Many gamers may be familiar with the indie project that started the ideas for Portal, a small development team of 8 students at DigiPen made a game called Narbacular Drop that threw the player into the role of a witch that could summon a blue and an orange portal that were linked, allowing her to walk into one and come out the other. The game’s basic concepts intrigued those at Valve, who hired the team…
Read more →The Great Giana Sisters was a platform game that came out for the Amiga and Commodore 64 computers back in the 80s. It borrowed heavily from Super Mario Bros, some boxes even having the tagline "The brothers are history". It wasn't long before Nintendo was made aware of the PC "homage" and forced them to stop selling the game, making it something of a sought after item for collectors. Fast forward to two years ago,…
Read more →After a long hiatus from making these video reviews, I present the third Let's Go Retro! This time I'm taking a look at the game Ghostbusters 2 for the PC. I used to play the heck out of this game as a kid, and I still found it fun to play during this review. I'm also happy to announce that the next video should have much cleaner sounding voiceovers, as I've bought myself a Snowball…
Read more →Wizorb is a new downloadable title on Xbox Live Indie games, made from a company called Tribute. In it, you command a wizard named Cyrus as he uses his magic wand to cast Wizorb magic and fight off the evil that has invaded his land. The game plays like an updated version of Arkanoid or Breakout, with the paddle on the bottom of the screen being the wizard’s wand, and the spell he’s casting is…
Read more →You might have realized from looking around this site that I'm a fan of the Ghostbusters. I'm also a huge fan of the Real Ghostbusters cartoon, and back when it aired on Saturday mornings my whole morning would revolve around their timeslot. I had tapes and tapes filled with episodes. And two of the most memorable episodes involved a certain spirit of Halloween. I speak of course, of Sam Hain. He just looked awesome, so…
Read more →I got the new anime Ghostbusters figure in the mail recently, Lucy, and put together a short video about it for all of you! Really I think I was just looking for yet another reason to get dressed up in my Ghostbuster uniform. I liked going on about the figure though, maybe I'll start featuring some other figures I've got in my room, and boy do I have plenty! Hope you enjoy! [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lU83uTBZQUQ&w=640&h=390]
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