Tag Archives: SNES

Silver lining Not every game can be BioShock or The Last of Us–for every critically-acclaimed hit, there are dozens of games that end up in the bargain bin. Some of these are total train-wrecks (I’m looking at you, Ride to Hell: Retribution), but others actually have some damn good ideas …

We prep for E3 2014 and run down the biggest rumors going into the show, covering new games from Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft and more. Hosts: Hollander Cooper, Sophia Tong, Henry Gilbert, Ryan Taljonick, Question of the week: What’s your craziest E3 2014 prediction? Let us know to possibly win a …

Who, exactly, asked for this? You and I don’t run multimillion-dollar video game companies. We’re not fully cognizant of all the incredibly hard work, nerve-wracking deadlines, and unforeseen costs that go into making amazing games; we simply want to play and enjoy the finished product. But even if we’re not …

Party like it’s 1989 Blah blah indie games. Blah blah, cheap NES game rip-offs. Weve all heard the tedious battlecry of the anti-indie backlash by now. Its usually a load of old rot; an uninformed nonsense-rant that takes the pixelart aesthetic as a jumping off point and then looks no …

Mein shooter Wolfenstein 3D was released in 1992–meaning that the Wolfenstein franchises is over 20 years old. Gaming was in a much different place back then. The SNES has only just launched, and the first-person shooter genre wasn’t really a thing. Back then, the idea of walking around and shooting …

Let me begin Back in my college days, I was forced to take a speech class in order to complete my degree. Being that I didnt have any great fear of public speaking, I figured this would be a simple class I could easily breeze through. The professor I ended …

Please go easy on me Fighting game bosses are built from the ground up to be the most unfair, cheap duels possible. Think about it in the context of a ’90s arcade: You’ve sunk an outrageous amount of quarters and minutes of your time into this arcade machine, fighting tooth …

They’re a couple of misfits… Shooter, action-adventure, RPG, fighting as long as Ive been playing games, theyve all fit into a categorical genre that allows me to know what Im getting into before I even press Start. I knew Final Fantasy was a role-playing epic before I even opened the …

Minutemen The scenario: At any second, your best friend is going to pull into your driveway to pick you up for a night on the town. Perhaps youll grab a savory, nutritious meal from Taco Bell before heading to the local theater. Maybe youll go straight to the bar, where …

This week’s show talks weapons, flaming Kindles, and… rubber ducks? Seriously? Yeah. We got off track, but it made for some good stuff. Give it a listen! Hosts: Hollander Cooper, Lucas Sullivan, Anthony Snyder, Lorenzo Veloria, Henry GilbertQuestion of the week: What is your favorite game weapon, and why? Answer …