Atari A to Z Flashback: Black Widow
I don’t like spiders. I do, however, absolutely LOVE Black Widow, a delightful vector-based twin-stick shooter. In Black Widow, you play a spider trying to defend their web from all manner of incoming...
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Hello! How are you? The weather seems to be on the turn here and the evenings are getting a bit lighter, so the general mood seems to be lifting a bit. January sure sucks, huh. Well, a low mood for the...
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Sunday Driving: Midway Pass
Look at me, I’m on camera! Yes, after some reluctance and a surprising amount of urging from my wife (who either really wants me to suffer or genuinely thinks this is a good idea) I finally decided to...
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Tina Guo – Game On!
Over the course of the last few decades, the definition of what constitutes “classical music” has gradually been changing. When I was a child, “classical music” was pretty strictly defined as art music...
View ArticleAtari A to Z: Zeppelin
Ladies and gentlemen, we’ve done it! Well, we’ve done it once, anyway. Yes, indeed, with this week’s Atari A to Z video, we finally make it all the way to Z, with Cathryn (formerly William, as seen on...
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Dedicated to the Backlog
On Monday, LightningEllen from Livid Lightning and Kim from Later Levels revealed the first #LoveYourBacklog Week: seven days devoted to showing your backlog some love, rather than the fear and guilt...
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Warriors Wednesday: How The Wild Man Does It
How DOES The Wild Man do it? Find out in today’s thrilling installment of Warriors Wednesday, as the Wu forces attempt to prove themselves to Keiji Maeda. If you were looking forward to seeing my...
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Waifu Wednesday: Aya Kamiki
We’ve had celebrities putting in appearances in video games for a good while now, mostly as voice actors, but it’s quite rare to see a performer appear in a game as themselves. Japanese singer, actress...
View ArticleAtari ST A to Z: U.N. Squadron
If you thought games journalists wringing their hands over “problematic” subject matter in games was a new phenomenon… well, I got news for you, my dear reader. U.S. Gold’s home computer conversion of...
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Delving into Dynasty Warriors 8 Xtreme Legends Definitive Edition – #3
I never thought I’d be here contemplating my feelings about the story in a Dynasty Warriors game… but, well, here we are. Last week, I noted I’d been battling my way through the Wu campaign, but hadn’t...
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New Game Plus: Creating Explosives
When returning to a game for a second playthrough, it’s always incredibly satisfying when you manage to complete an objective well ahead of “schedule”. Despite only certain things carrying over to a...
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428: Shibuya Scramble – The Mechanics of Storytelling
When we’re talking about conventional games — particularly today’s games — it’s important to consider them from a wide variety of perspectives. Typically, we look at a game from several different...
View ArticleAtari A to Z Flashback: Canyon Bomber
Time after time in gaming, we’ve seen that the simplest concepts can be some of the most effective and addictive. Atari’s Canyon Bomber, originally released to arcades in 1977, is a prime example of...
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Good weekend, friends! It’s time once again for that weekly review of what’s been going on here on MoeGamer and elsewhere around my little network. You almost didn’t get anything out of me today...
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Sunday Driving: Threshold Break
Well, after a disastrous morning of my computer pretending to be dead… I finally managed to get an episode of Sunday Driving recorded! Our Split/Second adventures continue as we progress through the...
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Daemon x Machina: Exploring the Prototype Missions
I’m no expert on mech games — or indeed the mecha “genre” in general — but Daemon x Machina had me intrigued from the moment Nintendo announced it. And it’s certainly a game that is worthy of your...
View ArticleAtari A to Z: Attack of the Mutant Camels
That’s a title and a half, isn’t it? Even thirty-five years after its original launch, “Attack of the Mutant Camels” is still a delightful piece of titling prowess that just rolls off the tongue....
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Delving into Dynasty Warriors 8 Xtreme Legends Definitive Edition – #4
All right. Let’s talk about mechanics — some of them, at least. So far, as previously noted in the last three parts of this series, I’ve been primarily exploring the Story mode in Dynasty Warriors 8...
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Warriors Wednesday: Some People Are Into Weird Feet
You know who you are. In today’s episode of Warriors Wednesday, I finally catch up with my other video series technology- (and confidence)-wise and show my face! How exciting. Anyway, now we have The...
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Waifu Wednesday: Neptune
Assuming it arrives on time, I’m hoping to cover Idea Factory’s new game Death End Re;Quest as the next Cover Game feature here on MoeGamer. In the meantime, it occurs to me that in previous Waifu...
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