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A review of the Tetris My Play Watch

  I have to be honest. When I first heard of the concept of the My Play Watch, I was skeptical. Wristwatches aren't exactly the best fit for gaming. They're certainly not a great fit for Tetris, a game famous for requiring often precise movements, something which...

Growing Up Gaming: What Life Was Like for a Gamer Kid in the ’80s and ’90s Part 1

When you walked through the doors of a store in 1988, video games did not live in a big, uniform storefront advertising the latest releases, and there were no midnight releases. They were physical, chaotic, and awesome. If you wanted a new release, you went to the...

Trapped on Doomed Hardware: The Strange, Brilliant Legacy of Lucienne’s Quest

When you walked into a game store in the mid-90s looking for a legitimate, awesome Japanese RPG to play on whatever console you had, your options were surprisingly slim. The SNES was winding down its legendary run, the Sony PlayStation was still finding its footing...
Breakers Revenge iiRcade Review

Breakers Revenge iiRcade Review

Breakers Revenge has hit iiRcade! Sure, the iiRcade has plenty of fighting games on it, but Breakers Revenge is a massively underappreciated fighting game that rivals even the best fighting games from Capcom or SNK. Breakers Revenge is an enhanced version of the...

iiRcade Review – Oddmar by Todd Friedman

iiRcade Review – Oddmar by Todd Friedman

ddmar is definitely anything but "odd".  It is truly a great game and super fun as well. The graphics of this game are above and beyond a typical side scrolling platform game. I typically tell people its like a early Rayman game in terms of the play ability and...

iiRcade Review – Looping by Todd Friedman

iiRcade Review – Looping by Todd Friedman

Looping is another free game provided for the iiRcade. It is a 1982 arcade game that at the time was another flying game that peaked interest in video gamers, except unlike asteroids and zaxxon this game was different in every way. This side-scrolling action game has...

When You Stop Playing A Good Game

When You Stop Playing A Good Game

I finally did it, after a year of playing it I finally got all 120 stars in Super Mario 64.  The sole reason I bought 3D All-Stars was to play this game.  A game that I missed out on when I did have a N64 and a game that many of my friends would say is a masterpiece...

This Day In Video Game History

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