Tag Archives: Arcade

Be like Wartortle, my friend Video games aren’t usually the first port of call when it comes to learning a new life skill. After all, what can a mish-mash of crazy polygons possibly teach me about tolerance, or charity, or why I should maybe stop replacing other people’s packed lunches …

Let the battle begin! Boss battles are usually lame. After a long journey through a swamp or over a mountain, you have to stand face to face with the bastard who put you through that obstacle course to finally bring closure to your adventure. Few boss fights follow after Metal …

More clever than a CD key In this increasingly digital era of gaming, many are succumbing to the dark allure of piracy as they look for a way to avoid paying for their interactive entertainment. For as long as there have been games, there have been pirates: people willing to …

Play it again, Sam. And again. And again. Quality gameplay never ages, and you can learn a lot from enjoying the classics. Unfortunately, gaming moves so fast that the dust barely has a chance to settle on your old consoles before new ones come out. If you ever want to …

And check out this video celebrating the Dreamcast games that still look great today… Sweet dreams are made of these 9/9/99 feels like a distant fantasy now. That day in September, when the Dreamcast went on sale in North America, and I purchased the system, it seemed like the start …

Pokken Tournament is just the beginning Did you hear the news about Pokken Tournament? If not, get ready to have your mind blown by the concept of a Tekken game that replaces the cast with the toughest Pokemon imaginable. The game, currently only announced for Japanese arcades in 2015, is …

Remember To The Moon (opens in new tab)? One of the saddest video games ever (opens in new tab)? Now that Freebird Games is releasing A Bird Story (opens in new tab) in November, I was just thinking to myself that I should go back and play To the Moon …

A treasure trove of gaming riches You probably heard all about the great big-name announcements that came out of Sony and Microsoft’s Gamescom press conferences. The Bloodbornes and Halos, the Uncharteds and the Tomb Raiders–great stuff, all of it. But both conferences contained lots of equally interesting games from smaller …

With rumors that Dishonored 2 would be announced at E3 turning out to be a bust, and bits of “insider knowledge” making scarcely convincing promises for Gamescom, it seems people are chomping at the bit to get back to Dishonored’s deep and dreary gaslamp world. I sadly have nothing to …

Headin’ down to San Diego There are many, many gaming and comic conventions throughout the year: but there’s only ONE San Diego Comic-Con. The five day affair takes over the California town every July, and at its the core of the convention are the thousands of vendors selling basically anything …