In case you haven’t heard by now, the rumor mill is going a little crazy after Eurogamer announced Nintendo might be in the works of releasing a SNES Mini Classic much like they did with their original entertainment system this past winter. With such rumors run the media outlets to speculation of what the game […]
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Sometimes a “one-off” is the only way to get something off your chest and on to the internet. What follows is a list of articles that just don’t fit in any one particular place but deserve their right to be read.
Review A Great Game Day 2015 – Rock ‘n Roll Racing
Racing? Check. Wicked cars with giant guns mounted on them? Check. Rock ‘n Roll jams blasting through the speakers that only the power of the Super Nintendo Entertainment System can provide? Check. Rock ‘n Roll Racing, developed by Silicon & Synapse (now known as Blizzard Entertainment. You know the guys behind World of Warcraft? […]
Read MoreConker’s Bad Fur Day – Review A Bad Game Day 2014
There’s something magical that happens at the end of a console’s life cycle. Developers take years to produce a title and sometimes those games that people have poured their hearts, souls and tears into go unnoticed due to brand new hardware announcements and promises of a new way to play. Every console goes through this […]
Read MoreMonster in my Pocket – Review a Great Game Day
Licensed video games. Just think about that for a second. Licensed video games. For most of us, a cold chill from scenes of Beetlejuice, Back to the Future and Friday the 13th that haunted as children and for some, still today, creeps down our spines. There are a few of those titles that still hold […]
Read MoreStreet Fighter II –Review a Great Game Day
It’s late July 1992. I’m 7 years old. Born and raised in Northern Kentucky, we were blessed with many things. One of those things being the Tilt Arcade located in a mall in Florence, Kentucky. It was summer break. I had been an avid gamer since the bright age of 4 and it was a […]
Read MoreWait… Which Player Am I?
Sometimes people can be lazy. Usually no one is really affected by this laziness because those people typically stay at home, eating chips off the floor, and watch reruns of “Who’s the Boss?” still trying to decide who’s really the boss. But then you have some of those lazy people who produce something from their […]
Read MoreWhy Sega Consoles Were Shit Until the Dreamcast
Below is my opinion about why Sega sucked as a console game company. This is just my opinion. With that in mind, what I write here is completely true and if you don’t agree with me then you are wrong. Sega was a main driver for coin-op and amusement games back in the 1950’s before […]
Read MoreInternet Killed Console Gaming–Point 2
Oh, Internet… It’s a love and hate relationship. I’ve become so tied to the Internet, like most of us, and it’s hard to live in a life where you don’t exist. I also can’t stand what you’ve done to one of my most precious loves: console gaming. There’s nothing like hooking a system up […]
Read MoreInternet Killed Console Gaming — Point 1
The Internet (it is capitalized right?) has killed console gaming forever. It wasn’t something that the causal gamer saw coming, and in fact, very few gamers of any age can really see the implications of how gaming was infected and destroyed by the Internet. Point 1: Physical Media Ew… gross… what are those disease […]
Read MoreHow to Fix Shitty Games–Bill and Ted’s Excellent Video Game Adventure
I’m a firm believer that there are many games out there that are just bad. Really bad to the point where there is no fun in even playing them because of design, game play, or plot flaws. A lot of these “bad” games can be enjoyed with fairly easy fixes. Below is one of […]
Read MoreFIGHTWARE–The Ultimate Gaming System–Part 3
software Software is were my strengths lie. And since this console is based mainly on software (you can pretty much use any kind of hardware to make it go) this section will be quite a big larger. First off, what would be the base system? Well, Linux, of course. It’s so beautiful… Linux, for those […]
Read MoreFIGHTWARE–The Ultimate Gaming System–Part 2
hardware All right, let’s get down to the nuts and bolts of the machine. The idea here is to be slick and tiny. The motherboard, ideally, would be a mini-itx. They are small, cheap, and full of power. Preferably one with HDMI or RCA out. That way you could hook it up to a normal […]
Read MoreFIGHTWARE – The Ultimate Gaming System–Part 1
what is FIGHTWARE FIGHTWARE is an idea that can create the ultimate gaming experience in emulation. It combines the love of retro gaming with the computing power of today to allow the player to replicate the gaming experience of conventional consoles in a all-in-one tight, cute little package. Basically it’s a computer. Just like all […]
Read MoreREBOOT: Wizards and Warriors
Wizards & Warriors is a platforming video game developed by UK-based company Rare for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). It was published by Acclaim and released in North America in December 1987 and in Europe on January 7, 1990. It was also released in Japan by Jaleco on July 15, 1988 under the title […]
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