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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…
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Collecting retro Nintendo doesn’t have to be expensive, actually.
Greedy doodoo-heads seem determined to make my favorite hobby unaffordable. It’s been a little while since DKOldies started popping off on social media, but their legacy of severely overpriced retro games still lives on. For now, at least. Astute readers already know where I’m headed. Yes, this post exists in large part to promote the…
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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,…
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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.
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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…
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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…
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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…
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The Top 20 SNES RPGs Everyone Should Play
The SNES RPGs continued older franchises and introduced new ones. Together, the series developed on this system would attract new fans and dominate the global market. In fact, many of the major series are still alive and kicking today!
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Bigger is NOT Better: Halo Infinite and Open World Games
Since its announcement, much speculation has surrounded Halo: Infinite, the seventh main installment in Microsoft’s flagship franchise. Among the most common questions was whether the newest Halo would be an open-world game. In a recent article published by Destructoid, it was revealed that while the game does appear to encompass most, if not all, of its…
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How Final Fantasy XVI can do the impossible and please its pickiest fans
Final Fantasy XVI is going to face a lot of scrutiny. While FF7R probably slaked the thirst of RPG fans, players went into the game knowing what they were getting, more or less. Now, following the positively received FFXV, Square Enix has the impossible task of trying to please the players and critics. Do they do…
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Why I’m Recklessly Optimistic About World of Warcraft: Shadowlands (You Should Be Too)
The World of Warcraft: Shadowlands beta is here, and that means we are staring down the barrel of a new expansion. Now that Battle for Azeroth is waning (to put it nicely) and so much new information about the next expansion has emerged, I’m starting to feel very excited. While some people might not be…
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Get these 5 PS3 Games While They’re Still Cheap (ish)
The predictions here are based strictly on reading the value curve of these games, along with supplementary research to see how many copies were printed, how well they sold and that sort of thing.
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Deliriant Game Review
Deliriants are defined as a class of hallucinogen. The term was introduced by David F. Duncan and Robert S. Gold to distinguish these drugs from psychedelics and dissociatives, such as LSD and ketamine respectively, due to their primary effect of causing delirium, as opposed to the more lucid states produced by such other hallucinogens as…
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World of Warcraft: Shadowlands is already dead to me
“World of Warcraft: Shadowlands,” will be released before the end of this endless year, bringing players of the 16-year-old MMO to Azeroth’s realm of death. Players will meet the spirits of heroes and villains long departed from the world of the living, pursue after Sylvanas Windrunner as she continues to be pushed harder than Roman…
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Grueling Careers that Video Games Made Fun
As a kid, it didn’t even occur to me that some of the games I was playing were based on real careers. Now, I look at a game and marvel at the fact that video games can make even the most mundane tasks fun. At least, that’s what people claim to be having when they’re…
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PS3 Games to Collect Now (Prices are Already Rising)
If you’ve been searching the Google for articles on this topic, you’ve no doubt come across several that discuss the “rarest and most expensive PS3 games.” That’s not what we’re doing here.This post aims to find lower-cost PS3 games that are likely to become collectable over the next few years.
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Remembering some of the worst Playstation 1 Games
Today, the gaming world is moving at a healthy place. From the rise of esports to the growth of gamers streaming online, the offerings in this space have never been so good. Retro gaming is making a comeback too, alongside newer, more sophisticated releases on more technologically advanced consoles. The options are endless. We’re used…