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In that last update, I had made mention of a fictional arcade game called Meteoroids. Some time later, while looking to add roms to my MAME collection, I found it! Yep. Meteoroids is a real game. Sadly, it’s only a pretty lame rip-off of Asteroids with dial controls (which, in emulation terms, means: “touchy as [...]
[Ed's Note: This is an old entry of mine from about a year or so back that I recovered at, of all places, the Hardcore Gaming 101 forums. I kind of like this one, so here it is!] I’ve been having these dreams lately. The events are always different, yet the setting is constant and [...]
Several months ago, I attended a fundraiser to support victims of Japan’s recent natural disasters. This event was put together by Kotaku head honcho, Brian Crecente. It was as much fun as you would expect while in a large room full of Kotaku readers (not fun at all). Nothing quite like hanging out at Cervantes [...]
One of my most memorable moments in Castlevania: Harmony of Despair involved playing a round with five pubbies. From the moment the stage began, one player in particular, playing as Jonathan, began ranting over his headset about how “faggy” the characters all looked. This is of course referring to Ayami Kojima’s androgynous art style. This [...]
I’ve put together a ten track compilation (or mixtape, as the cool kids refer to it). Depending on the reaction it gets, this may end becoming a monthly thing (with a different theme each month, of course). For lack of a better name, I went with my “[A] [B] for [A] People” routine and simply [...]