August 2021 Blog Posts (28)

RETRO REBOOT - Army Men 3D (PlayStation)

I'm trying to think of a more useless video game franchise than the series of Army men games that plagued the video gamesphere for way longer than it ever needed to. How did this happen? I can't have a Dark Chronicle 3, but the planet demanded a Sarge's Heroes 2? Who had compromising photos? What skeletons were revealed? Are these games even bad?…

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Added by Mike Lind on August 10, 2021 at 11:00am — No Comments

Report: No Performance Boost For Steam Deck When Playing Docked

Valve's upcoming handheld system may be a pretty powerful piece of hardware when looking under the hood at the horsepower. A lot of social media has touted the Steam Deck as a "Nintendo Switch killer". The Nintendo IP exclusivity alone practically throws that argument out the window, but the comparisons are very opaque.…

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Added by Mike Lind on August 9, 2021 at 9:35pm — No Comments

The Nintendo Switch Total Unit Sales Hit 89 Million

Generally, more than a few years into a console's life, the unit sales would start to taper off. The Nintendo Switch has been immune to this, as the hybrid system has maintained a very steady pace when it comes to demand. According to Nintendo's most recent fiscal report, The Switch has sold 89.04 million units since its launch in 2017. For reference,…

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Added by Mike Lind on August 5, 2021 at 7:30pm — No Comments

Street Fighter V Summer Update: Final Character Luke Revealed

The producers at Capcom announced last year that this upcoming season will be Street Fighter V's last, and the official reveals for the remaining fighters are rolled out. This last impromptu season was put together after the departure of former Capcom designer and Street Fighter producer Yoshinori Ono, who…

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Added by Mike Lind on August 5, 2021 at 1:06am — No Comments

Iconic SEGA Arcade, Ikebukuro GiGO, Is Closing In Tokyo

Once a staple and standard for gaming, the arcades have been a decaying medium across the world. Now even in Japan, where they thrived the most, many revered attractions have been shuttering their doors. The Ikebukuro GiGO, which has been in business for 28 years and during the golden age of the gaming industry, will be closing down September 28,…

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Added by Mike Lind on August 3, 2021 at 5:49pm — No Comments

Hasbro & Nintendo Team-Up For Another Board Game

Nintendo is at it again! A few years ago Nintendo teamed up with Hasbro to release Monopoly Gamer: Super Mario Bros and then again with Monopoly Gamer: Mario Kart.

Well, the team-ups are continuing, but not with Monopoly. This time it's tackling The Game of Life

The Game of Life: Super Mario Edition…

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Added by James Tuttle on August 3, 2021 at 3:25pm — No Comments

RETRO REBOOT - Panzer Dragoon Orta (Xbox)

When I think about some of the best sleeper games I’ve played, key titles come to mind; Demon’s Crest for the SNES, Mr. Bones on the Sega Saturn, and the Colony Wars series on the PSX. While I don’t think Panzer Dragoon fits the mold of a hit sleeper game or a dark horse that takes home awards, it has quietly been one of the better Sega games…

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Added by Mike Lind on August 3, 2021 at 10:52am — No Comments

PlayStation Architect Mark Cerny Offers Preferred SSD Solution For The PS5

Given the data size of your modern game application, memory expansion for the the next gen consoles is almost guaranteed to be a must, and it's essential to shop around for SSDs based on download speeds and loading times. For the Xbox Series X, the solid state drive of choice is the Seagate expansion card. The Playstation 5, the most optimal…

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Added by Mike Lind on August 1, 2021 at 4:55pm — No Comments

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