by Mike Pursley | Jul 8, 2020 | 1980s
I’m about to buy a Secret Passage. I’m playing Dragon Warrior. The landscape I traverse is lit in glowing 8-bit pixels, the terrain a beautiful, eye-frying saturation. I am Eldrick, questing for gold, a princess, and out to kill the Dragon Lord. It was endless...
by Ben Magnet | May 4, 2020 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s
Final Fantasy has been around for over 30 years, and the franchise is still going strong today. There was a joke back in the 90’s I remember about there never being a real FINAL Final Fantasy. Look how far the series has gone since it premiered back in 1987....
by Todd Friedman | Apr 14, 2020 | 1980s, Arcade, Magazine
If you ask a gamer to name some popular shooter titles, they will tell you games like Call of Duty, Doom, Halo, Grand Theft Auto and Goldeneye. Before all of these hit the shelves, Nintendo had a vision of providing a shooter game with the new Nintendo Entertainment...
by Ben Magnet | Dec 21, 2019 | 1980s, 2000s, Console/PC/Handheld, Home Consoles
Christmas time and video games practically go hand in hand. New consoles are launched around November aiming to be the top spot on people’s lists, games go on sale and a few new ones are released, it truly is a wonderful time of year for gamers. Now this can...
by Ben Magnet | Oct 21, 2019 | 1990s, Console/PC/Handheld, Home Consoles
I can hear you already, “Oh great another opinion piece from Ben. Nothing we haven’t heard before!” Well if you would put your torches and pitchforks down for a hot second I think I’m on to something here. Now in the past I’ve written...
