If this doesn’t make you get up and dance at your New Year’s Eve party, then I don’t know what will. Get your Mario overalls on and get jiggy wit it!
Happy New Year to you all! Stay safe and enjoy!
source: Nathan Barnatt
Retro Gaming Culture
12 Video Game Characters With Identifiable Mental Disorders
Did you ever have an inkling there was something NQR (Not Quite Right) about your favourite video game character? How about that rippling Russian behemoth, Zangief, or that speedy gold-ring eating blue hedgehog, Sonic? I always suspected something about these two. Thank you to the team at Cracked.com, they have finally released the dossier on 12 video game characters that may require medical intervention.
source: Cracked.com
Powered Up
Every gamer knows that the mushroom power-up is only for Mario and his bro, Luigi to use. If the power up falls in the wrong hands, it may spell doom for the video gaming universe. Watch what happens when other popular video gaming characters (Lara Croft, Master Chief, and Assassin Connor) attempt to steal Mario’s treasured power-ups! I shudder at the thought!
source: CorridorDigital
Happy Holidays 2013
It is that time of year. The time of year when you are supposed to be relaxed and very merry. If you are lucky enough to be on holidays and enjoying the festive season, lucky you!
For me, this time of year is always good to reflect on the last twelve months. Apart from reflecting on personal matters (which I am keeping to myself), for me, the main (retro gaming) highlight of 2013 was our participation in the very first PAX Australia event. The inaugural event was an absolute blast and we will no doubt be back, bigger and better for PAX Aus 2014! Other vintage gaming highlights included the capture (at last!) of the Vectrex and SX64.
Well, Santa is almost here, so I will take this opportunity to thank you all for your patronage – it is truly awesome and appreciated. I wish you all a very merry Christmas and all the best for 2014! Stay safe, be merry and game on!
Christmas Morning With Sega
With the festive season fast approaching, we tend to reminisce about those Christmas mornings when we would get up at the crack of dawn and open our presents from under the Christmas tree. The excitement would always boil over if there was something video gaming related from Santa. This video is for anyone who ever had their Christmas made magical by Sega.
source: segamastersystem.com
Bogus Video Games
If you thought the demakes of modern games were cool, then perhaps you will reconsider when checking out some of these video games that just didn’t make it to our beloved consoles. Oh how I wish I could get my hands on Square Enix’s Retail Manager 13!
source: Fake Video Games
ELF in 8-bit
Console Inflation
Before you tear out your hair at the current costs of the latest generation consoles, spare a moment to reflect upon the consoles that came before them. The below graphic shows the original retail price ($USD) and the price adjusted for inflation. No wonder my parents could never afford the Atari 2600! Very interesting indeed.
source: Reddit
The Playstation Journey
Little did we know that Sony would change the video gaming landscape once they entered the fray with their Playstation console in late 1994. Sony smashed the opposition and had a hand in choking out their rival, Sega (Ed: I am still livid over that!). Sony cemented their place in the gaming pantheon with the world’s best selling console of all time, the Playstation 2. The gaming world has changed quite a bit over the last decade with the merge of gaming with online home entertainment and social media – thank you Sony (Ed: sarcasm?). With four video gaming systems in the bag (excluding their handhelds), I wonder what Sony will come up with next?
Regression: Demaking Of Modern Video Games
For me, modern games lack the cache or flair of classic games from the 8 and 16-bit era. If you want that certain nostalgic value injected into modern games, then feast your eyes on the below demakes by the talented artist, Junkboy. If these games were available, I wouldn’t hesitate in forking out my hard earned dollars for them.
All images sourced from: JunkBoy