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Kris

Localization specialist and former Siliconera staff writer. Some of his localizations include entries in the Steins;Gate series, Blue Reflection, and Yo-Kai Watch.

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Sound Shapes Hands-On: Creating Music Through Platforming

Sound Shapes is elegant in its simplicity, hearkening back to Super Mario Bros. with its two button control scheme: X jumps and Square (or R) runs.

Guacamelee Hands-On: Super Metroid Libre

Guacamelee makes no attempt to mask its love for Super Metroid.

Learning How To See In The Unfinished Swan

Monroe's mother was an artist who never finished her artwork, always intending to come back to it later. Sadly, her death made that goal impossible.

The Amazing Spider-Man Hands-On: Discovering My New Powers

Naturally, the first thing I did upon getting my hands on the game’s E3 demo was to throw myself off of the starting building, and shoot out a web line at the last moment.

Game & Wario Hands-On: Missing The Microgames

Game & Wario feels more like a Wario-skinned Wii Play successor for the Wii U.

Scribblenauts Unlimited Hands-On: More Freedom (And Tentacles)

The first thing I did was play with adjectives. "Gentlemanly" gave my tentacled monstrosity a top hat and monocle.

Shadow Labrys Always Has Her Persona At Her Side In Persona 4: Arena

She was different from the other characters due to the fact that Asterius, her giant metallic bull of a persona, was constantly onscreen.

Injustice: Gods Among Us Is More Like BlazBlue Than You’d Expect

Instead of two punches and two kicks, the button layout was a bit more like Blazblue with light, medium, and heavy attacks alongside a character-specific attack button.

I Played Orgarhythm And It Confused Me

Despite the fact that I played through nearly an entire level before dying, I'm still not exactly sure how the game works.

Borderlands 2 Finally Makes Melee Combat Matter

The demo I played of Borderlands 2 was the first to feature its cybernetic ninja Zero. Naturally, I had to try him out and see how melee combat had changed from the first game.