The splinter in my heart is Sonic, my highly attractive yet brutally abusive lover. He (and by direct extension, SEGA) have continually hurt me, when all I’ve wanted is for him to love me as he used. to in those early, tender years. I sincerely ask SEGA to either stop with the Sonic bullshit or I’m walking away. Forever.
What’s 10 in Hedgehog years? What’s 20? This year we were fortunate enough to witness two massively important SEGA console milestones: the anniversaries of the Genesis (20!) and Dreamcast (10!) consoles. There’s something entirely awesome about a beloved console celebrating its 20th anniversary, and having gamers who were there during those early days look back [...]
What does an intrepid gamer and a major developer’s surprising lack of security surrounding an announced game equal? An early reveal of Hudson’s Bonk revival! Videoman, a poster at the NeoGAF forums, was poking around on Hudson’s site looking for information on Lost in Shadow, when he starting messing around with inputting random URLs. This [...]
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 [...]
It’s said that the only guarantees in life are death and taxes, but I’d like to ammend that statement with an extra category: an annual Sega hardware rumor. Since the premature exit of the beloved Sega Dreamcast, the rumor mill gets a-grindin’, churning out a small dose of hope to which fanboys and retrogamers cling [...]
I missed out on a lot of great games, growing up. Either because I didn’t have the right console or because I was a stupid kid and was way more interested in miscellaneous crap. There are dozens, if not hundreds, of excellent games that I have never even touched – – I don’t think I’m [...]
A while back, I turned an accusing eye toward beat ‘em ups, but let it be known that I’m still a devoted fan of the genre, despite its repetitive nature and numerous flaws. Although there are plenty of gameplay tweaks that can be done to breathe new life into the category, I’m going to focus on the positive by highlighting the best BEUs of all time.
Tecmo may have permanently cemented itself into the hearts of sports gamers with Tecmo Bowl/Tecmo Super Bowl (NES), but the company also dabbled into a rather lively, arcade-style game of hoops with Tecmo NBA Basketball (NES) and Tecmo Super NBA (Genesis/SNES). Besides the out-of-control rips, there wasn’t much in the way of defense, which made [...]
