Sure, the new Kid Icarus is great, but what about the voice of Pit that we all know and love from Captin N: The Game Master? Wouldn't the new game be so much better with his classic "-icus" after every word? No, no it wouldn't. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgQS8UKFF1g&w=560&h=315]
Read more →I've been trying to make regular updates to my YouTube channel lately, so if you're not subscribed to my channel, do so! In the meantime, here's two of the latest video additions. My loose goal will be adding one a week. I've recorded gameplay footage for a new Let's Go Retro video, now I just have to find the time to get it made! New games from PAX East 2012: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmH4XCjAr2E&w=560&h=315] A tour of…
Read more →I've played with game makers in the past, but really haven't done anything beyond the tutorials offered. I've been using a new program called Construct 2, which makes your game in HTML 5 and it's pretty easy to use. I had a good time making this admittedly pretty bad game, and that's what really counts. Basically I made a little Ghostbusters rip off, where you control the proton gun on the bottom of the screen.
Read more →Back when I was working at GameStop, I used to find it fun to utilize my graphic design skills in ways that might help out the store a bit. At one point I decided it would be fun to make some signs that advertised our policy of checking ID for M-rated games as well as when you trade in games for cash. I made the two signs below, printed them on some heavy cardstock and…
Read more →I played with a Vita demo today and was really impressed. The system just looks gorgeous, the screen's nice and big, and the size feels just right, it fits your hands really well. I played through the demo for Uncharted Golden Abyss. After getting kinda psyched up for the Vita, I came home and saw that they nixed the UMD transfer program. siiiiiiiigh. For those not in the know about the transfer, Kotaku.com explains it:…
Read more →I had a lot of Atari 2600 games as a kid, and most of them, even the bad ones, got plenty of play time from me. But one of my all-time favorite games to play on Atari was always Adventure, a game that I still enjoy playing some 25 years later. For those that aren't familiar, Adventure was creator Warren Robinett's attempt at bringing PC text adventure-style games over to the Atari console. The game…
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