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

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...

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...

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...

‘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 ...

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...

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’...

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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

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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.  ...

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...

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

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 ...

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

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...

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...