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“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 […]
Posts Tagged ‘revenge of the license’
Playstation Agony, Part 4: Mary-Kate and Ashley: Magical Mystery Mall
December 11th, 2016 
Michael Crisman 
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 
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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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PlayStation Agony, Part 2: PowerPuff Girls Chemical X-Traction
November 27th, 2016 Michael Crisman Having survived the wretchedness that was The Simpsons Wrestling last week, I reached into the bag to discover what new form of torment my punishment would take this Sunday. I’d keep a positive attitude about this, but when Carl, my boss, picks the topic of discussion I can only be positive he’s gone out of […]
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PlayStation Agony, Part 1: The Simpsons Wrestling
November 20th, 2016 Michael Crisman When Carl, the man I perceive as the primary antagonist in my life as a video game character, used a sledgehammer to defeat the lock on my door, my heart slid into my colon. “Time to pay the piper,” he said, holding up a paper shopping bag. “Donald Trump will be president, therefore you lost the […]
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Posted in Console, News, Reviews, Sony Tags: 1999, acclaim, big ape productions, fox interactive, license, playstation, playstation agony, ps1, psone, revenge of the license, simpsons, simpsons wrestling, wrestling No Comments »
Revenge of the License: The Thing
October 30th, 2016 Michael Crisman The final installment of this column prior to Halloween saved the best for last. There’s no denying John Carpenter’s “The Thing” from 1982 is a master class in claustrophobic paranoia. Forget the 2011 prequel and turn your attention to the 2002 sequel, developed with Carpenter’s blessing as a continuation/expansion of the events from the movie on its […]
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No Credit Gaming Issue 1
October 27th, 2016 Jason Santuci Welcome to the first issue of: “No Credit Gaming”. This is my raw, badly drawn viewpoint as a gamer and retro game developer. Just like DMCA has become a method to kill fan projects and dissenting opinions, licensing is also suspect. I’ve found that development forums can look down on those who ask questions […]
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Revenge of the License: The X-Files (PS1)
October 23rd, 2016 Michael Crisman ‘The X-Files’ utterly changed the face of television. It scared us with ghost stories for adults. It boggled our minds with conspiracies within conspiracies. In its early days, before internet access was something everyone took for granted, it gave us a reason to visit the library and research topics ranging from alien abduction and the […]
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Posted in Comp, Console, News, Sony Tags: 1999, adventure, craig willmore, dana scully, fmv, fox interactive, fox mulder, horror, hyperbole, pc, playstation, point and click, ps one, ps1, revenge of the license, x-files No Comments »
Revenge of the License: Alien Trilogy
October 16th, 2016 Michael Crisman One of iD Software’s initial ideas for Doom was to make a first-person shooter set in the world of James Cameron’s ‘Aliens’. When a licensing deal couldn’t be worked out between iD and 20th Century Fox, Carmack and Romero’s team fell back on a more generic ‘space marine kills everything’ setting, and an FPS classic […]
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Revenge of the License: The Godfather (Amiga)
August 14th, 2016 Michael Crisman Let’s say you hit the jackpot. You just chased down one of the biggest licenses you could hope to land. A legendary bulwark of American cinema based on a best-selling novel by Mario Puzo, “The Godfather” is a guaranteed slam-dunk in the gaming world no matter what you deliver. So how do you pay homage […]
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Posted in Comp, News Tags: 1992, action, amiga, computer, creative materials, godfather, license, revenge of the license, us gold No Comments »
Revenge of the License: Dragon Magazine Archive
August 7th, 2016 Michael Crisman No, the Dragon Magazine Archive is not a game, it’s something better–it’s knowledge. Following up on last week’s absurdly difficult adventures article, we’re keeping with the D&D theme and presenting this look at how a concern over copyright led one of the most awesome pieces of software ever to arrive on store shelves to vanish just as quickly […]
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