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So Close, Yet So Far - Fireteam Rogue

Posted by Areala, in Video Games, Super Nintendo, Magazines, Genesis/Mega Drive, Action 31 October 2012 -

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snes, unreleased, video game and 5 more...

Digging through the collection, I unearthed this gem discussing a really awesome-looking game being developed by Accolade for the Genesis and Super Nintendo. I'm pretty familiar with the bulk of the Super Nintendo library, but I didn't remember ever seeing this title on the market. Was it yet another unreleased game previewed by EGM, this time in...

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So Close, Yet So Far - Socks the Cat Rocks the Hill

Posted by Areala, in Super Nintendo, Action 03 October 2012 -

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Unreleased, Action, SNES, Genesis and 1 more...

Remember Socks? He was the black and white feline counterpart to former US President Bill Clinton. Children everywhere used to write letters to Socks (and his canine bro, Buddy); the best of these got collected and published in a book entitled, "Dear Socks, Dear Buddy." Everybody loved the First Pets, so what better way to show your...

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So Close, Yet So Far - Drac's Night Out

Posted by Areala, in Video Games, NES, Magazines, Action 02 October 2012 -

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GamePro, NES, Action, Unreleased and 2 more...

"It's Gotta Be The Shoes." With that five-word tagline, Reebok launched a sneaker fad for the 90's over which people went absolutely apeshit. And just as with every other great product innovation, there had to be cross-promotion. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ate Pizza Hut pizza, Modern Warfare soldiers drank Pepsi, Alan Wake used...

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Why Grammar Is Important - Fighting Force

Posted by Areala, in Video Games, Playstation, Magazines, Action 01 October 2012 -

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Ads, Funny, Grammar and 4 more...

Today on Retrochick Retroblog, we're going to remind everyone why grammar is important, even when you're dealing with video games.

To wit: please open the image on your left. This is the second page of a two-page-spread ad for the PS1 game Fighting Force, developed by Core Design and published by Eidos Interactive. It comes from the Sept....

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What The F&!@ Were They Thinking? - Masters of Teräs Käsi

Posted by Areala, in WTF?!, Video Games, Playstation, Magazines, Action 30 September 2012 -

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Star Wars, video games, action and 4 more...

In the days before the Internet started shoving a cruel, pointed stake into the hearts of video game magazines, we had no choice but to trust the reviewers who got paid to do what we all wished we could get paid to do: play lots of video games and then write about it.

The guys and gals of the gaming journalism world were supposed to be our lifelines,...

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Solo Board Game: Intruder

Posted by Areala, in Board Game, Action, Survival Horror 10 August 2012 -

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I always thought somebody should make some kind of board game based on the Aliens universe. They've made plenty of video games based on the property after all, on everything from the 2600 to the modern-day consoles with the pending release of Aliens: Colonial Marines. There was also a fun "Aliens vs. Predator" collectable card game released...

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Survival Horror Without the Horror - Disaster Report (PS2)

Posted by Areala, in Video Games, Survival Horror, Playstation 2, Action 03 January 2010 -

· 361 views

video games, PS2, disaster report

Yes, you read the title correctly: 'Survival Horror without the horror.'

"What the hell are you talking about, Areala?"

Glad you asked. You'll note that if you remove 'horror' from 'survival horror' you are left with just one thing: survival. And while this description could apply to a great many games since nearly...

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Lost Classics - Kya: Dark Lineage (PS2)

Posted by Areala, in Action, Playstation 2, Video Games 08 December 2009 -

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kya, ps2, playstation 2

Released in 2003 to very little fanfare by a company that was known only for producing driving simulators, Kya: Dark Lineage came out of nowhere as a 3D platformer that was ambitious to make itself heard in a world that was already overcrowded to the point of bursting. No doubt, many gamers looked at the simple cover art and the fact that it was developed...

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Borderlands - More Mad Max Than Fallout 3

Posted by Areala, in RPG, Playstation 3, Action, Video Games 03 November 2009 -

· 3,362 views

borderlands, ps3, playstation 3

I was very nervous picking up Borderlands. Sure, I'd read all the reviews that said what a fun game it was and all, but after all, I already have Fallout 3. Did I really need another game set in a post-nuclear style area where everybody is searching for a Vault?

I plucked up my courage, deposited my money at the local game store, drove home...

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Amusing Product Placement In Video Games

Posted by Areala, in WTF?!, Action, Video Games 26 October 2009 -

· 5,626 views

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If you don't remember the third-person action/survival horror title "Run Like Hell: Hunt or Be Hunted," don't be too disappointed with yourself. It's understandable. After all, the game was in development for five years, went through producers, artists and programmers like wood chippers going through storm-tossed trees, and saw a...

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