Up this week: Nostalgic Notions (multiple consoles) – our periodic feature showcasing various classic and retro titles Spyro 2: Ripto’s Rage (PS4, 2018) – enjoy more fiery fun from this second game on the Spyro Reignited Trilogy Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (Wii, 2009) – tackling the further adventures of Samus, where this time she faces…
Tag: NES
YouTube Highlights, Weekly Edition #132
Up this week: Nostalgic Notions (multiple consoles) – our periodic feature showcasing various classic and retro titles Spyro 2: Ripto’s Rage (PS4, 2018) – enjoy more fiery fun from this second game on the Spyro Reignited Trilogy Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (Wii, 2009) – tackling the further adventures of Samus, where this time she faces…
YouTube Highlights, Weekly Edition #131
Up this week: Nostalgic Notions (multiple consoles) – our periodic feature showcasing various classic and retro titles Spyro 2: Ripto’s Rage (PS4, 2018) – enjoy more fiery fun from this second game on the Spyro Reignited Trilogy Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (Wii, 2009) – tackling the further adventures of Samus, where this time she faces…
First Impressions: INFRA and Sword ‘n Board
Would you want to play a game about being a civil engineer? How about a game where you’re a kid going on a pretend adventure in his back yard? What? “No”? Well, let’s see if we can change that. If there’s one thing that indie games have taught us over the last few years, it’s…
Happy 30th Birthday to Super Mario Bros.!
September 13, 1985, was a great day. Upon it a plumber appeared without delay. Perilous was his journey to save his one true love, Peach. Easily, though, he stomped goombas and koopas each. Rage quitting the game was common, it’s true. But Many a gamer still sought to come through. And Awaiting Mario at the…
The Pixelated Trend
When I started playing video games, it was the era of “early 8-bit” (Atari) and “8-bit” (NES) graphics both astounding (Super Mario Bros. 3) and terrible (Home Run). That “video game look” pervaded pop culture until “pixel” was as common a word in our lexicon as “game.” And we loved our sprites no matter how…
Today in Gaming History: 10/18/2013
October 18, 1985: Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) released After the video game crash of the early 1980s, there didn’t seem be much left to salvage. But what may have been perceived as the end was really only the beginning. After finding success in Japan for several months as the Famicom system, the 8-bit NES hit…
Community Post: The most important thing
Note: This post is going to be a bit different from my normal opinion pieces. In fact, it’s not so much an opinion piece as a personal account of my experiences with coop games. In other words, it’s going to be a lot sappier and more personal than you might be used to from me!…
My “Deserted Island” Games – NES/SNES edition
After completing a lot of day dreaming and soul searching, I decided to combine the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) and Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) into one post for this installment of my “deserted games” series. Why? It’s certainly not because I didn’t love the SNES to death, because I did. But as fun as…
VIRTUAL BASTION 