Nowadays, when folks think of Konami, their minds invariably drift to the wild and wacky adventures of one Solid Snake, as he stealthily makes mincemeat of all manner of sci-fi/supernatural/G.I. Joe-level paramilitary freaks. But if you were to hop into the Way Back Machine and touchdown in the late ’80s/early ’90s the Konami name was [...]

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 [...]

Oh, Contra how I do love thee. Many an adolesecent year was spent holed up in my room with buddies, guiding two insanely buffed warriors (carrying guns about the size of their bodies) into a massive firefight with alien intruders. Although Super C and Contra III: The Alien Wars provided a couple of memorable thrills, [...]