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For sale, one slightly used copy of ET on the Atari 2600. Minor wear and tear. You may remember a couple months ago that Microsoft paid to have a New Mexico landfill dug up. It was all part of a documentary to see if Atari really did bury unsold cartridges of their infamous flop. Well they…
I’m convinced Proteus has a hidden brilliance to it. Yet perhaps I am not smart enough to find it. It’s one of those art house projects that tries to bend the very definition of what is a game. I’m just not sure it succeeds in that goal. It starts by setting you down on a randomly…
The HD revolution hasn’t been kind to retro gamers. Fire up your old N64 and you get a washed out mess of blurry and stretched out graphics. These games were never meant to be played on big, high resolution TVs. At this point, most retro fans will either jump on their favourite emulator, or bust…
One of gaming’s greatest mysteries has been solved. Seems Atari really did bury a whole shipment of ET cartridges in a New Mexico landfill. First a little back story. Back in 1983, Atari had obtained the rights to produce a game based on the movie ET: The Extra Terrestrial. Like all “good” movie games, it was rushed…
If you haven’t played Bioshock Infinite, you really need to. Good news is it will be free to PlayStation Plus subscribers this week. While a fairly typical shooter, you get absorbed in its Edwardian aesthetics and gripping story of murder, racism, mysterious twins, and the multiverse. Leaving Plus this week are Oddworld and Ico, so…
For the longest time, Gran Turismo was the head hancho of racing. Polyphony arguably created one of the first realistic simulators to appear on console. The series remains one of Sony’s strongest first party franchises. In recent years, fans have accused it of becoming stale. Especially since Forza hit the Xbox scene back in 2005….
What better way to beat the heat with some awesome summer deals from Sony and Microsoft. Both Xbox Live and PSN are offering deep discounts on a huge number of games over the next few weeks. Get them while they’re hot, or don’t. You’ll have Steam’s infamous Summer Sale to contend with later on. …
It’s fair to say Sony has dropped the ball more than a few times when it comes to PS3 firmware updates. Last week’s update (4.45) left many gamers with bricked systems. They could turn it on but the XMB failed to load. Well, shoot. There’s nothing worse than being game free for too long, so…
Sonic the Hedgehog is a sore spot for many gamers. Year after year, Sega has released poorly executed and non-sense games featuring the blue blur. Then in 2011, Generations came out. Surprisingly enough, it was the best 2D and 3D Sonic game to come out in over a decade. Sonic 4: Episode II is an…
A video gaming legend has passed away this week. Jack Tramiel, founder of Commodore and former CEO of Atari, has died at age 83. The man was famous for bringing the world the legendary Commodore 64, one of the first gaming PCs available to the average consumer. However, elite gamers may know him for an…