A Youtube commenter once said (6 months ago, apparently) “If you say you owned a Dreamcast but never played Power Stone, you never really owned a Dreamcast”. I think I’d have to agree, as the console port of Capcom’s arcade fighter is almost as ubiquitous as Crazy Taxi was during…
I never really watched the Beavis and Butt-head shows growing up. That seems to be for the best. Maybe the show was more enjoyable back when it was socially relevant, but somehow I doubt that. To be fair it has its moments, but overall the low-brow humour is a turn-off…
Star Wars: Episode One came out to diverse opinions, ranging from “It wasn’t that bad,” to you know what. But one thing everyone agrees on is how sweet the podracing scene was. They’ve basically distilled that sequence into a video game and given it the most generic title ever. Star…
An important part of advertising is the mascot. If you associate your product with a colorful cartoon character with his own catchphrase it will be burned into people’s minds. But sometimes the mascot isn’t enough. When this is the case, ad companies will take an already established character or TV…
Having grown up in an age when video games were definitely still on the course to coming into their own, it’s been fun to watch games develop from titles like Kung Fu on the Nintendo Entertainment Systems on up through the latest brawler, Shank. While the mechanics have maintained an…
Hello Sega-addicts. It’s Sunday again, which means it’s time for Forum News. Don’t worry, this week won’t be as bad as usual because I no longer have to steal Internet to write this feature. I have so much time now! Time to think up another excuse for why it sucks…
Hey, people. How was your 9/11? My whole house still smells of smokey delicious Qurans. Time for games of the week!