Want to check out some retro games? A friend of mine asked me this and suggested that we take a trip over to the Black Country Games Fair on the outskirts of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands in England. Can You See In The Dark? My first impression was less than stellar. The Black Country […]
What do you get when you cross noir with Egyptian mythology, a dash of horror, and coat it in first-person shooter mechanics? You get a cult classic 3DO/PC exclusive game called Killing Time. But Nightdive Studios weren’t content to leave us with the 1995 version alone. Enter Killing Time: Resurrected, a remaster now available for […]
Back in the 90s, everyone had their dream matchups: Batman vs Superman, Spiderman vs Ironman, and so on. Following the boom of X-Men and its fighting game debut, gamers around the world asked the question, could Cyclops beat Ryu in a scrap? Well, Capcom was happy to answer that question in a string of some […]
Whether the more modern sequel Cobra Kai captured your attention or you’ve been playing games since the 16-bit era like I have, you’ll probably be well-versed in The Karate Kid franchise and its charismatic Mr. Miyagi. Gamemill Entertainment and Odaclick Game Studio are taking those of us who grew up in the ’80s on a […]
What do you get if you mix a chef, a quirky sense of humor, first-person combat, and sci-fi-level design? You get PO’ed: Definitive Edition! Nightdive Studios has taken this 1995 FPS and added their own spice in this definitive edition update. But does it make it more digestible? Never Use A Lazy Recipe. The Cake […]
Back in the early 90s, first-person shooters (FPS) were considered less defined as a genre, and more typically thought of as Doom and subsequent “Doom Clones”. One such game that helped put the genre on the map and expand on what Doom brought forth was 1995’s Star Wars: Dark Forces. 30 years later, the evil […]
While you may think of iconic characters like Sonic and Mario when it comes to ’90s gaming, more “teen” focused games certainly made their mark too. One of the biggest stars of that time was Playboy cover star Lara Croft, famous for raiding Tombs and becoming the apple of every teenage boy’s eye. Want to […]
Consoles are often defined by the standout titles that are released over their lifespan. We all know about Mario and Zelda, but there was something else that stood out for me on the Nintendo 64: A certain dinosaur-hunting series known as Turok. The first two titles have seen rereleases and remasterers, but Turok 3: Shadow […]
1995 was an impressive year for the genre of First Person Shooters. Following the release of Doom 2, you can only imagine where the genre was going. Even so, I don’t think the world was ready to be shaken up by this. Developed by some of the key minds behind Doom, Rise of the Triad […]
Nostalgia games are a cottage industry now, and it’s both amazing and terrifying to watch them strip mine my childhood to fill the catalogs of Steam and itch.io. Some of it is cheap shlock hoping to make a quick buck. A lot of it is a bit too nostalgic for my taste–games that feel like […]