It's been a long time since I've owned a TV. Most of the gaming I've been doing since I got rid of my old 27" Sanyo tube TV has been on my phone or on my computer. Now, many months later, I've finally made the jump back to dedicated console gaming. I picked up a refurbished 42" LG LED flat-panel for a pretty sweet deal, and received it just a few days ago – I've gotta tell you, it's a whole new world when you're playing games on this kind of screen.
I should note, by the way, that I've
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Classic Spotlight: Sonic the Hedgehog
by Jason Lightner July 13th, 2011 | Console Games, Portable gaming
I can't believe it's already been 20 years. It seems like just yesterday that I was extolling the brilliance of blast-processing. To my nine-year-old brain, Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog was the greatest thing to happen to video games since the Power Glove. Looking back on it, I realize how silly a comparison that was, but at the time it certainly seemed to fit. Sonic was the first real competitor to the king mascot of video games, Nintendo's Mario. With the Genesis already two years old and not gaining much ground against Nintendo's NES, and with the
Red Dead Redemption
by Bea June 8th, 2011 | Console Games, Game Reviews, PlayStation 3, Xbox
The other day I spotted my cousin intently staring at a map. Strange, I thought to myself, why isn’t he just using Google Maps or some other Internet source like he normally would? I then realized that it was not an ordinary map — it was a map that went along with a video game. I could hardly believe my eyes that he was actually playing a video game that required him to look away from the screen and do some planning rather than sporadic shooting. Hats off to Rockstar Games, the publisher of my cousin’s new found obsession.
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Classic Spotlight: Metroid
by Jason Lightner May 4th, 2011 | Console Games, Game Reviews, Nintendo DS, Wii
When you're five or six years old and your favorite game is The Legend of Zelda, no other game should be able to take that crown. For me, Metroid took it and ran.
Released in 1986 for the Nintendo Entertainment System, Metroid was revolutionary in several ways. Being the first game to be a truly open adventure, Metroid did away with the linear nature of video games and replaced it with a free-roaming environment where a player (if skilled enough) could reach nearly any area they'd like and break the intended progression set by the developers.
In addition to
Released in 1986 for the Nintendo Entertainment System, Metroid was revolutionary in several ways. Being the first game to be a truly open adventure, Metroid did away with the linear nature of video games and replaced it with a free-roaming environment where a player (if skilled enough) could reach nearly any area they'd like and break the intended progression set by the developers.
In addition to
Classic Spotlight: Resident Evil
by Jason Lightner April 18th, 2011 | Console Games
Back when 3D gaming was still new, a game was released that defined a genre. Resident Evil (Biohazard in Japan) was released for the Playstation in March of 1996. Back when peoples' idea of a horror-genre video game was D or Maniac Mansion, Resident Evil introduced a new dimension of combat and puzzle-solving in the genre that went along nicely with the narrative.
By now I'm sure you're familiar with the plot, so I'll make this short. A large pharmaceuticals company named Umbrella is secretly developing biological weapons to sell to various governments around the world. This
By now I'm sure you're familiar with the plot, so I'll make this short. A large pharmaceuticals company named Umbrella is secretly developing biological weapons to sell to various governments around the world. This
