Chris Urie has been writing everything from reviews to features and interviews since 2010. In addition to being a contributor to Arcade Sushi and Guyspeed, he's a staff writer for Geekadelphia, covering everything from 8-bit music concerts to interviews with prominent Philadelphia Geeks. He's also the resident bookshelf expert for Quirk Books. You can find more of his occasional musings at his website. When not tweeting @chrisurie, he can likely be found swinging around Columbia on his Skyhook.
Eeking out a life in the post apocalyptic ruins of Russia would probably be difficult, but Metro 2033 almost makes it unbearable. The simple mechanic of making bullets aslo the mode of currency, Metro 2033 asks you one question
This whole series has been legendarily hard. It is a game that punishes you unfairly and has bosses that will stomp you into the ground. You would think that a powerful ninja would be able to make his way through waves of evil minions without much of a problem
Created as a love letter to the horrifically difficult games of old, I Wanna Be The Guy: The Movie: The Game is hard enough to make you smash your head onto your computer keyboard. Every cheap shot this game can throw at you, it does
The tagline for this game is "Prepare to Die!" You will. A lot.
Demons Souls was a return to NES form on the PS3. When it was first release, many complained about the insane level of difficulty. But that difficulty level was fair and you only died if you did something stupid
Super Ghouls N' Ghosts took the insane difficulty of its predecessor and upped the graphics and stakes. With the improved hardware of the SNES, there could be more enemies all vying for your soul while you tried to negotiate your way through an ever moving landscape and enemies that would sneak up on you behind
The father of every hard game is Castlevania. This game showed you what it meant to be difficult and spat in your face when you weren’t up to the challenge. The level design ensured that every weak point in your control would be exploited
Check out our list of the 10 best robots in video games to ever clank their way into your steampunk heart-rods.
Robots fascinate humans -- From the movies 'Metropolis' and 'Pacific Rim', to songs like Mr. Roboto and the books of
Here’s our list for the 10 best superhero video games ever.
Everyone loves a good superhero. From Superman and Batman to Ant-Man and The Green Hornet, they are always in the back of societies mind. They’re th
Gamers can be a fickle bunch. We’re passionate about our hobby. We love it. That’s why you get shouting matches over Xbox Live and pelvic thrusting taunts in Uncharted 3 Mulitplayer. When we do well, we want to shout it loud into the nearest microphone. But, some of us aren’t very graceful at losing or keeping our hobby under control.
