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Yesterday Sony announced the imminent release of their newest throwback project, the PlayStation Classic. They described the hardware, showed off pictures, and teased us with a look at five of the twenty built-in titles we can expect to see come December. The $99 price point is going to make or break this thing though. Being […]
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Making the PlayStation Classic a Must-Own
September 20th, 2018 
Michael Crisman 
Posted in Console, News, PSOne, Sony 
Tags: console, playstation, playstation classic, ps1, psone, psx, retro, sony 
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“PlayStation Classic” Set For December US Launch
September 19th, 2018 Michael Crisman If you’re like most gamers, every new console generation prompted a massive sell-off of your old tech to make room (and money) for the new kid on the block. It made sense at the time, with your limited budget and desire to move on to the latest and greatest. But time passed, you got older, […]
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To Guide or Not to Guide: Totally Unauthorized Tomb Raider II Pocket Guide (1997, BradyGames)
September 5th, 2018 Michael Crisman Having been thoroughly insulted by BradyGames’ treatment of Tomb Raider II in their Totally Unauthorized PlayStation Games Book, Volume 5, I decided to see if they could redeem themselves with this inexpensive strategy guide. Well, inexpensive as long as you were American. Canadians, as always, get plowed on the exchange rate, which should show them […]
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Posted in News, PSOne, Reviews Tags: books, bradygames, playstation, ps, ps1, psone, review, strategy guide, toguideornottoguide, tomb raider 1 Comment »
To Guide or Not to Guide: Totally Unauthorized PlayStation Games Book, Volume 5 (1998, BradyGames)
June 29th, 2018 Michael Crisman “To be, or not to be: that is the question: Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them?” — William Shakespeare Dear old Will never had video games in mind when he penned the […]
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Posted in News, PSOne, Sony Tags: armored core, books toguideornottoguide, crash bandicoot, croc, Fighting Force, Madden, Pitfall, playstation, ps, ps1, psone, review, star wars, strategy guide, street fighter, tomb raider 2 Comments »
PS1 Collecting: Thirteen Must-Haves For Anyone on a Budget
July 30th, 2017 Michael Crisman If there’s an easier system to pick up and start collecting for than the original Sony PlayStation, I’ve yet to find it. The biggest entry point obstacle to collecting on old school systems is usually buying the console itself, but the PS1 is so ubiquitous and inexpensive it’s absurd. Twenty years ago, putting a PlayStation […]
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Top 3 Import Games (Top 3 Tuesday)
March 1st, 2017 Michael Crisman Once more into the trenches, fellow Retromaniacs! This week, the studlier, more ruggedly handsome, infinitely cooler Michael (aka MichaelBtheGameGenie) raised a new topic which requires our input. Today’s video, which you should absolutely go and watch before you get any further into this column, requests his legions to choose and explain their Top 3 Import […]
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Posted in Console, News, Nintendo, Portables, Sony Tags: adventure, DS, elite beat agents, grasshopper manufacture, horror, human entertainment, import, japan, mizzurna falls, moero nekketsu rhythm damashii osu tatakae ouendan, music, nintendo, playstation, playstation 2, ps1, ps2, rhythm, top 3 tuesday, uk 1 Comment »
Top 3 SHMUPS (Top 3 Tuesday)
February 22nd, 2017 Michael Crisman SHMUPS: they’re neither candy nor some weird Asian bird flu derivative! ‘SHMUP’ is Internet shorthand for “shoot ’em up”, a genre of game where you pilot a person or craft through a series of auto-scrolling stages destroying everything in sight to earn power-ups so you can destroy everything in sight even faster. In other words, […]
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Posted in Comp, Console, News, Nintendo, Sony Tags: nes, nintendo, playstation, ps1, silver surfer, snes, super nintendo, top 3 tuesday, u.n. squadron, vanark No Comments »
Top 3 Bad Games I Enjoy: A Response to MichaelBtheGameGenie
February 8th, 2017 Michael Crisman MichaelBtheGameGenie is a YouTube vlogger who, as you might have sussed out from his name, enjoys playing and talking about video games among other things. On his most recent video, uploaded yesterday, he set out to revive a series made popular by edt1138, another video game vlogger, called “Top 3 Tuesday”, where one person makes […]
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Posted in Console, News, Sony Tags: bad games, dark summit, kya dark lineage, michaelbthegamegenie, playstation, ps1, ps2, resident evil survivor, response, retro, sony, top 3 tuesday No Comments »
Playstation Agony, Part 4: Mary-Kate and Ashley: Magical Mystery Mall
December 11th, 2016 Michael Crisman “Just saw the stats on last week’s column,” Carl said, cornering me on the way out the front door. “Got an explanation?” “Surprised me too,” I said. “Who knew we had that many Dukes of Hazzard fans? Good thing for me you put it in the bag. Couldn’t have made my quota of candy bar […]
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Posted in Console, News, Sony Tags: acclaim, magical mystery mall, mary-kate and ashley, n-space, olsen twins, playstation, playstation agony, ps1, psone, revenge of the license No Comments »
Playstation Agony, Part 3: Dukes of Hazzard: Racing For Home
December 4th, 2016 Michael Crisman It’s now week three of this nonsense, and I’m taking a break from my standard office routine of editing random articles in Wikipedia to honor my editor’s contributions to pop culture. Quick fact: did you know it was RGM’s own Carl Williams’s behavior that inspired Whale to write and record their 1995 alt-rock hit, “Hobo […]
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