Review – Monster Tale

DreamRift rewards fans of their previous sleeper hit, Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure, with a room-crawling*, beat’em up, platforming adventure in Monster Tale.

* Since I’ve called a personal moratorium on the awful term “Metroidvania“, I’m going to define that type of game as a room-crawler.

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Babysitting Mama Could Be an Effective Method of Birth Control

I thought 505 Games and Majesco, the bigwigs behind the Cooking Mama franchise, had taken ridiculous leaps to keep this popular series of games going when they ventured away from the kitchen and out into the backyard with Gardening Mama.  Now I’m fairly certain that some higher up VP had a brain aneurysm or something, because Cooking Mama – while still maintaining her chef credentials – is now a master crafter and a babysitter.  Two games have been announced under the new Cooking Mama World franchise, aptly titled “Hobbies & Fun” for the Nintendo DS and “Babysitting Mama” for the Wii.  I’m here today to share with you some details and screenshots of the latter-mentioned game.

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