by William Schwartz | Sep 5, 2024 | 2020s, Pinball, Stern
On September 4th, Stern Pinball confirmed the opening for sales of its new cabinet based on The Uncanny X-men. Specifically, this cabinet is based on the Days of Future Past and Mind out of Time stories from 1981. Though the art is based on comics from that era of the...
by William Schwartz | Sep 4, 2024 | 2010s, Gaming, Reviews
Retro gaming and its fandoms have been around for quite some time. So long, in fact, that in the year 2024, we are at the point where the retro appreciation projects of past eras are now, themselves, retro in their own right. Such is the case of Mother: Cognitive...
by William Schwartz | Aug 28, 2024 | 1980s, Console/Handheld, Gaming, Interviews, Youtuber/Twitch Streamer of the Week
Humanity has long pondered the question- can a dog play basketball? Well, speedrunner JSR taught his dog Peanut Butter to do the next best thing- to play baseball. Specifically, Ken Griffey Jr. Presents MLB for the Super Nintendo. If you’re...
by William Schwartz | Aug 21, 2024 | 2000s, 2010s, 2020s, Console/Handheld, Gaming
On August 1st, Nightcrawler left a bombshell of an announcement on romhacking.net, moving the site to news only and releasing its database to the Internet Archive in the wake of financial and legal hardship. For the typical retro gamer who enjoys rom hacks, whether...
by William Schwartz | Aug 14, 2024 | 1990s, Retro Computing, Reviews
A major factor of retro gaming isn’t just what the games themselves are so much as the context of where they were played. Kyle Orland’s Minesweeper from Boss Fight Books is an excellent demonstration of this philosophy in action, simply because Minesweeper...