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Editorial: Will a great videogame always be a great videogame?

Editorial: Will a great videogame always be a great videogame?

Jun 22, 2017

There’s a belief out there that “good games are always good games.” You might even call it a mantra. While this may sound surprising coming from someone like me, I don’t necessarily agree. Sometimes what was great in the past “ages out” when we get used to a better, different, or...

Why Video Game Arcades Are Making A Comeback

Why Video Game Arcades Are Making A Comeback

Apr 13, 2017

With technology constantly changing, it is no surprise that finding the best form of gaming experience is a hard one. What with consoles, apps, and the Internet, as soon as something new comes on the market, something else disappears, with people wanting new and different ways to satisfy their gaming...

PAPRIUM, an amazing new beat ’em up for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive released!

PAPRIUM, an amazing new beat ’em up for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive released!

Mar 28, 2017

WaterMelon Games, creators of the excellent Pier Solar and the Great Architects RPG, are back with an all new beat ’em up called PAPRIUM. Featuring an over-the-top setting, oversized characters, and a huge 80 Megabit (that’s 10 Megabytes!) cartridge size, PAPRIUM looks to be a keeper for fans of the...

News: Atari Flashback Classics Volume 1 and Volume 2 for PlayStation 4 (PS4) and Xbox One

News: Atari Flashback Classics Volume 1 and Volume 2 for PlayStation 4 (PS4) and Xbox One

Jun 3, 2016

As often happens, two new upcoming products from AtGames and Atari for the Sony PlayStation 4 (PS4) and Microsoft Xbox One, Atari Flashback Classics Volume 1 and Atari Flashback Classics Volume 2, have been “leaked” ahead of the pending official Press Release thanks to early retailer listings (Amazon for Volume...

Review: Koji Kondo’s Super Mario Bros. Soundtrack (33 1/3)

Review: Koji Kondo’s Super Mario Bros. Soundtrack (33 1/3)

Apr 30, 2016

While I’m not personally familiar with the 33 1/3 book series from Bloomsbury Academic, it’s apparently well regarded for its analyses of famous music. As far as I know, Koji Kondo’s Super Mario Bros. Soundtrack (33 1/3) (Andrew Schartmann; 2015) is their first videogame entry. The legendary Super Mario Bros. (1985) for...

Review: Atari Vault (PC)

Review: Atari Vault (PC)

Mar 24, 2016

Atari is back at it again with another value-packed collection of Atari 2600 VCS and arcade games, which is now available on Steam. Of the 100 games, which I listed yesterday, 18 are arcade games, of which the majority are vector-based. That leaves 82 Atari 2600 games that span the...

Atari Vault: The Official List of 100 Games

Atari Vault: The Official List of 100 Games

Mar 23, 2016

UPDATE: A review is posted here. Now that Atari has officially revealed the list of 100 games included on the soon-to-be-released Atari Vault for PC, which includes a mix of Atari 2600 and arcade games, I can share my own list, properly alphabetized with the corrected names, for reference: 3-D Tic-Tac-Toe...

First Impressions: Midway Arcade for Lego Dimensions (23 classic arcade games)

First Impressions: Midway Arcade for Lego Dimensions (23 classic arcade games)

Mar 16, 2016

I posted some photos to Instagram late last night related to my set up and play of the Midway Arcade Lego Dimensions Level Pack and realized that a lot of you may not know exactly what that game is. I aim to rectify that in this blog post (including the...

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