I’m sure you’ve heard of online services that allow you to play retro style games online. One of the most well known being gametap. Sega recently decided to create their own service that will allow it’s users to play their old titles and some new ones at playsega.com. For a limited time they are offering a free Sega Saturn style USB controller for those who get a 3 month or longer... 

We’ve decided we’d like to delicate some of the topics on operation Survive to retro gaming. In today’s world games can be so complex and the expectations are so high. Retro Games represent gaming in it’s simplest form. These are games people will continue to play decades from now no matter how advanced technology gets. To get the ball rolling on this topic I thought it would... 

For those of you looking for a short guide to Bad Company 2, here’s a youtube video from RajmanGamingHD; Video Summary; Targeted at Modern Warfare 2 players. Learn to spot enemies. Know your role – more to each class than title leads on. Assault -Shoot in short burst, medium to long range, refill teammates supplies. Engineer-engage at short range, repair vehicles. Medic – Heal... 

Team games, free-for-alls, and the many other variations of the game are typically pretty decent indications of a person’s skills. Nevertheless, the one determining factor that the majority regards as the most accurate judgment of a player’s overall skill is how well they play in a one-on-one match. That particular assumption is actually not that far off. To excel in one-on-one requires... 

*Note: this was writen around 2002 for the quake 2 scene, still lots of great insight in this article. Since I’ve returned to Quake 2 in the past few months I found that the most unappetizing detail is that Q2DM1 is now (for all intensive purposes) the only level played. I will be the first person to state that Q2DM1 is a the best 1 v 1 level that Quake 2 has seen, however I also believe there... 

Although team games and free-for-alls are good assessments of one’s skill, the defining factor in whether one player is better than the other is by playing one-on-one. In a 1-on-1 game, sounds are way more important than when you are playing teams or free-for-all (FFA). Each map requires a slightly different strategy; however, there are some general tactics you should follow when you play. There...