Video games are a medium where the landscape is changing constantly. Certain trends like retro inspired art, motion control or the use of Rob Zombie’s Dragula can come and go and sometimes define an era in gaming, but some things never change. People will always love colorful platformers, brown and…
I was saving this one but the demand for it was too much for me. This week’s Radvertisements is all about SEGATA SANSHIRO! Segata Sanshiro was a character created to promote the Sega Saturn. His name and appearance are a parody of Sugata Sanshiro, a legenedary Judo fighter from the…
Remember when the creator of Bayonetta was angry that there was fan created porn of the main character? He was already on thin ice with what’s actually featured in the game but after this figure debuts at Wonder Festival in Japan next week he can never complain again. [source: The…
My colleague Stevie Grant did an editorial last week about 10 of Sega’s worst mistakes. You can’t blame him for being so negative. Stevie’s from Britain. He lives in a land made of cobblestone that’s perpetually overcast. It’s a dreary, foggy place where their only means of transportation is by…
If you walk up to any kid who owns one console and tell him you own a different console, he’ll probably call you a faggot. What causes this rampant console fanboy-ism in gamers? Are they just jealous of people who can afford more than one game system? Or do they…
In the 90’s Sega was the shit. It was a period in time where video games had really started to penetrate the public consciousness like it never had before. It could be that games were just getting better and catering to a wider audience. It could be all the TV…
Destructoid posted about a Famiclone system that plays Genesis, SNES and NES games called the RetroN 3.It’s available now for $70.00 but is only $60.00 on Amazon. I’ve been curious about these hybrid and third party consoles lately because being a retro gamer means two things. You obsessively cling to…