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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...
Windjammers on iiRcade Review

Windjammers on iiRcade Review

Pump up the jam! Windjammers / Flying Power Disc was an absolute fun fest when it originally came out for the NEO-GEO MVS in the arcade, and now it's available to play on the iiRcade! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kskSPiIaw4&list=TLGGvTrizyZxnJAyMTA3MjAyMQ...

Blaster Master Zero 3 is out July 29th!

Blaster Master Zero 3 is out July 29th!

For those of you not familiar with the series, Blaster Master Zero is a series of hybrid action games combining side-scrolling exploration with top-down action. In BMZ3, players ride the Interplanetary Battle Tank (aka Metal Attacker) "G-SOPHIA SV" to explore vast...

iiRcade Review – Evoland by Todd Friedman

iiRcade Review – Evoland by Todd Friedman

There is a game out there that will combine all your retro love of RPG games into one package. Evoland is a beautiful walk down memory lane using old school visions from games like Legend of Zelda and Final Fantasy. The game is more like a instruction manual on what...

When A Boy Met A Hedgehog.

When A Boy Met A Hedgehog.

Looking back on over 30 years of Sonic the Hedgehog is quite a story.  You start with this new mascot from a company that wanted to take down their rival who just revitalized the home video game industry in North America and show that they too a force to be reckoned...

This Day In Video Game History

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