So this is a movie I have been looking forward to for a long time, I still remember the first time I ever seen First Blood. I was about 8 years old and a friend of my mother who used to babysit me was a huge movie buff, she even worked in a local movie rental store. It was at… Read more »
There has been quite a bit of talk lately about video games being part the reason for violence in our society, and this is not the first time and it probably wont be the last. I believe there are many reasons why we have violence in society and the causes range from many things such as poverty, lack of education,… Read more »
Okay, who here has either yelled at the TV / Screen, thrown a controller or rage quit a game… stand up as say I? For those of you still sitting, who are you kidding? All of us gamers get so much into the game that it becomes our life, we become one with the game and must see it through… Read more »
I keep wondering to myself “What is classified as Retro when it comes to gaming?”, its a term we use quite a bit but seem to have a hard time trying to define it. The term “Retro” tends to apply to things that began or were popular about 15-20 years ago, so this begs the question… “what about things from… Read more »
I really don’t remember when I actually started to worry about graphics or even began to think about them, I probably never really cared until it became all the rage. It could be that my first experience with video games was on the Intellivision (a system that was marketed for its great graphic abilities), or the simple fact that graphics… Read more »
Race to the end… (continued from part 1) It was when I got introduced to the Nintendo NES that I really started to notice a style of game-play where the objective was to race to the end, rather then continuous playing until you lose. Super Mario Bros was a completely new form of game that I just was not used… Read more »
The Endless Loop… The early video games had many things in common, some more obvious then others. If a game was successful then it was common place to expect a ton of clones to follow (Pac-man, Space Invaders, Pong) just to name a few. There were other subtleties such as similar graphics and sound, a large assortment of space themed… Read more »
Today’s kids have it so easy when it comes to gaming as the average household now has about two to three TV’s and a few computers, tablets and various devices. I doubt there is ever a time that a kid is denied the ability to play a video game, they can pull out their Xbox or they can hop on… Read more »
I feel weird calling myself a “Retro Gamer” but I have to face the facts, I am one. I fit in to that category of the person who will not let the past go. It could be that I am stuck in the eighties… I play old games, listen to Metallica and drive a DeLorean, if that does not scream… Read more »
I am being honest here when I say that I am not athletic in any way! Sure I played sports in school and manged to get my yellow belt in Tae-kwon-do but as far as playing hockey, baseball or football you might as well just have benched me. Also when it comes to being a huge sports fan, well I… Read more »