This is the Sun Titan. A massive red giant who will create a headache for your opponant. I’ve been taking a break from conventional computer games recently and hammering the hell out of Magic the Gathering. In particular the latest core set. At one stage the core set consisted of 100% reprinted cards and was released every other year. As a result it was a great introduction to the excellent card game that is Magic the Gathering, but it wasn’t off as much use to seasoned players, many of whom would already own the cards. Wizards changed this with the ... [Link] [Cache]

While the blog has not been getting all that much love lately, that is soon to change.First off the bat I have posted some archived reviews I wrote quite awhile ago, these include, Super Mario Bros, Hook, Kung Fu and many more. From now on all reviews will be completly new and in a differant format than past reviews, ie no more scoring system. It will just be me, and jfe2 when he returns, talking about how we felt about games in a much less formal layout.All of these reviews can be found in the new and revamped reviews section ... [Link] [Cache]

Im not going to even explain the history of Harry Potter, we all know where it came from and the media darling that it is today. As is the case with pretty much any worth while movie and many not so worth while a game is not far behind to cash in. Usually these games are just horrible, and EA has a long list of horrible movie tie-ins. So does the latest Harry Potter game installment follow this trend? Lets find out.Gameplay 7 out of 10 Now to be honest, I hate all the Harry Potter games, they are just ... [Link] [Cache]

Final Fantasy, a name that holds perhaps more responsibility for quality then any other franchise, It helped secure the PS2's place as the dominant console of its generation, and before that helped RPG fans find there new home on Nintendo consoles. Since the main series departure from Nintendo consoles Final Fantasy titles spin off titles have been average at best. Is the latest Wii exclusive any different? Lets find out!Gameplay 5.5 out of 10 What is an RPG without its gameplay elements? Well its nothing, Chocobo's Dungeon takes what was there in the past Chocobo titles On the PS1 and ... [Link] [Cache]

Golden....Goldeneye? That is meant to be said in a James...James Bond kind of way That's the question on everyone's lips as they go into yet another James Bond game. No matter what changes, what is added, what is removed, how well it looks. No one really cares about any of that stuff when it comes to what they want in a James Bond game, there is only one question everyone wants to know and that is. "Is it as good as Goldeneye?" One of the hardest things the James Bond franchise has in its way is its own past, Goldeneye ... [Link] [Cache]

If you were growing up in the 90's the chances are you saw Hook, the tale of a grown up Peter Pan returning to Neverland to face off once more with Hook. It was a great movie, one many of us link to our childhood. Now with any decent movie a licensed game was created in its image. Hook on the NES is one of those titles which is known for being really crap, give it a search on youtube and you will see what I mean. Now I did what I'm sure 90% of those reviewers didn't. I bought ... [Link] [Cache]

Thank you Mario! But our princess is in another castle!How many times did that give you the sh**'s growing up? If the answer is none then you are total wanker and don't read this or any other of my reviews.Super Mario Bros. on the NES, I don't know any gamer who has not played this game. It is pretty much the most iconic game in Nintendo's long history. No other game has had more of a impact on the world than this game, it pulled the video game industry out of the depression it was in. For over 20 years ... [Link] [Cache]

Before Streets Of Rage. Before River City Ransom. Even before Double Dragon one game was released that put Beat em ups on the map in a big way. That game was Kung Fu for the NES, a port of the arcade hit Kung Fu Master which we wont reference from here on out as the review is on Kung Fu, not Kung Fu Master. Anyway the main object of Kung Fu, like every other beat em up you have ever played is to beat the utter **** out of everything that comes onto your screen. So how do the **** ... [Link] [Cache]

It was a wonderful time for America and an even more wonderful time for video games, which would, in a few years, emerge as the most important thing ever. But, back in 1981, Activision, a young scrapper in a booming industry who would one day become champion of the video game world after defeating Apollo Creed, of course , created a now-hilarious video as a means to market the company and its products -- and that's probably the best part of this little spiel: the products. Peppered throughout the video are brief commercials for some of the company's games, including ... [Link] [Cache]

This September, the City of Roses is going 8-bit. [Link] [Cache]

“Press <CR> for more” For my sixth grade social studies class, I wrote a report on Mikhail Gorbachev, former President of the Soviet Union. And he really was “former” then — the USSR had fallen apart just two years prior to my report in 1991. For that report — which I ran across recently [...] [Link] [Cache]

http://www.racketboy.com/forum/viewtopic~ To go along with our selection of NBA Jam as our Together Retro Game Club title, I thought it would be fun to see what everone’s favorite old-school sports titles are. The only restrictions for nominations were that they games were N64 or older and not include standard racing or wrestling games . We had lots of nominations, but I narrored the list down to the most popular 30 titles — each of these titles actually had more than one nomination. To go along with our selection of NBA Jam as our Together Retro Game Club title, I thought ... [Link] [Cache]

