by David Oxford | Apr 12, 2018 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s
“This game sucks! So why does it have the Official Nintendo Seal of Quality on it?”, or some variation thereof, is a common refrain from within the gaming community that has been around for… well, perhaps as long as the seal itself. A common...
by Old School Gamer | Apr 12, 2018 | 1980s, 1990s, Console/Handheld
Sadly we seem to have reached a point at which we can say the modern version of Superhero cinema is underwhelming. It’s a bit of a bummer for comic lovers everywhere. Even if some of the DC/Warner Bros. films have actually been quite true to the comics, the...
by Brad Feingold | Apr 9, 2018 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, Arcade
Folks, as you may or may not have been aware, I have been away from the computer for a little while trying to get things back together in life. It was like someone took a video game apart and said put it together. For someone who has never done that, it was very...
by Ric Pryor | Apr 8, 2018 | 1980s, Console/Handheld
When I was in college and Magic: The Gathering was the new hotness, I tried my hand at creating a Pac-Man card game. Bear in mind, this was before the World Wide Web was littered with print on demand operations and making a card game meant going to a print shop,...
by JasonBreininger | Apr 7, 2018 | 1970s, 1980s, Columns, Console/Handheld, The Story Of...
Atari gets a lot of credit for pioneering the ROM cartridge based home video gaming system craze and for good reason. They were the company that bought the rights to port popular arcade games and bring them into families living rooms. All anyone really wanted back...
by David Oxford | Apr 5, 2018 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s
The first member of the Nintendo Ultra 64 Dream Team we’re going to take a look at is none other than Acclaim, the self-proclaimed “Masters of the Game.” While Acclaim’s reputation over the ensuing years hasn’t held up especially well, at...