Retro Game Hunting!

This week I decided to hit up a local retro gaming shop that I like to frequent, Next Level games, and see if anything new and exciting had come in. I ended up with a few things I bought out of curiosity, and one cool import find that I can’t wait to try out!  So here we have, from left to right, The Faery Tale Adventures, Instruments of Chaos starring Young Indiana Jones, and Teenage…

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Let's Go Retro! - Ghost Manor

It's time for another Let's Go Retro! This time I visited a little-known game called Ghost Manor. It featured four levels and a frustrating Dracula boss that just...walks towards you. This video was pretty fun to make, I decided to get a little silly with the ending, acting like playing an old game was like going back to an old flame. I'm looking forward to the next Let's Go Retro! video, though I may go…

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Catherine demo is weird, awesome

The demo for Atlus’ Catherine game is now available on PS3 and 360 over in Japan, so I fired up my seldom-used Japanese PSN account and grabbed it. I’ve mostly been interested in this game because it’s from the team that makes the Persona games, which have been some of my favorite games of the past generation. I was very interested in seeing what they would do with the power of the PS3. The first…

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Snow days and RPGs

So it’s snowing like crazy here in New Jersey. Again! And just like always, whenever there’s a snow day, be it from school or from work, I always want to make some hot chocolate or coffee and curl up with a good RPG for the duration. I’m not sure what it is about this weather, but I always want to play an RPG. I guess it goes back to when I was a kid, and…

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Let's Go Retro! - Music Machine for Atari 2600

Hi all! So I'm pretty excited about this, I've been wanting to do a video feature for some time now. I know this video seems amateurish, but hey, this is my first one, I'm totally an amateur at this right now! I'm thinking this video feature will focus mainly on retro games and the occasional import game as well. Comments will be greatly appreciated as I'm looking forward to seeing what people think of this,…

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