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 space shooters. Like the mighty and noble Brachiosaurus (at least that’s how I imagined the beast after watching Jurassic Park), the space shooter once ruled the landscape with a quiet [...]

The 20th anniversary of the Sega Genesis’ U.S. debut will soon be upon us, so it shouldn’t be too surprising that all manner of Genny product will be introduced in time to satisfy nostalgia-drunk gamers. And I welcome it. Hyperkin is one those companies. In late August, it will release two Sega-licensed game systems: The [...]

Expert console modder Bacteria (ew) revealed his latest creation: a bulbous, red, portable TurboGrafx-16! It sports an official Sony PSone screen with a 5.4-inch display, a built-in battery that lasts three hours between each recharge, a region-free switch for American and Japanese PC Engine games, and turbo switches for the action buttons. Like Bacteria’s previous [...]

This Memorial Day, the 2D-X crew pays respect to the courageous men and women who’ve bravely entered the line of fire by looking back at some of the more awesome videogame examples of soldiers at work. We’re not talking realistic first-person shooters like Call of Duty; it’s all about hardcore, near-mindless twitch soldiering that dominated [...]