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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…

  • The Five Types of People Crawling Back to Blizzard for Diablo 2: Resurrected

    The Five Types of People Crawling Back to Blizzard for Diablo 2: Resurrected

    Diablo II: Resurrected is almost here, and many fans of the first game, myself included, are going to put aside our collective disappointment with Blizzard to come back and pour our “precious” lives away into this time sink.  Think about that for a second. We are willing to buy and play a game (with a…

  • The Steam Deck is NOT a Threat to Nintendo

    The Steam Deck is NOT a Threat to Nintendo

    Valve’s latest foray into the unforgiving world of gaming hardware is their impressive Steam Deck. I’m sure you know all about it, but for the sake of the uninformed (and Google’s search algorithm), let’s talk briefly about what the Deck is, what it does, and why so many gamers are calling it a “Nintendo Switch…

  • The REAL Reason We Can’t Have a Switch Pro (Maybe)

    The REAL Reason We Can’t Have a Switch Pro (Maybe)

    Everyone grab your fancy suits and Sunday dresses because a new Switch is coming to town! Wow, it looks so amazing I can’t wait to see what’s inside! Oh, wait…. Is that? Is that the same Switch I have now with a fancier shirt on? False alarm everyone. Grab the sweatpants and liquor, we’re sitting…

  • We Might See the Death of Twitch–and Maybe That’s a Good Thing

    We Might See the Death of Twitch–and Maybe That’s a Good Thing

    Most of us would be lying if we said we didn’t fantasize about playing games for a living but is Twitch really the best platform in which to live out our dreams? Twitch certainly does have huge viewership potential as well as fun and unique ways for viewers to interact with the channel. However, it’s…

  • How big will eSports become?

    How big will eSports become?

    Back in 1980, a competitive Space Invaders tournament made history, but nobody realised it at the time. 40 years later, we now look back at this as the first ever eSports event, as 10,000 gamers went head to head to see who could record the highest score. It was a sign of things to come…

  • Our Favorite Mods for Stardew Valley

    Our Favorite Mods for Stardew Valley

    Mods have been a part of gaming for me. I used to do mods for older games myself and I always find it fascinating how small changes in the games affect the way you play and have fun in the game. I think vanilla games are still fun, but when you see something inside of…

  • Forced Scarcity in Gaming – Ripping Off Fans with FOMO and Market Manipulation

    Forced Scarcity in Gaming – Ripping Off Fans with FOMO and Market Manipulation

    With new console and PC part sales on the rise, you have likely heard of the scarcity problem the tech industry is facing right now. Let me be the first to say that finding and purchasing a PlayStation 5 is nearly impossible, and it doesn’t look like this will be changing anytime soon. All of…

  • The Best 25 NES RPGs

    The Best 25 NES RPGs

    The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) was an incredibly important system for role-playing games. Although the Atari 2600 was critical to bringing games into our homes, the NES was better equipped to handle RPGs. The NES had the hardware to allow ports of RPGs that were previously limited to PCs and also introduced several famous game…

  • The State of the Video Gaming Industry

    The State of the Video Gaming Industry

    Video games have been providing amusement for both children and adults for decades. They’ve come a long way since the early days of computer games and the original Nintendo and Atari consoles. Video games have gotten more lifelike than ever before, with pixelated graphics and restricted acoustics becoming a distant past. Video games improve in…

  • Stop Making Obstacles I Could Clearly Walk Over!

    Stop Making Obstacles I Could Clearly Walk Over!

    I was playing Fallout 76 with my friend the other night. We were running around in our oversized power armor with paint skins I’ll never admit how much I paid for, scavenging for scrap, and just trying to level up for some perk cards. I saw some feral ghouls on the road beneath us. I…

  • 25 NES Hidden Gems You’ve Got To Try

    25 NES Hidden Gems You’ve Got To Try

    How hidden can a gem possibly be? I mean, we’ve had like 35 years to discover these games. Presumably, they were never really hidden. This list should be more like Games You Forgot. But “hidden gems” is such a buzzword, I’d rather use it. Regardless, there is a massive number of NES games that are…

  • 10 Sega CD Games that Might Justify Owning One

    10 Sega CD Games that Might Justify Owning One

    Even if the Sega franchise strikes you as dabbling in old school gaming, it is well worth a look at the systems. Some of the original Sega CD (or Mega-CD in Europe) games have an astounding amount of appeal that lovers of all things gaming should consider giving a try.