There’s no secret formula to figuring out just the right amount of friction to include in a video game. Every player has a different level of...
Musician Brian Eno once claimed that the limitations of a medium are exactly what people will miss about it once those limitations are gone. That’s probably...
More than any other artform, videogames are limited by technological advances. In other words: they cost a lot of money to produce. However, there was once...
Arcade1Up’s latest arcade cabinet is a toasty treat for Mortal Kombat fans. The Midway Mortal Kombat Legacy Arcade Machine features the original three games in the...
As we steadily approach the ninth console generation, it’s clear that gaming technology has come a long way since the bit-wars and limited storage space of...
Haf-Life 2, like many of the best sci-fi stories that came before and since its 2004 release, is a resistance narrative. There wasn’t much resistance at...
There’s been plenty of appropriate marketing for Stranger Things 3 from New Coke, to a retro-inspired video game, but this is perhaps the best one yet....
Quite a few games are inspired by the 1980s, bursting with neon, synthwave, and nods to the pop culture of that decade, but few incorporate the...
We look back on Kenji Eno’s controversial “D Trilogy,” a survival horror series that’s an acquired taste, but one that features some incredible ideas! It’s not...
James Rolfe is easily most famous for his online persona of Angry Video Game Nerd, but his talents have stretched beyond the realm of retro gaming...
Old-school survival horror may be a thing of the past, but that doesn’t stop some developers from revisiting the heydays of the genre. Take Jupiter Lighthouses’...
What’s this? A new SNES game?! Your eyes don’t deceive you, as Foxbat’s Unholy Night: The Darkness Hunter is now available in North America. Previously available...
We knew this was coming. Today Nintendo announced the SNES Classic Edition for both North America and Europe. Available September 29th, the miniaturized console will come...
Slugs (1988) Arrow Video recently released Juan Piquer Simon ‘s Slugs on Blu-ray and the oozy 1988 shocker has never looked better. As a film that lives or dies by the quality...
The road for NECA’s NES-styled Contra figures of Bill and Lance was a long and aggravating one. First announced in December of last year, the figures...
On the heels of Lionsgate’s Vestron Video Collector’s Series announcement, we thought we’d take a trip through the company’s VHS library to see what might be...
Nostalgia for the movies of the 80s and 70s isn’t really anything new at this point, but it can still be charming when done right. That...
Toy Ark also scored the first showroom floor sneaks at NECA’s retro dolls. On display at the ongoing New York Toy Fair were Mego-styled Evil Dead...
As we all patiently wait for the next generation of consoles to release and take video games one step closer to their inevitable digital future, I...
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