Retro game reviews, game memories and more

It was the day before the Nintendo Wii launched in the USA. Even though I hadn’t played much Nintendo over the past few years, I was excited for the Wii launch. Of course, my girlfriend and I both owned a Nintendo DS and loved it. So, partly because of the success of the Nintendo DS, [...]

I just watched the Boston Celtics defeat the Los Angeles Lakers in the 2008 NBA Finals. Before this year, the last time the two teams faced each other in the Finals was way back in 1987. It actually doesn’t seem that long ago to me. The days of NES, Sega Master System, Commodore, Bird vs. [...]

Another one of my fondest videogame memories combines the greatness of the Rocky movies, the Rocky videogame for the Sega Master System, and one of my favorite stores growing up, Toys R Us. Back in the late 80’s, I was a huge fan of both the NES and the Sega Master System. In the back [...]

This week on the Nintendo Wii Virtual Console we see the release of a new Neo-Geo game. Hurray! This time, it is the nearly forgotten Ninja Combat. Ninja Combat was one of the earliest releases for the Neo-Geo MVS Arcade and home system. The game is a 2D co-op fighting game in the same [...]

Having just picked up Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots for the Playstation 3, I’ve been thinking about all things Metal Gear. I haven’t gotten much into the gameplay of Metal Gear Solid 4 yet, so instead of talking about that game I wanted to get nostalgic about my experiences with the series [...]

I was excited to start playing on Xbox Live for the first time. After all, I had enough faith in Microsoft and the Xbox to buy the system on launch day, even before their online service was ready. So the day I was able to finally experience the Xbox Live online service was [...]

One thing the Xbox platform is known for is Xbox Live. The seamless integration of online play, achievements, Xbox Live Arcade, micro transactions, and more have set the standard for what videogames should be in the 21st century. However, things weren’t always as they are today. Back in 2001 when the original Xbox was released, [...]