Publications

The list below is an incomplete archive of both professional and personal publications.

Game Reviews

PlayStation Portable

echochrome | 7.5/10
echochrome is an innovative, challenging puzzler that plays with your perceptions and forces you to solve puzzles in unique, interesting ways.

Rainbow Islands Evolution | 4.5/10
Rainbow Islands Evolution is the perfect example of how not to remake a popular franchise.

Nintendo DS

Mega Man Star Force 2: Zerker x Ninja & Zerker x Saurian | 5.5/10
Bad graphics and repetitive gameplay make Mega Man’s latest adventure a dull one.

Spitfire Heroes: Tales of the RAF | 5.0/10
Spitfire Heroes does little to distinguish itself among a myriad of middling flight combat games on the DS.

Black Sigil: Blade of the Exiled | 6.5/10
While Black Sigil comes with all the trappings of a traditional RPG, it’s too frustrating and unoriginal to stand out.

Puzzle Kingdoms | 7.0/10
Puzzle Kingdoms is a worthy addition to the growing list of puzzle/role-playing hybrid games.

Wii

Death Jr.: Root of Evil | 6.5/10
Improvements over the PSP game make the Wii version of Root of Evil a competent, stylish platformer.

WWII Aces | 3.5/10
WWII Aces is a frustrating, ugly flight combat game with antiquated design elements and unresponsive motion controls.

Puzzle Kingdoms | 7.0/10
Puzzle Kingdoms is a worthy addition to the growing list of puzzle/role-playing hybrid games.

PlayStation 3

echochrome | 8.0/10
echochrome is an innovative, challenging puzzler that plays with your perceptions and forces you to solve puzzles in unique, interesting ways.

Fatal Inertia EX | 6.5/10
Improvements over the original release of this sci-fi racer don’t make up for its floaty controls and poor item balance.

Xbox 360

Rocket Riot | 8.0/10
This funny, fast-paced multiplayer shooter will have you repeatedly begging your friends for just one more rematch.

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Research

Fishman, B. Building a Species: Evolutionary Developmental Biology as the Basis for Novel Morphology, 2008

Dimitropoulos, A. & Schultz, R. Autistic-like Symptomatology in Prader-Willi Syndrome: A Review of Recent Findings. Current Psychiatry Reports, 2007, 9: 159-164. (Note that I did not contribute to the writing of this article. Rather, it is an introduction to the neuroimaging research I performed under Dr. Dimitropolous during my graduate work at Case Western Reserve University.)