Earlier this week, on our YouTube channel, I posted the last in my first series of fighting game videos titled “Not Zangief.” I had such a blast with it, and I’ll certainly be returning with more classic fighting game action in the future. In honor of all that, I though I’d share this post I wrote awhile…
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A New Gaming Challenge: Making Nice With The Twilight Princess
Since giving up on not beating Metroid Prime, I’ve been wary of challenging myself to complete old, unfinished (or never started) games in my backlog. Or, I should say, wary of challenging myself and then making myself accountable by documenting the process in writing, i.e. blogging about it. But even though my Metroid Prime challenge…
YouTube Time: Activision Anthology (PS2) – H.E.R.O. (1984) – Nostalgic Notions
Part platformer (sort of), part dungeon crawler (sort of), the game H.E.R.O. (1984) actually tuned out to be kind of fun. Though it’s probably a little hard to tell that from my video below. I guess rescuing people trapped in mines is not my thing. Best to leave that to the professionals. This game marks…
Resonance: Lava Scarves and Red Hot Blarggs
Sometimes a piece of music in a game is more memorable for its sheer oddness over its general musicality. As an example, take a listen to the theme of Level 2-6 in Yoshi’s Woolly World, “Lava Scarves and Red-Hot Blarggs.” Up to this point in the game. the music of Yoshi’s Woolly World was pretty…
#Listmas2015: Most Anticipated Unscheduled Game Releases of 2016
It happens every year round this time. I look at the games scheduled to be released up to June of the next year. I pick a crop that I’d like to play and stick those dates in my calendar. Slowly but surely my anticipation heightens as those dates near. Once one comes along, the choice…
YouTube Time: Activision Anthology (PS2) – Grand Prix (1982) – Nostalgic Notions
Merry Christmas, everyone! If you’re checking out our site today, and it would seem that you are if you’re reading this, then you’re a champ! And what better reward for any champion than a video about a classic video game! Okay…maybe I’ve had a bit too much eggnog, but I’m still happy to share with…
#Listmas2015: Why Banjo-Kazooie Remains Tops in Gaming
Thanks to Rare Replay and having a little extra time to myself this holiday, I’ve started re-playing Banjo-Kazooie. It is just as great, if not better than when I first played it oh so many years ago. There’s good reason the game remains a favorite of many gamers, including those of us here at United…
#Listmas2015: My Favorite Yoshies in Yoshi’s Woolly World
Despite any personal issues that I’m still working on with Yoshi’s Woolly World, it’s still one of the best current platformers on the WiiU. Helping that cause, at least as far as I’m concerned, is the fact that in the game you can “knit” together a multitude of different Yoshies, thereby ending up with quite…
YouTube Time: Activision Anthology (PS2) – Freeway (1981) – Nostalgic Notions
When is Frogger not Frogger? When it’s the game Freeway! Okay, so it’s totally not Frogger, as nary a frog is to be found here. Instead Freeway is all about helping a virtual chicken cross a multi-lane highway. Yep. chickens and traffic in an Atari game. That’s Freeway in a nutshell. Or should I say…eggshell?…
Will the New Final Fantasy VII Lure Me Back into the Final Fantasy Universe?
When the Final Fantasy VII remake was officially announced at this past weekend’s PlayStation Experience 2015 conference, I watched in awe and confusion. The gameplay video that was shown was exciting and unexpected. It looked like FFVII, but it also really didn’t. In fact, if it hadn’t been for Cloud’s spiky blond hair and familiar…
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