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Tuesday, October 20, 2020

A Brief Interlude: Marvel Puzzle Quest

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 A match three RPG using characters from across all the Marvel universes? That could be either a total disaster or addictive fun. Addictive ...
Thursday, January 16, 2020

My 100 Most Favorite Video Games of All Time #87: Metal Gear Solid

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Anyone who has played Metal Gear Solid (MGS) felt their pulse quicken upon seeing that this was my choice for this column. As someone who h...
Friday, January 3, 2020

My 100 Most Favorite Video Games of All Time #88: Doom

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DOOM . How could it not be on the list? It was the game that changed all games and solidified first-person shooters as a force to be reckone...
Friday, December 21, 2018

My 100 Most Favorite Video Games of All Time #89: Duck Hunt

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Duck Hunt . It’s one of those games you forget about until you see it mentioned somewhere … like here. It’s a classic, understated game, a...
Sunday, November 16, 2014

My 100 Most Favorite Video Games of All Time #90: Dungeons and Dragons Tactics

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‘Tis true, warrior.  Back in the day I was an Advanced Dungeons and Dragons player.  With that in mind, it may come as a surprise that I ...
Wednesday, February 12, 2014

My 100 Most Favorite Video Games of All Time #91: Captain America and the Avengers

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If you were comic book fan in 1991 and wandered into an arcade (which, having lost their appeal to both addicts tired of the stale games an...
Saturday, August 3, 2013

My 100 Most Favorite Video Games of All Time #92: NFL

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I am not a huge fan of either football or social video games, yet Nintendo’s 1989 NFL has a place on this list.  It’s not here because it’...
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Saturday, March 30, 2013

My 100 Most Favorite Video Games of All Time #93: Mortal Kombat -- Deception

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Mortal Kombat:Deception is the first Mortal Kombat game I really liked.  I played the other games in the franchise and they provided a s...
Thursday, March 21, 2013

My 100 Most Favorite Video Games of All Time #94: Star Wars -- Starfighter

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You don’t see Star Wars: Starfighter on a whole lot of favorites lists, though it was released to critical acclaim.  Maybe it’s because t...
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Saturday, March 16, 2013

My 100 Most Favorite Video Games of All Time #95: Activision Hits Remixed

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Many of the reasons why I like Activision Hits Remixed are similar to why I enjoy Atari Classics Evolved .  There is something pure about ...
Tuesday, March 12, 2013

My 100 Most Favorite Video Games of All Time #96: Atari Classics Evolved

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If you saw the title of this and your immediate reaction was to groan, you’ve played the game.  You didn’t groan because it sucked, though...
Thursday, March 7, 2013

My 100 Most Favorite Video Games of All Time # 97: Robot Tank

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What wasn’t there to love about Activision’s 1983 Battlezone “homage” Robot Tank ?  You commanded (remotely) a tank and your mission was to...
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Saturday, December 22, 2012

My 100 Most Favorite Video Games of All Time #98: Kaboom!

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Kaboom! was one of those games that played better than it led you to believe.  It had lackluster box cover art of a stereotypical crimi...
Saturday, October 20, 2012

My 100 Most Favorite Video Games of All Time #99: Megamania

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If anyone remembers the commercial for the Atari 2600’s Megamania , they most likely remember the sense of chaos it conveyed and the Tub...
Sunday, October 7, 2012

My 100 Most Favorite Video Games of All Time #100: Dark Chambers

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Why the hell do I like Dark Chambers for the Atari 7800?   I’m sure if I played it now, I’d be asking myself that every step of the way. ...
Tuesday, August 14, 2012

My Favorite 100 Video Games of All Time

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Over on my movie blog, The Last Picture Blog , I started doing my favorite 100 movies of all time.  It was a fun list to do, but I actually ...
Sunday, June 3, 2012

Your Most Favorite Games of All Times

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I'm quickly approaching my 100th post, and I wanted to do something on my 100 favorite games of all time.  Not the best games, but the ...
Sunday, May 13, 2012

Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords

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How can a game that mixes Bejeweled mechanics with elements of an RPG possibly hope to succeed?  Well, it can't.  On paper, it doesn...
Friday, April 6, 2012

Dream Big, Slacker

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I can wrap my mind around a lot of video game concepts.  Listening to a sweaty John Madden for hours on end.  Micromanaging bathroom habit...
Wednesday, April 4, 2012

To The Kill -- Nazi Hunting in a New America

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If there's one group even the most peace-loving, bleeding heart liberal thinks it is okay to kill, it's Nazis.  One need not look an...
Tuesday, February 28, 2012

X-Men Legends

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It had been a few years since I had played X-Men Legends .  It's not that I didn't like it.  On the contrary, I think it's a g...
Saturday, January 21, 2012

Cleaving Skulls in Two Part Two

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I few posts ago I wrote about my latest session with Dungeons and Dragons Tactics .  You can read about it here if you are so inclined.  ...
Thursday, January 12, 2012

Thoughts on Gamefly

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I know a lot of people who use Netflix, myself being one of them.  I don't, however, know of anyone who uses Gamefly.  Correction: I ma...
Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Shoot 'Em Dead Link-Style

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Link's Crossbow Training was the first Wii game to use the Wii Zapper.  Was it a good game to showcase this "technology"? ...
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Sunday, January 8, 2012

Cleaving Skulls in Two

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Back in the day I played Dungeons and Dragons .  Yep, I admit it.  Played it a lot.  Eventually I stopped.  This was before the new rules ...
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Monday, December 5, 2011

Bayshore Malls' Gamestop Creatures

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Eureka, California's Bayshore Mall has had a Gamestop store for quite a few years.  Recently it moved into a bigger location within the ...
Thursday, November 10, 2011

Shooting Up Cars and Hunting Spys

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It was the early '80s.  My brother and I, whenever dragged to one of Allentown, PA's various malls, would beg and plead to be take...
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Monday, October 24, 2011

Extreme -- A Term I Use Loosely -- Pinball: Urban Chaos

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Back in 1995 a game called Extreme Pinball came out for the PlayStation.  How pinball, which I happen to enjoy, can be extreme is anyone...
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