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Ever wonder what's being dumped unto the shelves of video game stores every week? Wonder no more! Karli Winata will attempt to bring to light the many retail releases that come out each week. Won't you join him in his self torture? Check out what's coming out on the week of 5/1/2012.

This is the month of color and games provide extravagant and vibrant color in games. My Goal is to play 5 games with color and what they represent.

Sometimes there are strange genre mixing games which are only connected by the mood or tone that they evoke in the player. At least, I think so. Here are three titles that you may or may not have played, or even heard of. All three make the player feel free and relaxed, sometimes paradoxically due to a focus on combat.

The future of Japanese video games looks much brighter than Keiji Inafune and others would lead you to believe.

I attend the Japan Media Arts Festival- typically a place where videogames have their day in the sophisticated world of art gallery hobnobbing.

The things In Game Currency do to me and games in general.

What graphical art form should be use next in gaming?

For those who worry about the ever-increasing amount of sequels and spin-offs hitting the market, other titles have shown that creativity in gaming is alive and well.

The feeling of cruising through game.

Crazy Crossover that should be explored.

I orginally intended for this to be a neat, concise list. But after a few paragraphs, I realized I had some crap I needed to get off my chest! That's the last time I spend a night in Cleveland. Best read over the course of 5 days.

You've died in games before, but El Shaddai kills you like the insignificant worm you are, and that has an interesting effect on the player.

In this special E3 edition of the Mobcast, the crew discusses the Wii U, the best sleeper titles of the show, indie games, and Kinect and Move one year in.

El Shaddai definitely has a lot more to it than just mesmerizing visuals.

Read the results of the Crossover Appeal challenge, where Bitmob writers analyze how two games of different genres have more in common than at first glance.

How Okami and A Boy And His Blob share similarities.

Okamiden wants to be a cute game, but it fails to reconcile this with its sometimes eerie imagery.

El Shaddai is a big, beautiful bag of biblical insanity. That's why it deserves your full attention.

I always thought the point of a demo was to encourage players to buy the full game or hold their interest until its release. Okamiden's demo does neither. Developer Capcom should follow BioWare's example in the future.

In this week's episode of the Mobcast, Chemical Bun Production's Carlos Rodela and GameZone's Ben PerLee join Bitmob's Demian Linn and Dan Hsu. The group discusses Sony's recently announced Next Generation Portable project; location-based, GPS-centric handheld apps; which games they think most deserve high-definition remakes; and more.