Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer Review

By Chris Hudak

No good deed goes unpunished.

The dustier corners of ‘literature’ have their Bulwer-Lytton awards; the less-gifted denizens of Hollywood have the Razzies; even the so-called “adult” film industry has the dubious distinction of The Adult Video Awards (or the ‘Woody’, depending on how much Family Guy you watch). Why shouldn’t gaming delve a little deeper into the arena of the left-handed award?…

  • Randomized dungeons and items
  • Black-humorously aware of its own difficulty
  • Inherent replay value
  • Nice try at Wi-Fi 'community'
  • Simple, charming visuals...
  • ...that belie its Eldritch, virgin-sacrificing difficulty
  • Some Epically unfair twists of fate
  • No way to skip long-winded text
  • Accidentally Russell Crowe-ing loved ones with hurled DS

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Chris Hudak
Chris Hudak

Chris Hudak is a writer, former San Francisco Zoo penguin recorder, frequent-flyer junkie, self-proclaimed lucid dream expert, poolshark-in-minnow’s-clothing, “student” of all things Japanese, borderline alcoholic (see “writer”), video-gamer-with-a-life, and moonlighting, kinda-sorta actor in his copious spare time.  He writes weird fiction, and contributes articles to Playboy, Wired, The Toronto Star, and whoever else has money.  Chris is the protagonist of the Harlan Ellison short story “Keyboard”—no, really—and someday wants a house in Walt Disney World.

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