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05.24.11
Desert island video games Video Games | (31)
This comes up in my mind time and time again, as I try and peg my favourite games of all time. In fact, I guess most gamers play this game when not holding a joypad…Anyway, this needs some formalised rules!You can pick any eight games to be stuck on a desert island with for the rest of your mortal life (no continues). They can be from any year, any system, any format, any region. If it's an old system, assume users, networks or technology is still in place to allow enjoyable gaming. This island has plentiful plug socket points. So if you ...
Tagged: desert island, games, Video Games
05.10.10
Top 10 Sega Mega Drive games Video Games | (1)
Spurred on by @rewindgaming's massively misguided (I'm kidding!) top 10, I feel the need to set my stall out and tell you all what I consider to be the finest Sega Mega Drive games ever crafted. Continue Reading...
Tagged: Sega Mega Drive, Video Games
12.10.09
Top 10 Video Games of the Decade meme, Video Games | (1)
I seem to be on a roll with video games at the moment. I guess that's for two reasons. My boy is getting old enough to play Mario Kart on the Wii, and the winter in the UK is made for gaming. Cold, wet and dark.Anyways, there was a question on the gaming forum I use a lot for chatter and buying/selling, NTSC-uk, asking what your Top 10 Games of the Decade were. Wow, that got me thinking. It's actually a pretty tough question, and it's hard to date some games in your head, as when you look 'em up ...
Tagged: decade, top 10, Video Games
11.15.09
Emulationatron Hardware, Video Games | (1)
Emulation has been something I've been interested in for years... getting super excited about trying to run Sega Megadrive games on a 7200/90 PowerMac when I first learned about emulation. This was all quickly killed by the frustration of seeing the game stutter and jerk about like about like a bad strobe attack.It took many years for things to improve, but even then I felt cheated, using a £1,200 laptop to play a 20 year old game that I had in the attic that would run without the problems... but with recent handhelds, thankfully, there's been a better way. Continue ...
Tagged: A320, dingoo, emulation, GP2X, PSP, Sonic, Video Games
06.07.09
Typography in video games Video Games | (12)
Aren't video games amazing?Graphically stunning, the 3D is incredible, throwing round millions of polygons effortlessly, the lighting effects mind blowing, sun rays blazing through windows across rooms and highlighting dust motes. The typography... errr. Continue Reading...
Tagged: design, typography, Video Games