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Anyone that has been playing video games since the days of the original Doom know things have changed. A Lot. What was once common place, and free, is now locked behind a paywall of some sort. Expansion packs always cost, though there are some companies that gave those away as well. Up until we saw […]
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Kickstarter – In The Line Of Fire – New FPS for the Sega Dreamcast
December 16th, 2016 
Neil Reive The Sega Dreamcast must rank as one of the most underrated videogame consoles of all time and, compared to other classic gaming hardware, we don’t see many games being developed for it. However, that might be about to change thanks to a Kickstarter campaign for In the Line of Fire. From developer Militia Studios, the […]
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Serious Sam’s Bogus Detour Takes the Classic FPS into the 2D Realm
July 11th, 2015 Carl Williams Serious Sam was the joke game that took off and found its legs and a rather large fanbase. This was not a serious game, regardless of the name, as enemies were caricatures of familiar ones from other games. Fans ate it up, big time. The Serious Sam series has not stuck to First Person Shooters […]
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Doom Sees SymbOS Port
October 12th, 2021 Carl Williams Doom was that release that made computers cool again. A release that transcended the stuffiness of computers of the time. Much like Myst did the same year (1993), just a different genre. Considering id Software opened their FPS to gamers the world over, it helped keep it in the spotlight. One area this helped was […]
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Doom 2600 Brings Classic First Person Shooter to Atari 2600 Console
July 24th, 2021 Carl Williams Doom 2600 does something that is technically impossible. It brings id Software’s Doom to the classic gaming console. The Atari 2600 was obviously not designed to do 3D games so seeing something like Doom 2600 is impressive. 99% of the game is lost in translation, what is here is still spiritually “Doom”. That is the […]
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Lara Croft Tomb Raider Makes Her Professional PlayStation Sega Saturn and PC Debut – November 14th, 1996 – Today in Video Game History
November 13th, 2020 Carl Williams Lara Croft made her debut in Tomb Raider and what a debut it was. This was the start of a franchise that is still going today. This game also represents the media savviness of, then, new to gaming Sony. Core Design, based in the United Kingdom at the time of development, were responsible for bringing […]
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Horror Fans Prepare for Maid of Sker, Coming to Steam PlayStation 4 and Xbox One
July 4th, 2020 Carl Williams Maid of Sker is one of those unique horror titles that we see from time to time. For one, this is based on folklore from 1898. That gives the game an instant “real” feel that makes it quite uneasy. While we all know folklore is not always reliable, there is some truth to it. Sometimes […]
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John Romero Auctioned Personal Copy of Castle Wolfenstein
May 25th, 2020 Carl Williams Castle Wolfenstein was originally released in 1982 for various computers. John Romero, one of the members of id Software behind Wolfenstein 3D and Doom, has auctioned off is his personal copy of Castle Wolfenstein. The price it went for on eBay is astonishing.
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Ion Fury Brings 90’s First Person Shooter to PlayStation 4 Xbox One Nintendo Switch
May 17th, 2020 Carl Williams Raise your hand if you remember 3D Realms First Person Shooters (FPS). Get ready because Ion Fury is not only a call back to the 90’s, it uses the same tech. Yep, you read that right, the Build Engine has been ported to modern consoles like the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. That […]
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Oddworld Munch’s Oddysee Hits Nintendo Switch
May 16th, 2020 Carl Williams Oddworld Munch’s Oddysee is part of a series that has been around for a long time now. Who does not enjoy these games? Starting life on the original PlayStation console, this franchise tells a sad story. How this story has been implemented is probably one reason Oddworld has stuck around so long.
