Panzer Dragoon Voyage Record (PDVR) the latest entry in the classic franchise was just announced. When Sega announced the Sega Saturn console one game that stood out the most, at least to me, was Panzer Dragoon. While I didn’t pick up a Saturn at launch, I did wear out the demo unit at Electronics Boutique […]
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Technology Changing How Gamers Interact, A Brief History of the Internet and Gaming
April 3rd, 2018
Carl Williams When we were younger playing with others involved meeting at a certain place in the neighborhood – a park, someone’s house, etc. Games played might include “cops and robbers” or “cowboys and Indians” or some other variation of tag that our young minds could come up with. As technology progressed and changed so did how […]
From eSports to Online Casino Games: Top 3 Most Popular Video Game Trends to Watch out for in 2018
March 29th, 2018
Carl Williams The days when console video games on your favorite PlayStation or Xbox (depending on where your loyalties lie) ruled the gaming world are long gone. The new wave of PC-based online multiplayer games as well as the re-emergence of old classics like blackjack and online slots have shifted the focus in new directions. Here are […]
Need for Speed No Limits Power Slides onto Google VR
December 18th, 2016
Carl Williams The Need for Speed series arrives on Google VR with Need for Speed No Limits VR. Immersion level set to “oh crap” levels.
Retro Games Revived by New Technology – Using the Present to Step Back in Time
October 31st, 2016
Carl Williams We love a gaming classic. Yes, Metal Gear Solid V is a visually stunning tactical feast and Diablo III is a soul lifting RPG, but hold these up to old school offerings like Super Mario, Sonic and even Space Invaders and the latter group wins every time.
The Rebirth Of Family Table Games
August 2nd, 2016
Carl Williams Modern gaming methods (meaning mobile and console downloads, primarily) have given birth to a wave of retro gaming enthusiasm so intense that we recently asked if we might be getting saturated. That article was related largely to rehashed and rebooted classics, and the sentiment can be extended to the idea of newer games mimicking retro […]
Cyclops Duck Hunt VR Brings Genetic Engineering Concerns to Classic Light Gun Game
July 17th, 2016
Carl Williams What are the repercussions of what will eventually be decades of genetic engineering? No one knows. A game developer has decided to take on the challenge, somewhat, with the release of Cyclops Duck Hunt VR for Android. According to this game, a cyclops with a laser eye (similar to the same named X-Men character) and […]
Duck Hunt Gets VR Treatment by Fan
July 10th, 2016
Carl Williams Anyone that played video games back in the 1980’s, and more recently, probably has played Duck Hunt. You at least know what it is. This was a simple light gun game that actually used very interesting techniques. The game was a pack-in for the Nintendo Entertainment System for years along with the light gun it […]
Marble Mountain Reminds Us of another Classic Retro Title, Marble Madness, on Steam Greenlight
August 24th, 2015
Carl Williams Marble Madness, a classic arcade title that was fairly popular back around the end of the Nintendo Entertainment System days into the early Sega Genesis era. Back then “isometric” titles were somewhat all the rage with game developers. Isometric viewpoints allowed a bit of depth that previously was not capable on the hardware of the […]
Google Cardboard Allows Gamers to Properly Play Nintendo Virtual Boy
February 23rd, 2015
Carl Williams The Nintendo Virtual Boy, for better or for worse, was quite the release for Nintendo. For one, it was almost a unanimously bad commercial product. Second, the way Nintendo handled the Virtual Boy cost them one of their lead designers, Gunpei Yokoi. For many fans of the Virtual Boy though, it is not viewed as […]
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