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In anticipation of the Nintendo Switch physical release of Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap, I figured I would take the opportunity to dust off my copy of Wonder Boy In Monster Land for the Sega Master System.

The Commodore 64 in all its beige glory will return to the PC gaming world in 2018. The “Mini” version of the hallowed PC will offer HDMI out, save states, a joystick, and will come pre-loaded with 64

We all have that one friend. The friend who has a Sega instead of a Nintendo or a Colecovision instead of an Atari. This friend tends to lean towards the obscure and likes to talk about “alternative” versions

Superheroes. Countless video games have been created to allow an average Joe to take the form of a superhero and save the universe. Don the cape, strap on the suit, or get really super pissed and suddenly

Fans of Metroidvania are probably happy as all get out in recent years. This genre has seemingly been adopted by independent developers and featured in more games than any other genre I can think of. Piko

Perhaps the biggest problem being a game collector is not having enough time to play all the games I add to my collection. Maybe I get handed a box of dusty old games a friend found in their basement or

On April 7th, the band Journey was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Journey created hits like “Don’t Stop Believing” and “Any Way You Want it” which were perfect tunes to play in the background

The TurboGrafx-16 was the forgotten middle-child of the the 16-bit era. Nintendo was the older "do-no-wrong" sibling while Sega was the loudmouth "look-at-me" younger sibling. The TG16

The Super Nintendo has a huge catalog that includes over 700 titles. Most of them beginning with the word 'super'. To commemorate the anniversary of the system’s release, here is a list of SNES games that

BurgerTime turned 35 years old this year, and what better way to celebrate the wisdom that comes with age than looking back at its hits and misses? BurgerTime began its life in the arcades back in 1982.

While our patience is wearing thin waiting for the ZX Spectrum Next and the ZX Spectrum Vega+, the C64 Mini promises to be one of the better re-imagined retro PC devices to reach the market. As we anxiously

Call of Duty is one of the greatest FPS franchises of all time. It has managed to redefine the FPS genre with amazing visuals and tight gameplay mechanics all the while still providing a venue for the

In memoriam of Malcolm Young, the co-founder of the epic rock band AC/DC. I present to those about to rock, the greatest hits of rock themed video games. Brutal Legend (PS3) Brutal Legend is the ultimate

On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love sent to me, twelve drummers drumming If you haven’t guessed by now, I am a big music and video game geek. Yes, I still own every original console I had as a

On the eleventh day of Christmas my true love sent to me, eleven pipers piping Eleven pipers piping is obviously a reference to playing a wind instrument and if you would like to explore the use of such

On the tenth day of Christmas my true love sent to me, ten lords a-leaping I could have gone two different ways with this entry. One, I could have focused on the word leap and asked you to take a huge

On the ninth day of Christmas my true love sent to me, nine ladies dancing I likes to get funky. In the immortal words of George Clinton, “Free your mind and your ass will follow”. Sadly, my dance move

On the eighth day of Christmas my true love sent to me, eight maids a-milking I am a big believer in the idea that happiness is created through experiences. I’ve heard that many good experiences can occur

On the Seventh day of Christmas my true love sent to me, seven swans a-swimming It’s hard to believe some of the ideas that get greenlighted when it comes to adapting movies or TV shows to video games

On the sixth day of Christmas my true love sent to me, six geese a laying. As inexplicable the bird theme is with this carol, the lyric “six geese a laying” could have been the inspiration for the game