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Galamoth
(This is based on a post I made on a video game message board some time ago, which I have since deleted. But I liked keeping the story for posterity,…
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Atomic Monsoon #42: Play it Loud!
https://open.spotify.com/episode/55FNoZ7dTSz2cP7KyT26hy?si=23ea74a3f9694846 Nintendo's 130th anniversary as a company was this week, so we sat down to discuss this history of the Big N.
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Atomic Monsoon #37: Go! Go! Game On Expo!
https://open.spotify.com/episode/1gmi6DvpYFGCwN3Bq88bkc?si=c91976b508304a86 Andy and Josh went to the Game On Expo 2019! On this week's episode, they recount their adventures at the Phoenix-based video game convention. NOTE: We mention another recording…
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Marvel Universe Retro Sprite Poster
I took some sprites of the biggest Marvel characters from Marvel vs. Capcom 1 & 2, recolored them to fit my personal taste, and then stuck them on a retro-style…
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Why Dr. Wily Can Never Defeat Mega Man
I’ve been playing quite a bit of the Mega Man game series, lately. This morning, I had an epiphany. Dr. Wily is a moron. Dr. Albert W. Wily - Mad Scientist Moron…
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On Competitive Gaming…
While I'm generally a rather passive and laid-back individual, I do enjoy competitive entertainment, from time to time. My two biggest competitive outlets are games that are both infinitely different…
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Billy Mitchell is.. Mister X?
It just occurred to me that Billy Mitchell, former Donkey Kong world champion, greatly resembles Mr. X, the leader of the evil syndicate from Sega's Streets of Rage video games: Billy Mitchell…
Posted inJournal Video games
Fighting in the Street Part IV: The King of Fighters?
While all the hype behind MKII and SSFII was overwhelming US gamers (The two games were basically all that my friends and I would talk about at summer camp that…
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Fighting in the Street Part III: Super Kombat
MORTAL KOMBAAAAAAAT! By the time September of 1993 rolled around, EVERYBODY had played Street Fighter. And those of us who stuck with it had all learned how to throw Hadokens…
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Fighting in the Street Part II: The Art of Fatal Kombat.
It took me just over a year, but I'd finally played and beaten Street Fighter II. And there were already TWO new versions in the arcade; Street Fighter II: Champion…
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Fighting in the Street: Part I
It began in February, 1992. My mom had only recently moved into her first apartment after she and my dad separated. My brother and I spent the weekends at…
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Virtua Fighter 5
I busted out my copy of Virtua Fighter 5 over the Labor Day weekend, on the XBox 360. I forgot how much fun that game was. As a fan of…
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Warriors (Super Famicom) Review
It's no secret that I like fighting games. A lot. I also like the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT). A lot. Therefore, when the two got put together, one would…
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Sonic Advance (Game Boy Advance) Review
Being a long-time fan of Sega's blue mascot of a hedgehog, I knew I'd have to get Sonic's Game Boy Advance (GBA) titles, sooner or later. And when that opportunity…
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Maximum Carnage (SNES/Genesis) Review
It's Acclaim's oldschool beat-'em-up/brawler, Maximum Carnage! Released in 1994 on both the Super NES and the Genesis, this is one of the most hyped comic-based games of its day, and…