It’s easy to roll your eyes when a game you don’t like gets included in a collection or gets released as a port/remaster on modern platforms. Just remember that the same thinking that put those games where they are is…
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Sony’s trying to sell a $700 PlayStation 5 this holiday season that…frankly, doesn’t do much the existing PlayStation 5 can’t. How about buying a machine that can properly and fully celebrate PlayStation’s 30-year history instead?
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If we’re honest, AAA has been digesting itself for quite some time, currently manifesting itself in the form of high-profile game cancellations, studio closures, and mass layoffs. However, a certain corner of the gaming audience is hyping this up as…
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06 May 2024
It seemed like that was that in Fall 2021 when Microsoft shuttered their backward compatibility development with one final and substantial wave of releases. One need only look at the percentage of games on their legacy platforms to understand just…
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Virtua Fighter’s main appeal has always been its unique approach to the fighting genre compared to its contemporaries. Is Sega on the verge of throwing it all away at the hands of the man who attempted bringing SoulCalibur in line…
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COVID-19 really diminished E3’s presence, and therefore its perceived value, in the years before the ESA finally pulled the plug. That shouldn’t distract you from the fact that it was one of the few truly unifying events on gaming’s calendar…
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The Game Awards seldom do much for me, but I’ll certainly make an exception for the 2023 edition. Sega really showed out this year, but just as they implied in the Power Surge trailer, there’s a lot more to come….
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There’s a truly detestable demographic out there of people trying to commodify retro games, greatly complicating things for people getting into the retro gaming market with the intention of actually playing what they buy. Thankfully, there’s a healthy reproduction scene…
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I’ve spent a lot of time on my channel lately talking about the PC Engine, largely because there’s been so much to talk about. Now it’s time to give my honest take on the system, its library, and ultimately what…
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I’ve just about had it with ninth-gen’s underdelivering, and the constant black eyes being taken by the highly-touted digital side of the marketplace is exacerbating the problem to the point that I’m nearly ready to give up on it.. How…
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Editor’s Note: A code for the DLC was provided by Team17, but the game was purchased by the player. This is the DLC for Dredge that adds a new icy landmass to the world for you to explore its mysteries…
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I’ve recently realized that I haven’t really gone very deeply into what has made the Switch my main console these days, which I figure makes it a perfect entry in my growing “What I Really Think Of…” series.
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