Last week I kicked-off my segment of Rare Scares month with the Temple Guardian from DK64. I was pretty sure at the time that that would be my only entry from the Donkey Kong games, but here we are with another one, and from Donkey Kong Country 2 no less! DKC2 is probably my absolute…
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Rare Scares: The “Unforgettable” King RedEye
In video games, boss fights are often meant to be an epic affair where our heroes face off against a foe that is, more often than not, super powerful, huge, or both. For these reasons, only the most memorable of boss encounters can be chosen for our Unforgettable series, as we simply can’t pick them…
Rare Scares: The Spooky Mumbo Portrait in Mad Monster Mansion
For October of 2018, we’re going to be focusing on Rare Scares, a delightfully spooky series that’s all about the scarier moments in Rareware games. To start out the Duck’s own posts on the topic, I thought it was only fitting to discuss something that has haunted me since ducklinghood. It’s creepy and just a…
Star Fox Adventures and Some Deep Thoughts
I often feel as if video games double as a means to time travel. This is true of many things, like the hard strawberry candies that never fail to transport me back to my childhood, when my parents and I used to visit my great grandmother. Memories are a powerful thing that can make the…
Challenge Mode: The Test of Fear
Video games have certain moments that you could say I live for. Those Unforgettable moments. The moments when the music Resonates with you so well that it takes the game to the next level. And then there are those that remind us that video games can be more than just a fun romp through a…
The Duck’s Top 10 Video Game Songs
While we have discussed often songs that have resonated with us (and the Duck has frequently listed top 5’s and 10’s from various games over on my own blog), we have yet to compile a list of our top songs from video games in general. Today, I am going to right this wrong with a…
A Trio of Silly Glitches
Sometimes, even our games like to play little pranks on us. And seeing as it is April, what better month to call out my games on their immature behavior? Below we will be discussing three silly glitches I encountered during my recent gaming endeavors.
Project Dream’s Evolution into Banjo-Kazooie
For years, the mysteries surrounding Banjo-Kazooie have fascinated me. One of these mysteries was, of course, the infamous Stop ‘n’ Swop, an unused feature in the game that, while never implemented (not until the XBox Live Arcade anyway) in the Nintendo 64 era as intended, was still outright talked about by the characters as if…
Listmas 2017: The Duck’s 2017 Gaming List
Merry Listmas, dear readers! With the end of the year growing ever nearer, I thought it would be fun to look back on all the games I had played in 2017. It’s been a great year for gaming, not to mention an extremely productive one. I mean, wowie! Fifteen games? How did I manage that!
Tricks, Treats, and Feats: Bottles’ Revenge
Is it just me, or is there something rather unsettling when parts of a game are cut from the finished product, but remain, nonetheless, as part of the game’s code? It’s kind of like discovering a hidden, boarded-up room on the other side of your bedroom wall, or learning that your house was built atop…
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