Today’s spooky soundtrack come from a game for the NES that wasn’t a huge hit when it came out, but I think over the years it’s gained a little bit of a bigger status by being available through emulators, and just how plain weird the game is. Monster Party starts off like a simple platformer, with simple happy music. Then you get about halfway through the first stage, and all hell breaks loose. Literally! Just…
Read more →Hey all! It's almost Halloween once again, and man do I love this time of year. This year I thought I'd put up some of my favorite video game music that gets me in a Halloween mood! This first one might seem like an odd choice; there's so many classic Castlevania tunes that people would probably sooner pick over this one, but there's just something about the simplistic Game Boy sound library, and the cool…
Read more →So man, a vacation goes by really, really fast. My vacation has been spent primarily at home, and I’ve been trying to cram in as much video game playing as I can to make up for the lack of gaming when I’m working and then coming home to work on stuff for school. I’ve made some good progress so far, completing the new Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep on PSP, then finally finishing up…
Read more →I indulged in a little retro shopping spree over the weekend. Beauty and the Beast looks like it's never been played, it's in perfect condition. I'm interested in seeing how that game plays. It's made by Hudson, which seems an odd pick for this type of game. I guess I think Hudson and I immediately think of Bomberman and Adventure Island. Next we've got Animaniacs for the Genesis. I'm guessing this is the same…
Read more →Recently I purchased a Sega Genesis from a local used game shop so I could finally play some of the games that as a kid were denied to me and my Super Nintendo lifestyle. For the most part I’ve played many of the games I looked at with quiet longing when there were released on the PS2 and PS3 as part of the Sega Genesis Collection and Sonic’s Ultimate Genesis Collection, respectively. I’ve long ago…
Read more →So I figured that going back to get my master's degree would change up my usual video game playing habits, my previous habits being that whenever I was not at work, I was most likely playing video games. I had no idea just how much that would change, as in...I've pretty much not played anything at all for the past five weeks. And what I have played is stuff that I can pick up, play…
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