There are a handful of games that have never received follow-ups, truly deserved another series entry, or simply left questions that diehards need answered. I present to you the four games that I need before I taste the reaper’s cold touch.
Bits and Bytes is a weekly round up of some of the more interesting gaming news items that happened to slip through the cracks during our normal posting schedule. They’re presented here in easily-digestible bite-size chunks. Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter for more 2D gaming commentary. Poppin’ Online Just after a week after [...]
Some young’uns reading this may be a lil’ too green to remember Ken Griffey, Jr. before he wore the Mask of the Cincinnati Reds Death. If you’re one of those unfortunate few, and you’d like to witness a portion of his greatness, check out Griff’s self-titled cartridge for the SNES. Although game companies of that [...]
Virtual Vox Pop is a weekly open mic in which we ask you, the reader, to sound off on a particular topic. This week, it’s role-playing games. I hate RPGs. Not the genre itself, but many of the more insane and repetitive trappings that have become synonymous with role-playing games. Random battles. Your typical sword [...]
Say what you will about the general non-excitement of a series based on farming and agriculture, but Harvest Moon is one of the rare RPG franchises that actually garners my attention with each release. The fact that it’s decidedly non-swords/dragons/spells/grinding certainly helps, as that aspect of gaming has been beat to death with a dusty [...]
Ever since Freddy’s ragged gloved hand dragged Jason’s equally ragged mask to Hades in Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday, slasher flick fans have been clamoring for cinematic mass murderer crossovers. Although they finally got Freddy vs. Jason a decade later, it only included two blood-thirsty madmen – – what of the rest? Hur4c4n’s [...]
Think fast – – outside of the Neo Geo and the Japanese Sega Saturn, how many consoles comes bundled with an excellent controller that’s conducive to a robust fighting experience? None, most likely. I’ll be honest, this post was born from a desire to find a controller that wouldn’t work against me as I crafted [...]
Bits and Bytes is a weekly round up of some of the more interesting gaming news items that happened to slip through the cracks during our normal posting schedule. They’re presented here in easily-digestible bite-size chunks. Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter for more 2D gaming commentary. Virtual Insanity? Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue [...]
I’ll be honest, folks: I ain’t too proud to beg. SXSW 2010, the freaknik for the geek set, is currently voting on panel proposals – – and 2D-X is all up in that process. If you click the image above, you’ll be magically transported to the panel voting page where you can cast your vote [...]
Take the combined might of McGwire, Bonds, Sammy, and Canseco, multiply it by the entire membership of Cooperstown, toss in a couple of steroid needles, and place the Frankensteinian creation into digital form, and you have power equivalent to just the bottom third of the American Dreams’ lineup. When it comes to pure offense, [...]
