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Danny’s Lament: Pluck your magic twanger Froggy!

Posted on May 26, 2010 by Daniel

If you know that reference, then you are truly a Frogger junky like myself. Me and a couple of friends spent a majority of the decade from 2001 – 2009 playing the numerous modernized versions of Frogger for everything from … Continue reading →

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Stelladaptor—the god of Atari 2600 emulation on your PC

Posted on April 11, 2010 by Daniel

  I got into the classic video game retro scene in about 2001 when I finally bought a home computer. Within a matter of months, I loaded my computer with pretty much every video game for every console released between … Continue reading →

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You’ve entered the Arcade Zone, where no Activision classic is what it seems

Posted on April 5, 2010 by Daniel

The last generation of game systems was treated to “Activision Anthology,” a collection that had dozens of original Activision and Imagic classics from the Atari 2600 days. If you hooked up an arcade stick to your system, you had a … Continue reading →

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Silent Hill really is going to fall off the map…

Posted on March 29, 2010 by Daniel

Take One: Shattered Memories shatters my hope for the series It was a big weekend for me and my partner in video gaming. Our goal was to immerse ourselves in Silent Hill: Shattered Memories, a “re-imagining” of the original classic … Continue reading →

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Why do they have to ‘remix’ the classics?

Posted on March 25, 2010 by Daniel

Having grown up during the dawn of the 12” single, I’m a sucker for a remix…of a song, that is. But I finally picked up a copy of the Wii video game Namco Museum Remix and find most of its … Continue reading →

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House of the Dead Overkill is anything but…

Posted on March 20, 2010 by Daniel

Thanks to the resurgence of cult grindhouse films as a result of the Tarantino/Rodriguez double feature collaboration, the House of the Dead series takes the 4th console installment away from the cheesy b-movie feel and goes totally grindhouse, from the … Continue reading →

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Debbie Harry, Atari joysticks, VHS tapes—Videodrome was years ahead of its time

Posted on January 29, 2010 by Daniel

I remember seeing David Cronenberg’s 1983 film Videodrome on cable as a kid, thinking it was gory, kinky, and awesome because it featured Debbie Harry, but not really getting it. Which of course describes most Cronenberg films. I love it … Continue reading →

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Resident Evil or Resident Hell’s Angels?

Posted on November 23, 2009 by Daniel

Structured much like part 4, Resident Evil 5 takes the series even further into action game territory and away from the original atmospheric, tense, suspenseful and often frightening series that longtime fans came to love. What makes this installment better … Continue reading →

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Forget the joystick, I’m busy playing with my Wii Wii

Posted on May 11, 2009 by Daniel

Hey, the straight boys might have Lara Croft to drool over, but we gay guys get some hot artificial excitement every now and then. I’m playing Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop on Wii, and the main character, Frank West, … Continue reading →

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My lifestyle choice…video games!

Posted on May 11, 2009 by Daniel

I just passed my 40th birthday, and like the big child that I am, one of the things I asked for was a Wii, which my man Danny got me. I often wonder how much longer I’ll be a video … Continue reading →

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