by Shaun Jex | Apr 7, 2019 | 1990s, Reviews, The Story Of...
Last month, the world was gifted with ToeJam and Earl: Back In the Groove. The game was funded by a $500,000 Kickstarter campaign with help from Adult Swim, and comes out roughly 28 years after the first game in the franchise was released. To celebrate the release of...
by Shaun Jex | Jan 27, 2019 | 1990s, Reviews, The Story Of...
I make no secret of my love for all things Disney. If you’ve read my pieces with any regularity, you know I’ve written about a fair number of Disney based games, ranging from titles for the Nintendo Game & Watch to NES classics built around the Disney Afternoon...
by Shaun Jex | Jan 19, 2019 | 1990s, Reviews, The Story Of...
What do ketamine, mysterious cosmic entities, Pink Floyd and dolphins have in common? They all played a role in the development of the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive classic Ecco the Dolphin. The game, released in 1992, featured you as a dolphin named Ecco. Naturally enough,...
by Adam Johnson | Nov 16, 2018 | 1990s, Audio, Columns, Console/Handheld, Pinball
It’s nearly Thanksgiving, and in the spirit of one of the most iconic balloons in the history of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, let’s take a look (and listen) to a Sonic the Hedgehog game that might not be the first on everyone’s mind....
by Shaun Jex | Sep 15, 2018 | 1990s, Reviews, The Story Of...
Mark Cerny began working in the video game industry at the tender age of 17. In the early 1980s, he joined Atari and worked on titles like Major Havoc and Marble Madness. Over the course of his career, his name has been connected to some of the industry’s most iconic...