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Video reviews of retro games – from the classics I played as a kid to the rare, weird, and wonderful.
Video reviews of retro games – from the classics I played as a kid to the rare, weird, and wonderful.
Sometimes, some crimes go slipping through the cracks. Luckily, these two anthropomorphic rodents are on the case. Finding lost kittens, picking up the slack.
If you need help, just call…
Are you a fan of action-adventure? Shmups? Get the best of both worlds in this great, yet somewhat overlooked, hybrid.
Did I mention it’s set in space and you get to play as an aerobot transformer, with a human form and an aircraft form? Check the video below to hear all about it.
This week I looked at one of the most hard to find titles on the NES. It’s rare, it’s expensive, but is it any good?
Check out the video below to find out. Spoilers: I like anything with dinosaurs. Yabba Dabba Doo!
Looking for some fun in the sun, some skateboarding action, a lot of fruit, and maybe an evil witch doctor or two?
This week I let Twitter vote on which game I’d review and the overwhelming result was Adventure Island. No one told me it was so hard though.
Console controllers and gamepads can make or break a system for me. This week I took a look at all the console controllers that have been part of my life and did a mini-review of each.
Here’s part 1 of the review, which looks at controllers from the NES to the Gamecube. Which is your favourite?
This week I looked at one of the more rare NES titles, Panic Restaurant, a game which pits you against aggressive mutant food.
Slip on your apron, get your frying pan ready, and let’s get cookin’!
He’s cute, he’s pink, and he may just devour the entire world!
This week I played the fun and unique, if somewhat overlooked, Kirby’s Adventure.
Nintendo vs. Sega, time travel vs. hyperstones, Turtle vs. Turtle. This week I played TMNT IV: Turtles in Time and TMNT: The Hyperstone Heist so I could review and compare them to find out which Turtles game reigns supreme.
Cowabunga!
Tentacles and meteors and hamsters, oh my!
For Review A Great Game Day I looked at one of the original classic graphic adventures – Maniac Mansion. This Lucasfilm game is smart, funny, irreverent, and influenced a generation of point-and-click adventure games. As the first adventure game I ever played, this one will always hold a special place in my heart and be something I consider one of the greats.