by Jason Russell | Oct 17, 2021 | Arcade, Columns, Gaming, Home Consoles, Opinions
Q) I recently read your What Ever Happened to Bits? article and found it very interesting. What I don’t fully understand, though, is why don’t we have a standard today to compare system performances? It may not have been accurate, but at least 8, 16 and 32-bit helped...
by Jason Russell | Jan 17, 2021 | Atari 2600 Encyclopedia, Columns, Console/PC/Handheld, Gaming, Home Consoles, Opinions, The Story Of...
Long Overdue On account of a seemingly endless series of non-gaming related distractions (sometimes referred to as life), I’ve been regretfully slow at responding to some of the great reader questions that find me on social media. Let’s take a look into...
by Jason Russell | May 9, 2020 | 1990s, 2000s, Arcade, Columns, Console/PC/Handheld, Home Consoles, Lists, Magazine
After Street Fighter II came Mortal Kombat. After Mortal Kombat came a tsunami. As the Street Fighter II phenomena grew in arcades and then again when ports of the popular games came to home consoles, nearly every company in the industry suddenly found themselves in a...
by Jason Russell | Apr 19, 2020 | 1990s, Arcade, Magazine, Opinions
Days of Future’s Past My nephew is 11 years old. He has just about every modern console known to man, a gaming PC, a powerhouse iPad and iPhone and the other day, in casual video gaming conversation, he happens to mention Street Fighter II. I paused...
