WHO IS RARE? Way back in the nineties when gaming was still in its infancy, a company called Rare was making a stir. They were a group of British developers with a unique brand of humour and silliness. Rare garnered a team that were able to produce truly unique and […]
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March 10th (#MAR10) is a day for Mario, where we celebrate the red plumber and his impact on gaming. However, as the Mario franchise has expanded so has its characters. Many of them have had their own games, series, and spin-offs. Nintendo has made a habit of making these games […]
Transfer deadline day for all English teams is officially closed, with the rest of the footballing world following soon. Now, most of you will not care in the slightest about this. But when your football team (okay okay, soccer!) is making new signings left, right and centre, it brings a […]
Super Smash Bros Ultimate is a massive monstrosity of a game. With over 70 characters, 900 songs, and 100 stages, the latest Nintendo fighter certainly isn’t wanting for content. But that doesn’t mean we can’t expect some more anyway – after all, four more fighter packs are on the horizon, […]
Ninetndo‘s original Game Boy was a bit of an odd ball. Released 30 years ago in April 1989, it was extremely underpowered, even for the time. It ran on a processor common in the mid-70’s, nearly a decade before the Game Boy’s release. Sega’s competition, the Game Gear, out-shined the […]
Humans love to hate things; the internet has proven that time and time again. Whether it be a political candidate, a corporate entity, or a YouTube Rewind, we have a plethora of villains stored up in our psyche, real or perceived. But sometimes, particularly in fiction, a villain can be […]
Video games are a violent medium. We shoot, stab, slice, nuke, punch, bulldoze, swing, and skewer our way through baddies… and all for what? For the cathartic, sadistic pleasure of pretending to kill something without consequences? Well… yeah! It’s because of the same adrenaline rush we get from watching an […]
Thanks to the recent release of the PlayStation Classic, many online personalities received care packages from Sony to celebrate the release. Each care package containing, of course, the PlayStation Classic, a couple of hats and a set of video game inspired sneakers; the Nike PG 2.5 x PlayStation. The collaboration […]
The holidays are here and with that terrible news also comes the realization that it is time for snow and ice. After getting over a foot of snow this Sunday, I am feeling pretty salty towards the whole idea of winter. It might be because it reminds me of my […]
Since the days of the N64 and PS1, we’ve fallen in love over and over again with 3D platformers. Sure, there might not be hundreds of them to choose from, but the few that are out there have captured our hearts and imaginations since we were kids. They’ve taken us through […]