Penn & Teller’s Desert Bus

by Shaun Jex | Dec 19, 2018 | 1990s, Reviews, The Story Of...

A few weeks ago, I was reading the remarkable short story collection “Press Start to Play”, edited by Daniel H. Wilson and John Joseph Adams. The book centers around the world video games and gaming. One of the stories, “Desert Walk” by S.R. Mastrantone, particularly...

The Last Official Release: 3DO – Creature Shock (1996)

by Brendan Meharry | Dec 16, 2018 | 1990s

Following on from the last instalment of The Last Official Release in which the Panasonic CD-i was featured, I thought it would be fitting to delve into another facet of Panasonics gaming endeavours. While Panasonic did manufacture the console known as the 3DO...

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Dan Wolfe

by Todd Friedman | Dec 15, 2018 | 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Columns

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Dan Wolfe, who is displayed on card number 738, from the Superstars of 2014.  Dan is currently second on the NES game Bubble Bobble with a score of 1,747,020.   Dan is a super fan of the classic console systems such as Nintendo...

Daze Before Christmas: Claus and Anti-Claus

by Shaun Jex | Dec 15, 2018 | 1990s, Reviews, The Story Of...

Outside of his work delivering toys to the children of the world, it is fairly common knowledge that Santa Claus is something of a superhero. Don’t believe me? Then clearly you’ve never seen 1964’s classic film “Santa Claus Conquers the Martians.” Stop everything you...

What if Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Was Made for the Game Boy Color?

by David Oxford | Dec 13, 2018 | 1990s, 2010s

While many video game developers and publishers enjoy remaking titles from their back catalogs with state-of-the-art technology (see: the Resident Evil 2 remake), a popular pastime among fans of longstanding video game franchises is to “demake” modern...

The Odd Release History of Metal Gear

by Conor McBrien | Dec 12, 2018 | 1980s, 1990s

Nintendo entered the home console market amidst the Video Game Crash of 1983. Two years later, they found themselves dominating the market with their Nintendo Entertainment System. Feeling justifiably cautious at the time, quality control was a cornerstone of...