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Watching friends play Gun Smoke shows me how difficult and how rewarding NES games were.

Can videogames be timeless without nostalgia, or are they just stepping stones to the next generation?

Do you like the old Mega Man box art? No? Too bad. You're GOING TO TAKE IT LIKE A MAN.

After a long hiatus, Alexander Case's journey through Nintendo Power's run continues with Nintendo Power #51 for August, 1993, featuring Street Fighter II Turbo and Zombies Ate My Neighbors.

My interview with Indie Developer Jo-Remi Madsen from RoflGames about his demake on Fable! Also his other work, such as Owlboy, his views on gaming and MineCraft. Check out his project 'Fableous' as it really is well thought out and beautifully presented.

The fighting games genre has had quite the effect on my youthful gaming days. The questions is, with this new age of DLC and patch fixes, is the fighting game genre better or worse for it?

Tying in to his earlier recap of Nintendo Power #50, I present my review of Capcom's NES port of their classic SNES and arcade beat-em-up, Final Fight.

Just in time for the 25th Anniversary of the NES, I take a look at the 50th issue of Nintendo Power Magazine, and go through it, article by article, and give my thoughts on the magazine.

Alex continues with his journey through the history of early computing with Analog Computing's second issue.

Wherein Alexander starts his way through the epic saga of Analog Computing magazine, and chronicling the magazine's history, and with it the history of the Atari Computer, through issues of the magazine.

With Retronauts coming to end, how can we build a podcast as good, if not better.

I had the pleasure and privilege of attending a press screening for Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World and this is my review. As a life long gamer, I was happy to see a lot of authentic nods to my favorite games of yore. The movie excels at creating a slick real life comic game. It's everything a geek would want in a film.

Why the Old Games...- #7 - Why the old games had simpler objectives? #webcomic

I got my ass handed to my by bugs this weekend. Find out what 2 games I will be playing to take my revenge out on.

Why the Old Games...- #6 - why the old games had different strategies for success? #webcomic

Why the Old Games...- #5 - why the old games were more innocent? #webcomic

Why the old games...#4 - why the old games had friendly controls? #webcomic

We all have outlandish dreams of “what we’ll be when we grow up.” Some kids dream of spacewalking as astronauts, some dream of game-winning shots in basketball, and some dream of becoming stars in Hollywood. When I was young, the one job I wanted more than anything was as a Nintendo game counselor.

Games based on movies are generally terrible. In honor of the Nightmare on Elm Street remake, I tackle Freddy in one of the worst movie-to-game conversions ever.

The gaming community eventually tired of the Mega Man's, the Gradius's and even the Street Fighter's. In this article, I take a look at the most popular genre, First-Person & Third-Person shooters and question if this genre is next?