Here’s a piece that I’ve been really excited about: The Dragon’s Lair Trilogy collector’s edition from Limited Run Games for PS4! You all know I’m a sucker for Dragon’s Lair, so I had to pull the trigger on this release, and it sure hit me right in the laserdisc nostalgias. Check out the video to see what’s inside! Continue reading “Dragon’s Lair Trilogy Collector’s Edition Unboxing”
Yes, everybody loves Cuphead. I do too! Lots! The amazingly gorgeous, hand-drawn, animated run ‘n’ gun love letter to games like Contra, Metal Slug, and Gunstar Heroes deserves every bit of praise it gets for every reason, and then some. But as revolutionary as it was, did something about it smack a bit…familiar? Like you’d seen something like it before, but can’t quite place it?
Or to get all David Spade-y about it, I liked Cuphead better the first time…when it was called Alien Hominid. Continue reading “Alien Hominid: Cuphead’s futuristic ancestor”
That’s right, you heard right — after a long delay, the second issue of the Retro Game SuperHyper fanzine is finally done, in the can, put to bed, uploaded, out and available to buy RIGHT NOW! Continue reading “Retro Game SuperHyper ‘Zine Issue #2 is HERE!”
Dangan is a new homebrew Game Boy game made by two individuals known only as Snorpung (code, graphics, and design) and Nordloef (music and FX) in honor of the Game Boy’s 30th anniversary. And believe it or not, it’s a bullet-hell shootemup! Continue reading “Dangan: A New Game Boy Shmup”
After hearing about it for months, I finally started watching High Score Girl. And I finished it, too — it’s an easy series to binge, with only 12 episodes at 20+ minutes each. What a fun show!
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