Category: Reviews

  • RuneScape, First Impressions

    RuneScape, First Impressions RuneScape is a free Massively Multi-player RPG that I started to play off of the AddictingGames home page today. This British produced, Java based game plays very well on my New iMac. Considered to be the most popular MMORPG in the world, this title has been around…

  • Spore Is Midcore!

    I know I’m not the first person to mention this (I saw link from another blog that puts the idea of Spore and Midcore in the same sentence), but I just want to reiterate just how much SPORE seems fits the idea of “Midcore”. I’m currently playing Spore on my…

  • Designing Arcade Game Graphics – A free book!

    I have been researching and writing a few new basic tutorials on using blitting for arcade games. In my search for some simple graphics to use, I once again came across the Ari Feldman sprite libraries. Along with his incredible, free library of sprite sheets, Ari has made something even…

  • Review: Commadork and The Hidden Collective Experience of 80’s Vintage Computing

    80’s Home Computers: The Hidden Collective Experience The world is awash with collective experiences into the 21st century. In fact, it’s very hard to find something that is experienced by an individual without the ability to somehow communicate that experience with others. Every hobby, comic strip, graphic novel, book series,…

  • Commadork and The Hidden Collective Experience of 80’s Vintage Computing

    80’s Home Computers: The Hidden Collective Experience The world is awash with collective experiences into the 21st century. In fact, it’s very hard to find something that is experienced by an individual without the ability to somehow communicate that experience with others. Every hobby, comic strip, graphic novel, book series,…

  • 80’s Guitar Rock: The Alarm: UCLA Spirit Of ’86 Celebration Report

    80’s Guitar Rock: The Alarm: UCLA Spirit Of ’86 Celebration Report

    Mike Peters of The Alarm returned to UCLA on April 12, 2008 after 22 years to celebrate The Alarm’s historic show at UCLA on April 12 1986. This turned out to be a wonderful event for many reasons, not the least of which was the showing of the fully restored…

  • Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 for the Wii

    Soccer video games have not changed very much since the the first 3D version of FIFA appeared on the 3DO almost 15 years ago. The graphics and models have gotten much better, and the licensed player names have improved, but the actual game-play has stayed (relatively) the same. The controls…

  • Review: Pinball Hall Of Fame:Williams Collection for the Wii

    A week or so back I wrote a pissed-off blog entry about how it was to find Pinball Hall Of Fame Williams Collection for the Wii out in the wild. That has not changed, and I still have not heard or found any real explanation for it. I ordered my…

  • Bookworm Adventures Review

    Bookworm Adventures   Platforms:PC Links: Official Site Game Play: A serious update to the Pop Cap classic Bookworm Deluxe. Fight monsters by creating words from a grid of 16 letter tiles. Play through three separate books and several mini-games. Collect experience to gain levels and increase your health and attack…

  • Alien Shooter Vengeance Review

    Alien Shooter Vengeance   Platforms:PC Links: Official Site Gameplay:Blast scores of aliens in this 2.5D isometric shooter. The game has the feel of the “Fallout” series put into an action game. 8/10 Intangibles:Feels old school, but plays very smooth. Explosions and FX are very satisfying. Addictive to the core. 7/10…

  • Another Person’s Game: Vector Runner

    Vector Runner is a fast paced classic wire frame vector game in the style of the Tempest and Battle Zone. I found the game on the Congregate.com web site in my weekly search for classic style games. I can’t find any information on the actual developer (it could very well…

  • Review: “Carnival Games” For The Nintendo Wii (7.5 out of 10)

    “Carnival Games” from Global Star software for the Nintendo Wii is the best game ever made about, umm, Carnival Games. This is certainly a game that would have been a minor failure on any other platform, but on the Wii is an entertaining success. You enter the carnival where you…

  • Required Reading: Classic Computer Magazine Archive

    The Classic Computer Magazine Archive (http://www.atarimagazines.com) boasts several complete or nearly complete magazine archives, mostly from the 1980’s. The archive concentrates on Atari Computer magazines. It was once called AtariMagzines.com (and still holds that particular URL). However, it now contains archives for other magazines as well, including a very comprehensive…

  • Required Reading: “On The Edge: The Spectacular Rise And Fall Of Commodore” by Brian Bagnall

    I have to admit, when I avoided reading On The Edge: The Spectacular Rise And Fall Of Commodore by Brian Bagnall for about 12 months for one reason: Commodore. The name makes me throw-up in mouth a little. Being an ardent and fastidious Atari fan, a book about Commodore seemed…

  • Indie Game Showcase: New Star Soccer 3 – the best $20 I’ve spent in a LONG TIME!

    Do all the fancy controls of the Fifa series confuse, frustrate or annoy you? Do you value playability over fancy rendered realistic images of Ronaldo’s bald head? If you have any interest in Soccer, or role playing games, or sports game for that matter, New Star Soccer 3 might be…