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On the fourth day of Christmas my true love sent to me, four colly birds. There seems to be a great debate on whether or the not the lyric actually is “Colly Birds” or “Calling Birds”. I am going to go with colly birds for the purposes of this entry. Initially, I was going to […]
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A Retro Gamer’s 12 Days Of Christmas: The Fourth Day, The Beatles: Rock Band
December 15th, 2017 
Brandon Weicks 
Posted in Console, Playstation 3, Reviews, Sony 
Tags: 12 days of christmas, Rock Band, The Beatles 
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A Retro Gamer’s 12 Days Of Christmas: The Third Day, Omikron: The Nomad Soul
December 14th, 2017 Brandon Weicks On the third day of Christmas my true love sent to me, three french hens. Ah the french. A great people who have given us french fries, the french coffee press, and the Napoleon complex. Delectable culinary delights and phallic insecurities aside, France is also home to several magnifique game developers which includes Quantic Dream. […]
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Posted in Comp, Dreamcast, Reviews, Sega, Windows Tags: 12 days of christmas, david bowie, dreamcast, omikron, quantic dream, sega No Comments »
A Retro Gamer’s 12 Days Of Christmas: The Second Day, TMNT: Mutant Melee
December 13th, 2017 Brandon Weicks On the second day of Christmas my true love gave to me, two turtle doves. Ninja turtles and Christmas go together like peanut butter and jelly, Link and Zelda, and Trump and Twitter. I remember many a Christmas morning tearing into a festively wrapped ninja turtle action playset box and happily facing off against the […]
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Posted in Arcade, Nintendo, Reviews Tags: mutant melee, Nintendo Gamecube, teenage mutant ninja turtles No Comments »
A Retro Gamer’s 12 Days Of Christmas: The First Day, Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2
December 12th, 2017 Brandon Weicks On the first day of Christmas my true love sent to me, a partridge in a pear tree. You are probably asking yourself, how the hell did I get Tony Hawk Pro Skater out of the lyric “a partridge in a pear tree”? Well unfortunately, there is neither a version of Rock Band: The Partridge […]
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Posted in Game Boy Color, Nintendo, Portables, Reviews Tags: 12 days of christmas, gameboy color, Tony Hawk, tony hawk pro skater 2 No Comments »
Rock and Roll Ain’t Noise Pollution: Video Game’s Greatest Rock Hits
November 26th, 2017 Brandon Weicks In memoriam of Malcolm Young, the co-founder of the epic rock band AC/DC. I present to those about to rock, the greatest hits of rock themed video games.
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Posted in Console, Reviews Tags: AC/DC, amiga, Brandon Weicks, Brutal Legend, Kiss, Malcolm Young, Motorhead, playstation, ps2, ps3, rock and roll racing, Rock Band, snes No Comments »
Grand Shooter on Android Review, Virtua Cop Fans to the Right
November 20th, 2017 Carl Williams The Virtua Cop franchise, I remember playing these games fondly in the dingy arcade on the first floor of Park Plaza Mall here in Little Rock and at home on my Sega Saturn. I remember playing Virtua Cop 1 a lot when it first hit Aladdin’s Castle in University Mall (about two blocks from Park […]
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Posted in Android, News, Portables, Reviews Tags: android, arcade, Grand Shooter, gun game, light gun, Virtua Cop No Comments »
My Favorite Gaming Hidden Gems, Part Two: Dark Summit (2001, PlayStation 2)
November 15th, 2017 Michael Crisman I’ve been playing and collecting video games since the early 1980’s, and while there’s something to be said for enjoying the greats of the gaming world, there’s no better feeling for me than picking out something I’d never heard of, throwing it into my system, and being unable to tear myself away from it because […]
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Posted in Console, News, Playstation 2, Reviews, Sony Tags: 2001, dark summit, gamecube, hidden gem, playstation, playstation 2, ps2, radical entertainment, snowboarding, sports, xbox No Comments »
My Favorite Gaming Hidden Gems, Part One: Snoopy and the Red Baron (1983, Aari 2600)
November 12th, 2017 Michael Crisman I’ve been playing and collecting video games since the early 1980’s, and while there’s something to be said for enjoying the greats of the gaming world, there’s no better feeling for me than picking out something I’d never heard of, throwing it into my system, and being unable to tear myself away from it because […]
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Posted in Atari 2600, Console, News, Reviews Tags: 2600, atari, console, hidden gem, licensed, peanuts, shooter, snoopy No Comments »
Crime Fighters Arcade Review, Cheap Arcade Game You Cannot Stop Playing
October 24th, 2017 Carl Williams Konami used to make some great games. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (arcade and home versions other than the original NES game). Contra, Castlevania, Gradius, and X-Men (arcade) to name a few. One title that fans seem to have forgotten Konami released is a little arcade game called Crime Fighters. This brawler was available in two […]
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Posted in Arcade, News, Reviews Tags: 1980's, arcade, brawler, crime fighters, fighting, konami 5 Comments »
A Further Six Absurdly Difficult D&D Adventures (That Are Not ‘Tomb of Horrors’)
October 22nd, 2017 Michael Crisman This week, I celebrated my birthday. That’s right, Modern Zorker has turned the great four-oh (though I prefer to think of it as “21 with 19 additional levels in the Geek Prestige Class”). To celebrate, I’ve invited one of the best friends I had growing up: Dungeons & Dragons! And because nothing says ‘Happy Birthday!’ […]
