By Jordan Nelson Do you want to go on a thrill ride in the ultimate video gaming future? Do you want to know what it will be like when technology and everyday life are so integrated that you will never be offline? DO YOU LIKE THE EIGHTIES?!?! Then Ready Player One is the book for […]
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Retro Review: “Batman Returns” (1993, Konami, Super Nintendo)
By Michael Mygind The 16-bit era of the early to mid-nineties was a hotbed for two things: side scrolling beat-em-ups and movie tie-ins. Most beat-em-ups were uninspired copy-cats of popular franchises at the time such as Final Fight and Streets of Rage, and most movie tie-ins were lackluster cash-ins on a popular license. However, 1993’s Batman […]
In the Still of Knight: Batman: Arkham Origins Review
Publisher: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Developer: Warner Bros. Games, Montreal Rating: T for Teen Released: October 25, 2013 Systems: Xbox 360 (Reviewed), Playstation 3, PC Genre: Platformer Warning: This review will contain spoilers. If you haven’t played the game, do not read the paragraphs marked “Spoiler” For a series as old as Batman, there are numerous version of his origin […]
Retro Review: “Marvel Super Heroes: War of the Gems” (1996, Capcom, Super Nintendo)
By Michael Mygind When you hear the brands Marvel & Capcom used in the same sentence, you automatically insert a “VS” between the two and think of fighting games. However, because of that, a collaboration between the two that is often overshadowed is Marvel Super Heroes: War of the Gems, released for the Super […]
The Retro VGS: What We Know So Far
From the path that ended with the Nintendo 64, comes the first new cartridge-based home console, the Retro Video Game System, or Retro VGS for short. While it is still in the early stages of development with a Kickstarter page that is expected to launch soon, this ambitious console plans to bring nostalgia back to […]
First impressions: Splatoon
By Sean Willis Nintendo’s new Wii U game Splatoon certainly tries some new things, but even with all new things, is a multiplayer game about inking everything really going to hit the mark? I had a chance to try out the game during the Global Test Fire event they held earlier and managed to catch a […]
Foreign Favorites: Volume 3 – Japan Pickups Edition
By Michael Mygind This time around, I’ll be focusing on four games that I picked up while on vacation in Japan. Pop ‘n TwinBee (1993, Konami, Super Famicom) This shoot ‘em up (or shmup) is the sixth game in the TwinBee series, which are often referred to as “cute ‘em ups” for their cartoony style […]
This Day in Gaming History, May 5: “Wolfenstein 3D” is released
By Marshall Garvey Ah, the first-person shooter (or FPS for short). What would our video game lives be without it? For all the evolutions in the gaming world over the years, it’s a genre that can never be phased out. If anything, it only seems to mushroom exponentially with each passing year, for better […]
Alien: Isolation DLC Review – Lost Contact
By Marshall Garvey Welcome to the third installment of my Alien: Isolation DLC review series! Having finished the two packages based on the original 1979 movie, it’s now time to explore the ones that expand the story of the game’s main campaign. First up is Lost Contact, a variation of the game’s Survivor Mode that […]
This Day In Gaming History: April 28th 1980. Game and Watch debut
By Jake Rushing Exactly 35 years ago on this day, Game and Watch debuted onto retail shelves with it’s first entry of the Game and Watch series called Ball. In this game, you just control the guy by pressing left and right buttons to move the arms to keep the ball juggling in the […]