Blogs about Video games

Written by Zenic ReverieA small correction from my last post. The Rowan staff is used to kill the Will-o-wisps, while the zombies are damaged only by the silver sword. Also, I thought I had killed …

Not to be confused with the TRS-80 game. This was “lost media” at the time I was first writing about Sharpsoft but was rescued two months ago as discovered by redhighlander. I have it packaged …

Reading about GDC and other trade shows that happened over the last few weeks, it's a bit harrowing to hear two odd narratives clash within the industry. The first is the obvious sore-thumb topic of …

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, Switch, Mobile It’s generally a good sign about a game when I put off writing about it for a week because I just want to keep on playing it. That, and I’m enormously lazy. …

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 managed to make it to Position #3. The only two characters above me are creations of the game's author. Between Wednesday and Friday, I had to watch about 8 hours of interesting but not …

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 …

The Voyage of Magellan, Chapter 6: The Atlantic Crossing

PhiDX watched the 1998 Tekken 3 World Finals, held in the UK during the final episode of GamesMaster and it was one helluva trip. Naturally, there was a culture shock but we also got to …

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. …

A one man army Developer: Mr. Chip Software (aka Magnetic Fields) Publisher: Mastertronic Release Years: 1986 (Commodore 16, Commodore Plus/4), 1987 (Commodore 64), 1988 (ZX Spectrum) Available On: Commodore 16, Commodore Plus/4, Commodore 64, ZX …

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 …

With the Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door remake coming out on Switch this month, I thought it would be fun to go back and rate all the games in the Paper Mario series. We’ll …

1992 Intec Platform: PC Engine Our next title is an interesting looking side-on action RPG title that was due for release on the PC Engine by Intec around 1992 time. A few mentions were made …

I wasn’t sure what to expect with Bellwright. “Medieval crafting survival game” isn’t exactly a rare game idea these days. But after a few days of chopping trees, building houses, and fending off bandits, I’ve …

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