The fast, overstimulating action of Raiden III returns with the Mikado Maniax Remix, propelling this legendary shmup onto PC and console.
Arcade
Swordship thrives on short bursts of fast-paced gameplay, riffing on the arcade shooters of a neon yesteryear.
The SEGA Astro City Mini V packs a punch when it comes to vertical shmups but is it simply too little too late?
I don’t like Ghosts ‘n Goblins. I think it is objectively bad. That said, I come back to it every single year.
On this Mortal Kombat podcast, violence and the ESRB, differences from Street Fighter, and the best video game movie theme song.
Sit yourself down and let’s hear the forgotten story of The New Zealand Story, which you might know better as Kiwi Kraze.
A jewel from Sega’s vault, or a Garbage Puyo ruining your day? Let’s find out together.
VS. Super Mario Bros. (Arcade) joins the Super Mario Multiverse for MAR10, 2020: celebrating the history, inspiration, imagination, and joy of Super Mario!
Mario Roulette (Arcade) joins the Super Mario Multiverse for MAR10, 2020: celebrating the history, inspiration, imagination, and joy of Super Mario!
Mario Pinball Land (Arcade) joins the Super Mario Multiverse for MAR10, 2020: celebrating the history, inspiration, imagination, and joy of Super Mario!
Do you love Turtles In Time? Well then, chances are you miiiight like this new TMNT arcade beat ’em up by Raw Thrills.
In this Pac-Man podcast, Pac-marriage, President Reagan, Pac-paraphernalia, the killscreen, and inclusivity… with some cringey origins.
It’s time to return to the musty neon lairs of old for this Street…
Space Harrier cruises onto the Nintendo Switch, bringing fond memories with it! Welcome to the Fantasy Zone! Get ready!
SNK 40th Anniversary Collection has more games than the PS1 mini and it doesn’t include a bunch that you’ve already played a billion times.
The Capcom Beat ‘Em Up Bundle brings the arcade experience of yesteryear home PLUS some games never before released on home console!
The Punisher follows a rich tradition of incredibly fun and actually decently designed licensed video games by Capcom.
Vectrex, Tim Skelly, and Armor Attack may not mean a whole lot to many millions today but learning more about this era of gaming with its ghostly vector lines can be fun.
It’s the ship that made the Kessel run in less than twelve parsecs. I’ve outrun Imperial starships. Not the local bulk cruisers, mind you. I’m talking about the big Corellian ships, now. She’s fast enough for you, old man.
-Han Solo, Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope
What would an ocean be without a monster lurking in the dark? It would be like sleep without dreams.
-Werner Herzog
“In the middle of the journey of our life I found myself within a dark woods where the straight way was lost.”
-Dante Alighieri, Inferno
“Negative space is important. When I teach students to read critically I advise them to look for what the author isn’t saying just as carefully as for what he or she is.”
-Aaron Belz
“The thing’s hollow — it goes on forever — and — oh my God! — it’s full of stars!”
-Arthur C. Clarke, 2001: a Space Odyssey
“From everyone who has been given much, much will be required…”
-The Gospel of Luke 12:48 [NASB]
Hello, NPCs, and welcome to the second annual 31-Day Challenge! This year, we’re taking…
“The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think, but to give you questions to think upon.”
-Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings
“In a ravine she lived, and took shape as a spider of monstrous form, weaving her black webs in a cleft of the mountains. There she sucked up all light that she could find, and spun it forth again in dark nets of strangling gloom, until no light more could come to her abode; and she was famished.”
-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion
“I think what a lot of action movies lose these days, especially the ones that deal with fantasy, is you stop caring at some point because you’ve lost human scale.”
-Harrison Ford
“No art or learning is to be pursued halfheartedly…and any art worth learning will certainly reward more or less generously the effort made to study it.”
― Murasaki Shikibu, The Tale of Genji
