Ninja Gaiden Review: The Action Game That Demanded Mastery
I’ve been studying action game design since the arcade days, so I know how to tell if a game’s difficulty is punishing (and thus unfair)...
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Donkey Kong Review The Platformer That Introduced The World To Mario
Right, let me tell you something about Donkey Kong that most people get wrong as well. Everyone yells and shouts about how it “introduced Mario...
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Burnout 3: Takedown Review: The Racing Game That Made Crashing Fun
I thought Burnout 3 was going to be a standard arcade racer. And while it was certainly that, it turned into so much more. Burnout...
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Metal Slug Review The Run And Gun That Proved 2D Could Never Die
To begin with, I’m Joe, and before Carl starts yelling about how Street Fighter II changed the face of arcade culture, and before Tim reveals...
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The Sega CD: Why Sega’s Vision of the Future Was Ahead of Its Time
The Add-On That Proved CD Gaming Was Coming, But Cost Too Much to Get There I am a history teacher from Phoenix who has been...
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Halo 2 Review: The Sequel That Defined Online Console Gaming
Here’s something I teach in my history classes — occasionally one product will create the environment for an entire industry to evolve. Halo 2 is...
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Metal Slug Review The Run And Gun That Proved 2D Could Never Die
Look, I will be blunt with you – when the PlayStation came out, and everybody was talking about 3-D polygons being the way of the...
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Mario Kart 64: The Game That Defined N64 Multiplayer Parties
Why Four-Player Racing on Cartridge Hardware Changed Gaming Culture As a history teacher from Phoenix, I have been studying for years why certain games become...
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Sensible Soccer Review: The Football Game That Perfected Simplicity Over Realism
It’s a bit odd that I’m writing this review, but I guess that’s just because I’ve listened to Joe go on about how terrible modern...
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NFL 2K Review: How Dreamcast Proved Sports Games Could Innovate Beyond Madden
Yes. So, there’s a lot Tim needs to stop yelling about how Madden was always overrated (we get it, buddy!), and instead look at what...
