Retro Gamer Memories #2 : Reminiscing – ET + Sonic the Hedgehog

I’m hoping I can reminisce on more titles I buy in the future, but honestly I just don’t remember playing some of these games. Maybe I did, maybe I didn’t. Maybe these games scarred me so profoundly because they were so bad, I just sealed that section of my brain away so I wouldn’t have to relive those horrible memories. Or maybe I just never owned the game in the first place so I never played it. Or I just don’t remember. But this last weekend...

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Old VG artwork...

I made this image almost 5 years ago – but I’ve been inspired to create more VG movie posters. Let’s see how it pans out. First I’m going to try and recreate this one with a more modern graphical image. Wish me luck, let’s see if I still got i...

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Retro Game Hunt #1 - Hidden Treasures under a train station?!

. It was Sunday morning, my dog was being a pain in the ass and I was unfortuantely on call for work (my day job as a systems admin). I was already answering a few problem related e-mails, but that wasn’t going to deter me from taking my hour break at the local flea market that I discovered the weekend before. I knew the crowds would soon be overcome with the blood-thirsty souls of greedy hoarders hoping to add another senseless...

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MINICRAFT!

From the makers of Minecraft (Notch a.k.a Markus Persson) – comes his new mini masterpiece – Minicraft! He designed this game for the Ludum Dare competition in which Indie Game developers have just 48 hours to design and create an workable game. This game brings back huge memories of classic 8-bit adventure RPG’s, and I love the elements of Minecraft tied into it. Cheers to you Notch – excellent job. You can play the game in your browser by...

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