One great thing about the end of the year is that there’s not much news to deal with. Yeah there’s still the ongoing RAM shortage stuff and all, but not a lot of new game or business announcements. We are all, for the most part, collectively chilling, which is something that I really enjoy about…
Author: Hatm0nster
Listmas 2025: Five Consoles That Felt Like Magic
I’m more or less current with my game equipment and enjoy it all quite a bit, but this time of year has a way of turning my attention towards and the game consoles of yesteryear. I don’t always revisit these the past systems every time December rolls around, but I still think of them and…
Xbox Series Outsells…the Sega Genesis
Yeah. The Xbox Series systems have (only just) out sold the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive. This, ah, news was brought forward by VGChartz.com, which reports that the Xbox Series X/S has sold around 34.10 million units during its lifetime so far. For comparison, the Sega Genesis / Mega Drive sold 34.06 million over the course of…
Listmas 2025: My Favorite Levels for Donkey Kong December
It’s not officially Donkey Kong December here at Virtual Bastion, but it’s something I wind up observing on my own every year regardless. Well, it’s more like “retro” Donkey Kong December now, as those are the games that pull me back year after year. It’s not necessarily that I play all the old games all…
Larian Announces ‘Divinity’ at the 2025 Video Game Awards
The announcement of Divinity is old news by now, but I wanted to talk about it because of the circumstances around it. First, it’s kind of funny that it’s getting much more attention and discussion than Highguard, the chosen “one more thing” at the end of the show that was supposed to set the internet…
Listmas: Places I’d like to Visit for Christmas
During Listmases past, I’m pretty sure I’ve touched on the games that were either the most Christmas-y of had the best winter levels. There’s absolutely Something to be said for overall atmosphere and feel, but those don’t necessarily make for a place that’d be fun to visit. So, what would be a fun place to…
Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros. Games
I won’t pretend that I know any thing about corporate-scale business, but I’m starting to wonder if the people running these companies actually know all that much more, I mean, you’d think keeping a company that brings in tens of millions of dollars a year solvent would be relatively doable, but I guess not. So,…
Listmas 2025: Games I Want to Give Out This Year
Listmas is here again at last, and here at the outset I’m already thinking about the games I want to give out to my friends and family members who game. It was kind of hard to determine which games would make good gifts since everyone’s tastes are different, but I think the following would be…
So…Prince of Persia: Sands of Time Might Get a Remake?
Rumors have been swirling lately that Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time might be seeing a remake as early as January next year. The thing is, Prince of Persia is, and has always been, a Ubisoft property. If it was the Ubisoft of the 2010s making this potential remake, I’d be excited. But this…
What Will Gaming Look Like Ten Years From Now?
As I look around at video games and what’s being made and foor whom, I find myself wondering where this hobby is going. In some ways, video games haven’t really changed. There’s still big blockbuster releases and still big companies trying to attract the widest possible audience while also making as much money as possible….
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