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  • One Man’s Quest to Review Every 16-Bit Game

    One Man’s Quest to Review Every 16-Bit Game

    I’ve played, reviewed, and documented my thoughts about every single game that was released in North America during the 16-bit era. Crazy, right? That’s 716 Super Nintendo, 704 Sega Genesis, and 95 TurboGrafx-16 games, for a grand total of 1,515 fourth-generation titles. Obviously, this begs two questions: Why would you do such a thing? My…

  • 16 Underrated NES Games

    16 Underrated NES Games

    The Nintendo Entertainment System is one of the most successful and most enduring video game consoles ever invented. Following the North American console crash, the NES emerged not only as the dominating force in home gaming, but as a pop culture icon so ubiquitous as to be almost unmatched in its ubiquitatious ubiquitosity! Mario, Metroid,…

  • Final Fantasy vs Dragon Warrior pt 1: A deep dive into JRPGs for the NES

    Final Fantasy vs Dragon Warrior pt 1: A deep dive into JRPGs for the NES

    …in the Japanese version…a woman offers to sell puff-puff – a Japanese onomatopoeia for a girl rubbing her breasts in someone’s face, or juggling her own breasts. In the North American version, the woman sells tomatoes.

  • The 15 Best Sega Dreamcast RPGs

    The 15 Best Sega Dreamcast RPGs

    Sega’s systems have had plenty of great RPGs, but like Rodney Dangerfield, they get no respect.  Sega Dreamcast was a very intriguing system that never lived up to its full potential. Despite having internet connectivity and good graphics, the Dreamcast lacked the sales to keep up with the competition.  Remember, the system suffered from the…

  • Let Barrow Hill fill your Horror Void

    Let Barrow Hill fill your Horror Void

    Looking for a horror game to give you a scare this coming Halloween? Barrow Hill: Curse of the Ancient Circle is a pretty solid choice to fill that void. Barrow Hill: Curse of the Ancient Circle is a first person Point-and-Click horror game that relies very heavily on a scary atmosphere and environment.  It was…

  • PlayStation 5 Needs to Make Sequels to These PSX RPGs

    PlayStation 5 Needs to Make Sequels to These PSX RPGs

    The PlayStation 5 is arriving soon, and we’re all pretty excited about that, right? With the future on the horizon, I can’t help but take a glance back at some of the games that were on the original system. Several high-quality RPGs came out on the PSX and then died with the system, and I’d…

  • How to Create the Perfect Gaming Room

    How to Create the Perfect Gaming Room

    As a gamer, you’re only as good as your setup. From distractions to faulty equipment, these are just some of the hindrances that can hold you back from getting the gold. If you’re ready to take your gaming to the next level, it’s time to upgrade your gaming room. Whether you’re creating a finished basement…

  • How to Build Your Dream Gaming Setup

    How to Build Your Dream Gaming Setup

    If you’re a gamer, you need a good setup in order to be at the top of the leaderboards. Although you might think that your setup doesn’t matter, it can actually impact your ability to win. So, what can you do as a new gamer? Well, we’ve got your back. Below, we’ve assembled some things…

  • How to Install the Town with No Name (DOSBOX)

    How to Install the Town with No Name (DOSBOX)

    Alright everyone, I got a request from a few people to let them know where to a) find the DOS version of The Town With No Name and b) what I did to get it to work properly. I mentioned in my Town With No Name Review and Psycho Killer reviews (shameless plug) that these…

  • Skill Versus Luck in Gaming

    Skill Versus Luck in Gaming

    Tell anyone as recently as a decade ago that there would soon be a generation of players who could become millionaires just through playing video games and the chances are that they wouldn’t have believed you. To then go on to say that millions of people would choose to watch them compete in tournaments either…

  • Final Fantasy 16’s New Trailer: The Good, Bad, the Ugly

    Final Fantasy 16’s New Trailer: The Good, Bad, the Ugly

    The Final Fantasy 16 trailer came out last week and it was… interesting, to say the least. This is the first main entry into the series since the boy band days of Final Fantasy 15. With the little bit of information that we have to go on, it seems like we have some good, bad,…

  • Why World of Warcraft Needs to End After Shadowlands

    Why World of Warcraft Needs to End After Shadowlands

    Making the case for a WoW 2.0 I don’t know about you, but I’m hype for World of Warcraft: Shadowlands. Everything from the level squish to the story has me raring to go. In fact, I wrote a whole article about why I am in the engineer’s room on the hype train. Still, I can’t…

  • Has the Playstation 2 Pricing Bubble Finally Popped?

    Has the Playstation 2 Pricing Bubble Finally Popped?

    After a wild, wild summer, Playstation 2 game prices are finally kinda sorta starting to stabilize. The market will never be the same, but generally speaking, Playstation 2 Prices have Finished Exploding and the PS2 bubble seems to have popped. The COVID-19 quarantine has had a profound impact on game prices. Titles for aging systems like…

  • Superliminal – A Mind-Bending Experience

    Superliminal – A Mind-Bending Experience

    First person puzzle platformers aren’t a genre of video games that is widely discussed. At least not that I hear. That doesn’t mean that they are not on the market but, to me, they seem to be few and far between. I’ve noticed that every first person puzzle platformer tends to have a theme since…

  • The Top 15 Game Boy RPGs

    The Top 15 Game Boy RPGs

    First things first: I conflated the Game Boy and Game Boy Color RPGs. Sue me.  Seriously, though, I get that they’re two different systems, but I like big lists of RPGs from the same generation. That’s what you’re gonna get here.  If you are a fan of Game Boy RPGs, then the chances are you…

  • Review: PDP Gaming’s LVL50 Wired Headset for PS4

    Review: PDP Gaming’s LVL50 Wired Headset for PS4

    We got the chance to check out PDP Gaming’s new LVL50 Headset for PS4. Here’s how it went. Streaming video games can be an intimidating ordeal. So many things run through the inexperienced streamer before they get started: Which game do I play? Do I have the capture equipment/program set up correctly? Can my computer…