When I set out to race motorbikes, I only do so in full arenas filled with glowing people. You won’t see me in the X-Games, or on the Dew Tour. I gather some close companions who don’t really matter one way or the other and race against the clock. It’s not a hard profession but sometimes it can be very difficult to be successful. Thanks to the lessons I learned from Excitebike, I can always strive for the tallest podium [...]
Nintendo is everyone’s favorite punching bag these days. Whether it be through the mishandling of the launch of its newest handheld the 3DS, or the lack of quality games being released on the Wii, Nintendo has taken a beating on the internet. And there might be recorded evidence that I am one of those bashers, but I’ll never give up on Nintendo. Say it’s mindless loyalty built from being brainwashed as a young child to love everything Nintendo, but that [...]
Throughout history there have been partnerships that have saved the universe. Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck. Tango and Cash. Hulk Hogan and Macho Man. But none of these duos have ever reached the heights of fame as well as infamy as two guys who go by the code names of Mad Dog and Scorpion. However, there is something you might not know about Bill Rizer and Lance Bean. They weren’t always friends. In fact, it was because of the vile [...]
There was a time, not too long ago, when the evil forces of the vile Red Falcon had yet to take over. Bill Rizer and Lance Bean had yet to take on much more itimidating names, and this author had yet to discover alcohol. Oh, how the times have changed. But now that my friends are known as Mad Dog and Scorpion and I am hammered, I’m ready to take on the alien invasion thanks to the lessons I learned [...]
The Adventures of Bayou Billy might have flown under many radars when it was first released in North American in June of 1989. It had previously been released under the nom de guerre “Mad City” in August 1988 in Japan, where surprisingly it was much easier than its region 1 counterpart. Because Bayou Billy was so difficult, most people don’t remember the variety of gameplay options it brought to the table, combining genres for the first time. My own experience with [...]
Ever since I was a child, I wanted to see the Robotic Operating Buddy for the NES, or R.O.B, in action. I’d seen about half of the pieces floating around my house growing up, but it always seemed like there wasn’t quite enough there to make it work. This thing looked like an awesome toy, if only I could use it. Every few years I think I tried to complete the machine and bring it to life, but with no [...]
Gaming Cynic – I woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning. My usually jovial self will be taking a mental health day. Instead, I’ll be looking at everything in my life through a half empty glass. I’ll get over it, but my pissy mood wants to burn some bridges first. Like anyone, I love an underdog story. Being the smallest of three siblings, I tended to associate more with the characters whose lives were more of [...]
There are a ton of options out there in terms of cases for iPhones, but none are as cool as the ones created by Strapya World. The site is carrying seven video game related cases in total. There are four Sega related cases (Genesis, Saturn, Dreamcast, and Puyo Puyo), two Final Fantasy cases (Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children), and a super cool retro Famicom controller case. Made specifically for the iPhone 4, the Sega and Nintendo cases are hard while [...]
If you played any game from my golden age of video games (8-bit era) then you know that each game had its own unique level of challenge. I am sure that there is a lot of revisionist history when it comes to nostalgic games, but any gamer that grew up around a NES knows what I am talking about. Those gamers also know that the current generation of games are vastly different when it comes to graphical appearance, music & [...]
Before I could spend my own money willy nilly and own as many consoles as I so desire (or can afford), I usually had to give up the previous generation in order to get the new hotness. I sold my original NES and all the games in a garage sale along with my He-Man action figures and Castle Grayskull to be able to buy the Super Nintendo. I sold the SNES to get the Nintendo 64 and sold the N64 [...]
