Clik here to view.
TangoPunk: The Zine Scene is Alive and Well
The rise of the Internet caused a quantum shift in how we enjoy our media. And magazines were one of the areas most affected by this change. Whereas we once got most of our relatively up-to-date news...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Atari A to Z: Gossip
Today’s indie scene is quite rightfully regarded as one of the most creative spaces in the games industry. But it’s been that way for a lot longer than most people realise. Some truly fascinating games...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Exploding Fist: The Way Fightin’ Used To Be
Like most game genres, fighting games went through a period of experimentation and flux in their early days as developers and publishers attempted to figure out the “best” way to do things. In the days...
View Articleshort;Play: Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 – The Official Video Game
I’ve always loved a good multi-sport athletics game, right back to the good old days of Epyx’s “Games” series on 8- and 16-bit platforms. With the 2020 Olympics being cancelled (sorry, “postponed”) due...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Waifu Wednesday: Totooria Helmold
The Arland series, as we’ve already discussed, saw Atelier returning to a lot of conventions from its past. One of the most notable of these was each new mainline installment being named after and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Atari ST A to Z: Asteroids Deluxe
Will I never be free of this accursed game? Given the sheer number of versions Asteroids has enjoyed over the years, I suspect not. But it is actually quite interesting to compare all of them. The...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Nurse Love Syndrome: Nearest and Dearest
Although Kogado Studio’s visual novels Nurse Love Addiction and Nurse Love Syndrome are available as a set (known as Nurse Love Obsession), they’re actually very different experiences. While Nurse Love...
View ArticleEvercade A to Z: Star Luster
Given the popularity of Atari’s Star Raiders, it’s surprising that Namco never brought Star Luster, its own take on the early days of the space sim genre, to Western NES owners. Thankfully, we can now...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Atelier Totori: The Adventurer of Arland – Following the Footsteps
This post is one chapter of a MegaFeature! < Prev. | Contents | Next > So we’ve talked about one of the main reasons Atelier Totori: The Adventurer of Arland became somewhat notorious around the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Atari A to Z Flashback: Motorodeo
The Atari 2600 had such a long lifespan that there is a huge difference between games that came out in its early days and those which appeared in its twilight years. Motorodeo is one of the last games...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Around the Network
Good evening everyone! I’ve just finished editing a monster episode of The MoeGamer Podcast, which should be with you tomorrow assuming my computer doesn’t explode overnight while rendering or...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The MoeGamer Podcast: Episode 43 – Brake for the Snake
Welcome to another podcast! I’m joined once again by the newly rebranded Chris Caskie of CCaskieArt, and today we’re talking arcade racers. The MoeGamer Podcast is available in several places. You can...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Atari A to Z: Hollywood Medieval
Back in the early days of home computing, developers were experimenting not only with how different game genres worked, but also with using game-like mechanics in various contexts. One pioneer of these...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Nurse Love Syndrome: Beauty is Skin-Deep
As we’ve previously explored, some of the core themes that run through Kogado Studio’s visual novel Nurse Love Syndrome include the ideas that people are fallible, that first impressions aren’t always...
View Articleshort;Play: Joust 2 – Survival of the Fittest
We’re going retro for this week’s short;Play, with one of the many games in the first Midway Arcade Treasures compilation for PlayStation 2, Xbox and Gamecube. (There’s also a PSP version, but that’s...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Waifu Wednesday: Melvia Siebel
Atelier Totori: The Adventurer of Arland has some wonderful female characters in its cast — each of whom supports the titular heroine in various ways. One of the most comforting presences early in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Atari ST A to Z: Bomb Jack
Most Atari ST owners probably came into contact with the ST version of Tecmo’s Bomb Jack at one point or another. Developed by the ever-variable Paradox Software, this is actually one of their somewhat...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Star Ixiom: Still Shining
Let’s take a moment to catch up. Star Luster is a space combat game by Namco, originally released for Famicom in 1985. Despite it being an obvious homage to an incredibly popular Western game — Atari’s...
View ArticleEvercade A to Z: Burnin’ Rubber
The Evercade retro gaming platform has introduced me to a variety of great games that, for one reason or another, I never played “back in the day”. One such example is Burnin’ Rubber, the Vic...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Atelier Totori: The Adventurer of Arland – Beyond the City Walls
This post is one chapter of a MegaFeature! < Prev. | Contents | Next > One interesting thing about the way the Arland subseries of Atelier develops over time is how its scale gradually increases....
View Article