Year: 2017

October 17, 2017

Grave Rivalry – The Fate of Competing Video Game Heroes

Most video game publishers kept friendly relationships with each other, rarely referencing or parodying other games or characters other than …

October 17, 2017

This entry is part 1 of 2 in the series Saturday Night Slam Masters

Throughout the years, several heavy hitters had entered the virtual wrestling arena for a chance to be crowned the champion …

October 17, 2017

This entry is part 1 of 2 in the series Mad Max

Despite the popularity of post-apocalyptic movies dying down a bit in the late eighties, and countless video games released in …

October 16, 2017

This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series Dark Seed

Dark Seed II picks up a year after the ending of the original. Mike has had the good sense to …

October 16, 2017

This entry is part 1 of 2 in the series Dark Seed

Ridley Scott’s 1979 movie Alien still ranks as one of the scariest movies ever made. There are at least a …

October 16, 2017

Harvester looks like it was deliberately crafted after Senator Liebermann’s 1991 hearings about violence in video games. It is intensely bloody, …

October 16, 2017

With such titles as Tyrian, ZZT, Jill of the Jungle and Jazz Jackrabbit under their belt, Epic Megagames was a major contender in the PC gaming …

October 16, 2017

This entry is part 1 of 2 in the series Deathsmiles

As the scrolling shooter, long an arcade mainstay, quietly followed its native venue into obscurity, diehard fans found some solace …

October 16, 2017

This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series Blood

On Halloween of 1998, Monolith released Blood II: The Chosen, the first and only official sequel to the original Blood. Set one …

October 16, 2017

This entry is part 1 of 2 in the series Blood

In the mid-nineties, FPS giants like Doom, Duke Nukem 3D, and Quake ruled the roost, causing gamers to sacrifice their social lives and embrace …