The XBOX 360, is another console within this gaming generation that's turning heads. It so far trails in second place to Wii but manages to do better than the PS3. The system launched in 2005... … more
Almost everyone knows what Super Mario Bros is. I feel like a fool just writing about it, but I couldn't resist writing about it. Super Mario Bros is the game which single-handedly saved gaming. … more
The Gamecube dropped down at the end of 2001. It didn't exactly start off as a big hit. It didn't even end as a big hit, for that matter. When it first dropped, however, there were several … more
Final Fantasy Tactics first dropped down in January of 1998. Shortly after the huge success of Final Fantasy VII on the original Playstation. It seemed as though Final Fantasy Tactics would … more
The original Playstation debuted in 1995 and ushered in a whole new era for gaming. In the first place there was this idea of going to a disc based format instead of cartridges. Sony didn't … more
In the year 2000, Sega's Dreamcast was doing fairly well in the hardware department. Unfortunately things for the Dreamcast went south once the Playstation 2 hit the stores and as a result, Code … more
There's something about old school gaming that has always immersed me. I play a lot of video games. Sean Rhodes is a huge gamer. I have a number of systems under my belt. … more
When video games became popular again because of the original Nintendo back in 1985, we saw video games as a medium that would stick around forever. Much like comic books, rock music etc., it was … more
In 2001 Nintendo released The Gameboy Advance. It was the first step forward for Nintendo in the handheld after having years of that same old clunky gameboy (and the Gameboy Pocket and Gameboy Color). … more
Team Fortress 2 has been out for awhile. I have been playing it fairly consistently since it's release. It is a quality team based shooting game. However, over the years, … more
The You Don't Know Jack series up at this games point had played it pretty straight with it's snarky sense of humor and clever way of putting questions together using topics like Oedipus and … more
The Smackdown wrestling games started pretty good but would often change the controls from game to game making you re-learn the simple game mechanics or over complicate the game with stupid timing puzzles … more
What do you know of Operation Barbarossa.....the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941? Were you aware of the time hardcore gamers pushed small cardboard squares across a paper map and prayed their … more
The Nintendo 64 launched with Super Mario 64 by it's side, but for the longest time it seemed like that was the only game worth getting on the system. Until 1997 where, early on, we were all … more
I thought I knew a comprehensive list of the big-name video games involving Shigeru Miyamoto. But it wasn't until recently that I learned he was the driving creative force behind Star Fox 64. Learn a … more
I already wrote a Quick Tip for this game, but after 5 hours, let me change my score a bit. After all, there are some thing that just need to be said, in both good and bad. Probably more bad than good, … more
Fifteen years ago, just prior to the celebrated release of QUAKE, an interviewer asked John Romero to explain id Software's success in the broadest terms. The once-great game designer explained that … more
In the 90's the FPS genre was taking over and clones of Doom were churning out endlessly and that still holds true today. Many of those FPS games then and no are cookie cutter cutouts of one … more
I may be alone in saying this... but if I had to nominate a game for "most underrated sequel ever", that prize would probably go to Ninja Gaiden 2. Still a combat game … more
Street Fighter wasn't the first fighting game series that was popular in the 90's as Mortal Kombat took enough of it's pie away and over time both games had they're own hits and misses. … more
When it comes to Sony's latest gaming console, I've had a really funny history with it. At the time the PlayStation 3 was released (November of 2006), I just got an Xbox 360 and whenever … more
Since mid last year when the PS Jailbreak devices were released and the unwashed millions suddenly had access to game back up's from Sony's 'unhackable' console there has … more
Okay not really but a corrupt LAPD isn't anything new, so why play a game that has this as a plot point, because LA Noire is one of the most atmospheric games out there. … more
Growing up without a PC in the mid ninties sucked. No internet as it was coming into fruition and almost as bad, no great PC games to play. No Wing Commander II and worse no Doom which was … more
Was there a better video game system for platforming then the NES back in the day? When games were games and you could be taken to those faraway lands and battle evil? Sure the sounds weren't … more