Every Zelda Game (I’ve Played) Ranked: Part 2
Here are my top ranked games in The Legend of Zelda series! Oracle of Ages & Oracle of Seasons Year: 2001 Format: Game Boy Color With classic Nintendo timing, not […]
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Every Zelda Game (I’ve Played) Ranked: Part 1
To celebrate the release of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, I’m taking a look back at the games I love. Here is my (loose) ranking of The […]
Atari: Game Over Review
In the beginning was Atari. The Atari 2600 defined the home console market. Atari (in its first iteration) was a company at the top of the world in the early […]
Mario Kart Wii Retrospective
Who knows how the Nintendo Switch version of Mario Kart will turn out, but it will be hard to part with Mario Kart Wii. Though now nearly a decade old, […]
The Bitmap Brothers: Universe Review
Do you remember the Bitmap Brothers? Gods, The Chaos Engine, Xenon 2, Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe – some of the greatest coin-ops never made. The Bitmap Brothers created sublime arcade […]
The Atari ST Mixtape: Vol. 2
Wizkid Wizkid defies definition. Sensible Software’s unique title is an arcade game of sorts, in which your character (a disembodied green head) floats around a screen dislodging bricks to kill […]
The Atari ST Mixtape: Vol. 1
Chiptunes bring it all back. Video game music from the 16-bit era – that’s the music of your childhood. Here are a few tunes that make me think of growing […]
Bust-A-Move Retrospective
You’ve seen and passed over Bust-A-Move countless times. Today you could mistake it for any number of tile-matching puzzlers that pad out the iPhone App Store. But Bust-A-Move is far […]
N64 – The Best of Multiplayer
On its 20th anniversary, the Nintendo 64 still holds a special place for a generation of gamers. With classics including Super Mario 64 and not one but two great Zelda […]
Zelda: Oracle of Ages & Oracle of Seasons Retrospective
Summer 2001, and Nintendo does what only it can – looks backwards and forwards at the same time. While Nintendo’s handheld gaming legacy was being passed to the new Game […]
The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening Retrospective
Ask The Legend of Zelda fans which is the darkest, strangest entry in the adventure series and the answer will invariably be Majora’s Mask. But Link’s first Game Boy adventure, […]
FIFA vs. Pro Evolution Soccer vs. Sensible Soccer
The definitive, objective, and mostly serious buyer’s guide to which soccer video game is the best. If you are a fan of either FIFA or Pro Evolution Soccer (or both) […]
Donkey Kong Retrospective
In 1994 Nintendo went back to where it all began with a remake of Donkey Kong. Though to call this Game Boy platformer a remake is unfair. Overlooked and underappreciated, […]
Advance Wars: Dual Strike Retrospective
Stay hydrated. Walk around the cabin at regular intervals. Stretch and exercise. All good advice for surviving a long distance flight, but I was too busy playing Advance Wars: Dual […]
The Ledge Grab – An Appreciation
How the Humble Handhold Changed Gaming. Raiders of the Lost Ark opens with a famous set-piece – Indiana Jones escaping from an ancient Peruvian temple laden with booby traps, including […]
Marathon – 20th Anniversary Retrospective
Before Halo and Destiny, there was Marathon. In 1994, only a year after id Software’s Doom defined a genre, Marathon takes the template and runs with it. Released on the […]
The Chaos Engine – Review and Retrospective
“So, you spent $10… on a twenty year old video game… that you already own?” This was the question put to me by a family member, confused by my recent […]
The Chaos Engine – Steampunk Classic Set for Remake
The Bitmap Brothers’ 1993 classic top-down shooter The Chaos Engine is being remade for PC, Mac and Linux. Older gamers rejoice! The original game was set in a steampunk Victorian […]
Life Lessons from Sensible World of Soccer
Originally released in 1992, Sensible Soccer is the answer to the video game debate: which is better, FIFA or Pro Evolution Soccer? The brilliance of “Sensi” is in its simplicity. […]
