The history of the Sony Playstation is fascinating. It almost has a comic book story whereby had Sony, not been spurned by Nintendo, it very well may never have existed in the form we all know it, and certainly it wouldn’t have spawned an entire billion dollar line of consoles.…
The Sega Genesis is an awesomely, kick ass, ungodly mess of a system. I love the thing to pieces, but good grief. I mean. Take a look at this. That’s the Genesis and it’s not even in its final form. This is the base system, Sega CD, and the 32X,…
Dear lord, what a mess of a system I am bringing you today. No really. This system is a god damned blueprint in how to fail at making a video game console. Two things before we begin. 1: There actually were very good games for the 3DO. That’s coming soon…
Hello, The Chaotic Neutral! I see you there. Embracing true freedom. Unencumbered by society. Recently, I used my mad Excel Exskillz to make an algorithm, to help me make a list of the top NES video games. It was originally just for me, but I thought, “Why should I keep…
Does multiplying your bits by 2 mean you’re getting double the awesome-osity of a video game system? Not always, but the SNES was pretty damned rad. Nintendo was actually still pretty happy with their current system and did not plan to, nor want to, release a newer model as quickly…
“Could be. I’m a pretty dangerous dude when I’m cornered.” “Yeah,” said the voice from under the table, “you go to pieces so fast people get hit by the shrapnel.” ― Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe Ladies and Gentleman of the gaming world, I present…
The mid nineties were heady days indeed. Sega and Sony were on that new 32 bit console scene but Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi had different ideas. Ideas which were…twice as big. Enter “Project Reality”. Nintendo’s development initiative to create the 64 bit follow up to the Super Nintendo which eventually…
When I think of Sega. My beloved Sega…A console manufacturer which I hold very dear to my heart, I often think of the following quote. Look, I don’t know why the tooth fairy’s being so cool to me. Maybe she’s hot for me. I don’t know, but if we all…
Journey with me, my fellow gamers into the long, long ago. An age of disco music and punk rock. Twas an age that saw the US Military really amp up nuclear weapons production and also an age where because of the U.S. space program, microchips and computers were beginning to…
Gather around my children and I shall tell you a tale of a gaming console which has two sides. (The story had two sides, I mean. The GameCube had six sides due to its cube like nature.) On one side are my memories. I loved my GameCube and hauled it…
The way these ranking lists work is simple. I use a weighted system which takes into account game sales, player review scores, and professional review scores for a whole bunch of games on a given system. My personal opinions are irrelevant. All of our opinions are irrelevant. We are all…
“I’ve never been certain whether the moral of the Icarus story should only be, as is generally accepted, ‘don’t try to fly too high,’ or whether it might also be thought of as ‘forget the wax and feathers, and do a better job on the wings.” ― Stanley Kubrick In…
