Happy Anniversary! Since the Nintendo Fun Club News, Nintendo publications were on a bi-monthly release schedule so issue 7 marks the 1 year anniversary of Nintendo Power. There wasn’t to many changes to the layout of the magazine but they included a fun addition that would give gamers a reason to pull out their copy of Super Mario Brothers 2 and play it again. Read More
Here’s a game we’ve all played.
This is a game with many names, it is also known as The Net, The Web, The Interwebs, “Online,” The Internets, Ye Olde HTTP or Ern.
Though Ern really is more like its middle name.
Or… rather the middle of its name.
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Good day, comrades! Today we have a very… interesting interview with a man who is very… unique and… dear to me. I won’t give that much of an introduction, I’ll just let the piece speak for itself.
Comrades… I am saddened to have to be the bearer of bad news, but the site rebranding has been cancelled. While all three of us agreed on most of the directions the new website would take, we just couldn’t come to a consensus on the scent of the hand soap in the headquarters’ restrooms… (who wants their hands to smell like vanilla all day anyway?) Read More
I prefer a plagued geese trebuchet, but that’s just French Heritage. It’s our first podcast as the new rulers of this website and it’s a good one! Oh, sorry for the audio quality, the cows damaged the equipment pretty bad.
Hello retro-gaming enthusiasts! Welcome to this fabulous website! Surely you have noticed that it looks “different” from before. Don’t be alarmed by this sudden change, because, at the heart of it all, it remained the same. The spirit of its creators shine through, perhaps brighter than before. We are dedicated to retrogaming. We are dedicated to you, the people.
The gloves are off! Tom Hall joins the podcastle crew for a four person, no-holds barred, Review A Great Game Day themed Retro Showdown!
So… I had a huge virus on my computer that destroyed all my pictures, files, documents, and so much more. Therefore, my planned list of the best explosives experts had to be delayed.
Instead I took a quick Twitter poll for suggestions for a quick list I could write in just one weekend. The winner was the top 10 retro remakes. These are the games that are remakes of old retro games. This might be breaking the “retro rule” of this site, but the line is blurry… so let’s do it anyway.
Also because there are SO many remakes/reboots I decided to only count platformers for this list.
This game is garbage. Ok, the first level is alright. Review over.
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This week on Playing Blind, Adam and Christine play Panic! for the Sega CD.
Hey guys!
I am back again and this time I am playing a licensed movie game! I know I know, they can be pretty awful.
Take a journey back into the mid 90s arcade scene with me.
What was popular? Street Fighter. Mortal Kombat. NBA Jam. Daytona USA.
All fantastic games, mind you, but it’s a far cry from the cutesy characters of the 80s. Pac-Man and Frogger were long gone, either a distant memory or a distant walk to the back end of the arcade. These games were in your face, with announcers screaming “FINISH HIM! BRAZIL! BOOMSHAKALAKA!”
While hardly a retro game, having been released in 2007, I thought I’d still talk about The Simpsons Game today as I’ve tackled like three Simpsons games before and this one does parody retro games as well as newer ones.
Mmmmm… gamey.
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If you follow me on Twitter you may know that my wife and I are expecting our second child in a little over a month. We are both extremely excited and utterly terrified at the prospect of two kids. Preparing for a newborn is akin to prepping for an impending natural disaster…just replace batteries with diapers. I remember how crazy those first few months were with our daughter, Mae. We were young parents on our own and had no real experience with kids. Even though it has been nearly 5 years since our first child was born, I hope I can remember the challenges and apply some of those lessons learned with Mae to baby #2. Today I propose something a little different than what normally appears in my series. I wanted to share a few gaming related tips I recall from my first go around at raising a gamer. Read More
By L. Mac
Dumping on the Classics: the new hit podcast hosted by Jason Lamb!
Retro Platforms: Amiga, Arcade, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Sega Genesis, Sega Master System, ZX Spectrum
Platform Reviewed: Sega Genesis
For whatever reason, many retro shooters are themed around space combat: maybe it’s because of a sense of grandiose exploration, perhaps being able to fly quickly in an unlimited space seems exhilarating, or it could just be that stars are really pretty to look at. Aliens have invaded planets, you guide a destined ship meant to save the universe, impossible odds, and so on. But despite the continued reliance on this type of adventure, developers manage to introduce unique atmospheres, ship designs, gameplay mechanics, and even camera styles to help vary things up. Galaxy Force II shows an early attempt to expand rail shooters into 3D, and it experiments with a timer-based health system, indoor and outdoor environmental transitions, and a behind-ship perspective. Despite being fun and creative, however, the game also suffers from some system limitations. Read More
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! I know, it was Tuesday but that is when I’m writing this. As I sip on my whiskey and enjoy the music of my people (I am super Irish, FYI), the time has come continue reuniting my first eight Nintendo 64 reviews with the rest of the class. It has been a fun project for sure, but I am getting antsy to write some new reviews. Still, at only half way there is still much to do. It was about at this point in the review series I realized that I needed to start mixing in games I wasn’t familiar with and that lead to this review from July 14, 2013 of Milo’s Astro Lanes. Read More
Jason Lamb sneezed.
Then he groaned, and closed his eyes. He was lying in bed, in one of the dormitory rooms of One More Castle, with a thick blanket wrapped snugly around his handsome frame. He tried to breathe through his snot-stuffed nose, and failed.
Hey folks… I have to admit, I’m kind of ashamed of myself after that last post… Publishing an article I wrote while half drunk on a beach chair lacked some professionalism and I apologize. Not wanting to repeat the same mistake, I was in dire need of some motivation. Fortunately, gaming has a solution for everything. This time, the answer was Classically Trained by Jon Harisson. Some of you may know him as @CT_Blog on Twitter, others may be familiar with the website. Basically, using “allegamy” to further your personal and professional development. I don’t want to dig too much into it, just check out this example instead.
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