This time I take a look at the Super Famicom only release of Go Go Ackman, which is based on the Manga of the same name. [Link] [Cache]

div style="background-color: #B3B3B3; width: 160px; padding: 1px;">#screengrab Pixel-style Excitebike racer made from wood. Its creator, Justin Harder, also fashioned a pixelated helmet, chest protector and trophy from the game. As seen on Vision02 where there are loads more pictures. via The Bits, Bytes, Pixels and Sprites More » [Link] [Cache]

Metroid: Other M may scare me, but that's not because I'm sure the game will be bad. It's just hard to know if something so different will live up to Metroid's illustrious history. That's probably why I find Minitroid so comforting. It's a Metroid 2-influenced game with new gameplay mechanics and super-low resolution graphics. While every game since the first Metroid has worked to give Samus an increasingly realistic look, Minitroid goes the other way, and it pays off big time. This is Metroid by way of Cave Story, and I'm loving it. The project is clearly ready to play, ... [Link] [Cache]

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Redspotgames, the small publisher behind relatively recent Dreamcast releases such as Last Hope, Rush Rush Rally Racing and Wind and Water: Puzzle Battles, says they are looking to continue publishing games for the long-dead system into next year. "We have seen some stuff on the PC, and we [are] talking to to the companies to see if they will agree to release on the Dreamcast," Redspotgames marketing and sales director Adrian Loudero told Joystiq at Gamescom this week. "We also have plans for 2011, maybe a new release, but this is really all I can say right now." Loudero told ... [Link] [Cache]

div style="background-color: #B3B3B3; width: 160px; padding: 1px;">#nintendo Discovery Channel host Bear Grylls does not appear to be familiar with Super Mario Bros., Half-Life, Ghost 'N Goblins Or is it Ghouls 'N Ghosts? or Doom. Call it a hunch... Update: MTV's video embed is busted; watch clip here. More » [Link] [Cache]

div style="background-color: #B3B3B3; width: 160px; padding: 1px;">#pacman Let's say you have a direct-recording electronic DRE voting machine. And it's been shown that it is insecure — you can't use it for voting anymore. What should you do with it? More » [Link] [Cache]

Every now and then, when visiting different parts of the US, I like to track down independent or small-chain game stores and report my findings to the Racketboy community. Usually, I like to do a video interview with the store owner and not only get a tour of the store, but also get their insights on the retro-gaming world. While in Oklahoma last month, I had the opportunity to visit a couple of locations from a regional chain of stores by the name of Vintage Stock. The not only sell games, but other used media goods as well such as ... [Link] [Cache]

SOME PEOPLES ASK ULAF THIS: HOW IS IT THAT MY MIND CAN CAPTURE THE SPEED? TO WHICH ULAF RESPAWN A SIMPLE WORDS: WITH THE SPEEDBOARDS OF COURSE. IT IS TRUE THAT THE SPEED OR THE BOARDS HAVE BEEN HARDEST TO TAME OF ALL ELEMENTS, SO THE MAGIC OF THESE DEVICE CANNOT BE UNDERSTOOD. [...] [Link] [Cache]

Sure, the open-world gameplay of Retro City Rampage might look like a GTA clone with a coat of 8-bit paint, but as you can clearly tell from this first glimpse of the game in action, it's a wild tribute to -- and riff on -- some of the most memorable and obscure NES titles ever made. "Downloading to your console in 2010," this WiiWare release looks to contain more IJPS inside jokes per square inch than any before it. Just a selection of the games referenced visually and in play mechanics during this trailer: Metal Gear, Bionic Commando, Teenage Mutant ... [Link] [Cache]

Well it has come to my attention that playing this game is a waste of time. It's not because it's a bad game but mainly because the money you loot or hunt for in the game is worth nothing! Yeah, that's what it is...The only way you can acquire great rare items is to do the quests but those quests are the same thing over and over so what is the fun in that. Eventually you don't even need to go in a group because you have level up so high that you can take the monsters by yourself with ... [Link] [Cache]

The day after I posted the Scott Pilgrim movie review, I attended a round-table interview with the film's director Edgar Wright and three of its stars Michael Cera, Jason Schwartzman, and Anna Kendrick . They didn't let me bring a video camera in, so I could only capture audio of the event. Don't worry though, I still got you covered, at least where visuals are concerned. When it comes to questions, well, I only got one out before I became mortified to the point where I could no longer speak. Don't let me spoil it for you though. Watch the ... [Link] [Cache]

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