So once upon a time, some sick bastard went back to the 1980s in a time machine, found the nearest arcade, stole every game he could find, and threw them all in a woodchipper. Well it’s a long story but ROM CHECK FAIL is pretty much what happened after that. Pacman in Gauntlet world getting [...]

Let’s review: 1991 – Final Fantasy IV is released in the USA as Final Fantasy II. I was 7 years old. Sometime around 1995 or so I finally get my hands on this game and play the hell out of it…to the end. Circa 1996 – Emulation rises in popularity. I learn that I can [...]

Well, I’ve finally gone and done something that I thought I’d never do.  I logged into my WoW account, went to the account management page, and clicked on “Cancel Subscription.”  I’ve officially cut ties with my former master, and in retrospect, I don’t regret doing it.  I’m not going to go into detail at length [...]

All the people who said it would never happen can now form a line behind me to kiss my… …Oh, hello. Well, it finally happened. The most legendary case of vaporware in the history of gaming has at last coalesced. After nearly fourteen years, Duke has arrived. If you haven’t gotten your hands on it [...]

Mind you, I haven’t actually gotten my hands on any of this yet, but I wanted to talk about what Nintendo announced today; their highly anticipated new console. …And they’re calling it the WiiU (Weeoo?) Anyway, it’s quite interesting. It looks like they’re blending technologies between the Wii and the Nintendo DS, as the controller [...]