Doom hits Xbox Live Arcade today, and I just finished playing through the demo which really made me nostalgic. The sound has been remastered in 5.1 and sounds great, the midi-like action music was a joy to hear. The controls feel natural and responsive. Combined with the new 4-player split-screen coop or deathmatch, or online coop and deathmatch, I think I'll be dropping 800 points on this baby! The demo for Sonic the Hedgehog is…
Read more →In yesterday's blog, I mentioned Nintendo's "Dream Team" of developers, which was most likely a way of them putting a positive spin on the fact that only a handful of developers had started working on the Nintendo 64. Today I'll talk about the most important of those developers, Rare. A Brief History Rare, a company founded by the Stampers brothers in England, started off primarily in the PC market. The Stampers were amazing programmers who…
Read more →One day, about a month before the Nintendo 64 was set so launch, I was browsing through the magazine section of my local Borders Books and noticed a magazine that seemed to have been made especially for me! A special periodical all about the upcoming Nintendo 64, from the publishers of EGM. I paid my $9.99 and tore into the thing on the drive home (as I wouldn't be able to drive myself for another…
Read more →So as many of you may or may not be aware, on September 29th, we'll be celebrating the ten year anniversary of Nintendo 64's release in the US. Man, I can't believe it's been that long, it seems lonely yesterday that I was heading out to the Toys R Us one early Sunday morning to pick up my pre-order of the N64 console and a copy of Super Mario 64. So, to commemorate this occasion,…
Read more →I remember when I first read about the .Hack phenomenon taking Japan by storm in an issue of Newtype. The idea of a true multimedia story, one that was told through anime, manga and video games sounded intriguing to say the least. I also remember thinking that they'd never bring it successfully to the States due to the high volume of translation needed across all the various media. A few years later, I'm happy to…
Read more →Review Haiku for StarFox Command Strategy segments work surprisingly well here. Krystal is still hot. What more can I say? It's been pretty darn fun so far. With 9 possible endings, I've knocked out 3. They really took the branching path idea from the previous games and went with it, making each time I play through practically a new game that I just keep coming back to. Fan Art: Toad Here is my latest fanart…
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