Blogs about Video games

Written by The TAG TeamIn the comments recently, we were admiring some outstanding music in a game. That made us wonder: what’s the best song or soundtrack in an adventure game?There are some well-known songs, …

Short post today. This information showed up in comments, but I was meaning to make a full update for posterity before Magical Journey gets kicked off my “recently played” sidebar. Specifically, I last left off …

Next week I'm off to NYC and while I'm enjoying my current roster of games, I need something meaty to keep me occupied in-between movies. We're definitely in that slump window that used to be …

I recently came across a few interesting and previously unseen rejected artwork examples from the original cabinet design of Puck Man. So this week, I figured I’d do a follow up to the last blog …

In light of the fact that Twitter (‘X’) has become completely unusable / untenable for self-promotion over the course of the past year, we’ve discontinued regular posting on that particular social media service. We’ve finally …

PC It never stops blowing my mind that a game this good can go entirely unnoticed. With zero press coverage, and just 9 Steam reviews, you would imagine Neoproxima is just another shovelware release, and …

Digital toys let us explore a possibility space where art can pulsate, move, degrade, and do strange things with each brush stroke. I often talk about what a missed opportunity it is that mainstream digital …

What kind of life would a dog have at the North Pole? What could a puppy do to help Santa? Under The Fir Tree: The Day of St. Claus (もみの木の下で The Day of St. Claus), …

I’m here to provide a look at the financial side of Critical Distance. In 2022 we needed to run an emergency GoFundMe to fix our tax status, and that’s not a place I want us …

I know my character is supposed to be gazing valiantly towards a horizon, but it looks to me like he's stuck in a hole and he's trying to figure out how to get out. The …

Shattered Steel by BioWareHistorically, BioWare are most famous for their cRPGs such as Baldur's Gate and Neverwinter Nights. However, their first computer game was not a cRPG, but rather a mech-sim.Shattered Steel is a mech-simulator …

Blade Runner has set me thinking about the notion of a “critical consensus.” Why should we have such a thing at all, and why should it change over time? Ridley Scott’s 1982 film Blade Runner …

Have you ever wanted to play the original F-Zero courses on your GBA? Well, PowerPanda has kinda done this by combining F-Zero with F-Zero: Maximum Velocity to make a new ROM hack called F-Zero: Vintage …

To my knowledge, Kudo was never credited in any Telenet production. The source for this information is this interview (Japanese only) where he states that he had worked there between leaving Konami and joining Square. …

Majin Tensei Jr. Developer: Zener Works Publisher(s): Tokuma Shoten, Intermedia Inc. (they’re mentioned in the credits, unclear what their exact role was but I believe they’re a part of Tokuma Shoten) Release Date: April 19th, …

ESPN National Hockey Night North American release in March 2001 Never released in Japan Never released in Europe Published by Konami Developed by Konami Scott Gomez! Twice! No wait there’s a faint picture of him …

I freaking love the Bluey TV show! It’s a kids show but has so much to offer for adults, too. The show is set (and animated) in Australia, and stars a family of four cartoon …

2006 Player One Limited Platform: Mobile J2ME A short entry for a Java Platform mobile conversion of a classic platformer title that many of us know and love. Nebulus (or Tower Toppler as known in …

When I first launched Oddsparks: An Automation Adventure, I was immediately charmed. The world is vibrant and inviting, and the opportunity to create my own little avatar was a delightful start. Customization might not be …

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