Before we start talking about Cogs I want to make one thing perfectly clear; I fucking hate slider puzzles. They are the single most annoying mental problem I am forced to endure on a regular basis and given the option I’d rather be violated with a piece of rough timber than waste my time trying to solve one. So imagine my surprise when I discovered I’d somehow purchased a game containing nothing else. Worse still, due to my rampant spending spree over the holidays I’d made a vow to not play anything new until I cleared my backlog and was therefore forced to play it. With a heavy heart I sat down, opened Cogs and prepared for the worst. But then something crazy happened. I started to have fun. Read more »

DoDonPachi Daifukkatsu‘s Arrange B is by far the single most confusing arrange mode ever conceived. Levels are played individually, rather than consecutively; rank carriers over between playthroughs and there are numbers and gauges everywhere. It’s like a form of controlled madness and in many ways that’s what makes it fun. Read more »