fair criticisms you could level against the Nintendo Wii, especially when it came to its innovative, if not a little problematic, remote-style controller, it’s just not true that its games have all aged poorly. The Wii was an interesting experiment that some struggled to make good games for, but many developers found ways to create Wii titles that are just as much fun to play now.

1 week ago | culturedvultures.com | Jimmy Donnellan |Leon Miller

While the Nintendo 64 didn’t sell the most units during its hallowed run, it did see multiple genre-defining games that would end up shaping plenty of genres and the industry as we know it. It doesn’t boast the deepest library ever, yet the N64 arguably has the greatest hit rate of any console ever — but which are the best N64 games ever made? 50. BattleTanx: Global AssaultOK, so there’s a slim chance around 0.5% of you sat bolt upright over hearing this game’s name again.

2 weeks ago | culturedvultures.com | Ashley Bates

Name a better duo than a grown man and the weird PS1 platformer from his childhood that still haunts his dreams. While the Jorted wonder and Spyro of dragon fame may have become video game royalty, these PS1 platformers had no such luck, and have mostly been forgotten about over the years, some rightly, some a bit unfairly. Let’s start today’s episode with quite the cheeky scamp. RascalLook at how bloody cool the main character is on the cover of Rascal.

2 weeks ago | culturedvultures.com | Jimmy Donnellan

Since releasing in 2013, Sony’s PlayStation 4 has seen thousands of games, broken plenty of records, and made more than a handful of people rush over to the nearest wiki. But what are some PS4 facts that are a little less well known? 1. Sling It Real GoodThere’s an old Welsh saying that goes: “he who slings the first poop slings the hardest poop of all.” I’ve actually just made that up, but remarkably what isn’t made up is the wild story behind the PlayStation 4’s rarest ever physical game.