I’ve always loved secret levels in games. Even if I’ve played through them countless times, knowing they aren’t a part of the main game just makes them feel special, and I like that. When I cover secrets in games, however, I typically write about secrets that aren’t as well known, such as the 1000th Yellow…
Tag: retro
What Makes Super Metroid Great: 21 Years Later
The waning health of my Super Nintendo has been a double-edged sword. On one hand, it is quite a sad day indeed when one of your oldest consoles begins to die. (Well, characters disappearing is definitely a nuisance, to say the least.) Plus, now I need to hunt down a used one, still in working…
Rayman Origins: The New DKC?
As I’ve made my way through Rayman Origins for the third time, I have been surprised at the amount of nostalgia I’ve been feeling while playing this game. It’s not a particularly old one in comparison to many other games in my library, and yet it already has formed this special attachment in my heart…
Revisiting Old Friends
For the first time in my life, I have so many video games that I haven’t had need to replay any of them for quite a while. And yet, for the strangest reason, I have recently had the urge to take a break from my backlog (which involves unplayed games I bought a year or…
Unforgettable: Haunted Hall
I recently had the delight of replaying one of my favorite video games, Donkey Kong Country 2, and I found it rather amusing that after all these years and after all these improvements in the world of gaming, none of the fun of DKC2 has been lost. I don’t care if games nowadays are so…
The Fateful Day: What Happened to My SNES
I was long proud to be one of those few lucky individuals who still had a working Super Nintendo. The old gal served me for a good two decades before I started to notice something was a bit off. The SNES was always a pretty reliable console. It rarely froze. On the large part, it…
If You Could Package Nostalgia
I was recently introduced to Man Crates and tasked with writing a post about gaming nostalgia. What is Man Crates, you ask? Well, after checking out their site, I found that they sell some pretty cool gifts for dudes. In crates. That need to be opened with a good, old-fashioned crowbar. Think of it like a hardcore…
Overlooked: The Secret Krem Koin of DKC2
You may have read a post I wrote about how I can be a naughty cheater sometimes. You may not have. Here’s a recap: I sometimes cheat at video games. Well, I once took my cheating to a whole new level in “Donkey Kong Country 2” many years ago, back when I was really cruddy…
Retro Bound?
As the beginning of 2014, you know how many games for which I was so incredibly excited I was counting down the minutes to the released dates? Exactly zero. That’s not to say I wasn’t looking forward to a few games (South Park: The Stick of Truth, Donkey Kong: Tropical Freeze, and Fable Anniversary, for…
EGX Rezzed- My Highlights
So over the weekend EGX Rezzed was held at the NEC in Birmingham and i was lucky enough to be able to get myself down to it on the Friday. For those who are unaware of what Rezzed is the way i describe it is like a more indie based Eurogamer, although this year for…
VIRTUAL BASTION 