Resistance: Fall of Color

So I just finished up watching the latest 1Up Show, which featured an in-depth look at Insomniac's upcoming PS3 titles "Resistance: Fall of Man". I couldn't believe that for all the discussion they were having back and forth about the look of the game, comparing it to titles like Halo and Gears of War, that no on brought up on small little detail... No F***ing Color!! Seriously, did developer Insomniac accidentally leave the sepia tone…

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Indie Game: Fly Guy

Indie games have become a haven for many gamers, a place where flashy graphics and killer soundtracks don't need to be included for a bullet point on the back of a box and as such are more focused on things like gameplay and the overall experience of the game. Fly Guy is something I've had bookmarked for years, and after going back to it again I decided it would be fun to share this unique…

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A Boy and His Blob fanart

Click the pic for my deviantART page Sure, why not? Not much to say about this, it's just a fanart of the boy and Blobert from the NES game "A Boy and His Blob" traversing the many underground caverns of the game. Click on the image to be taken to the deviantART page which has a much larger version to view if you so desire.

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GamePlayers' Castlevania II Strategy Tape

About eight or nine years back I had the incredible stroke of luck as I rifled through some bargain bin videotapes in a clearance section of Best Buy and come across some video game strategy guide tapes from the makers of the no longer existing GamePlayers' Magazine. Appropriately titled GamePlayers' Gametapes. My friend picked up a tape that had strategies for, among other titles, Milon's Secret Castle. Since she's already so darn familiar with the…

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Return to Farmer's Market

Anyone who has known me for any length of time will probably agree that I don't seem to like money very much. If I ever find myself with any extra cash on myself, I feel the need to get rid of it as soon as I can. Normally I will target this dislike of money towards electronic entertainment, which I have been known to indulge in now and again. So with Saturday afternoon left open…

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The Links that never were

Rewinding a few years to the unveiling of The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker I, like many others I'm sure, was a bit taken aback by the immense shift in style that game had developed. When we'd last seen our Hylian friend, he was looking quite a bit more Ocarina of Time-ish in a demo showed off at Nitendo's Spaceworld 2001 show in which we were treated to a few glorious seconds of Link and…

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