All Posts Tagged With: "console"

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Remembering The Neo Geo

In 1990 those of you who hadn’t adopted the Sega Genesis early were still using Nintendo’s venerable NES as your videogame console. The NES had a big library of games that appealed to a wider audience than games ever had, and marked the beginning of true mass market appeal for videogames. In retrospect the Genesis [...]

2Apr2008 | Michael Lankton | 4 comments | Continued
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Review: Super Mario Galaxy

Up until 2002, three things in life were certain: death, taxes and the excellence of any game Nintendo released in the Super Mario Series.
Then along came Super Mario Sunshine. You either loved this game or hated it. Count me in the latter category. Given that it had been 6 years since the release of Super [...]

3Dec2007 | Michael Lankton | 3 comments | Continued
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Shoot-em-ups Making A Comeback On Xbox Live Arcade?

It looks like I’m going to have more to look forward to playing on my Xbox 360 than Halo 3.
My favourite games genre when I was growing up was shoot-em-ups like Raiden, Slapfight, Nemesis and R-type. I loved these games but they seemed to fall out of favour when the consoles became popular. [...]

14Sep2007 | Everton | 4 comments | Continued
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High Definition And The Console Gamer

High definition television is relatively young. Unlike many new technologies which never rise above niche product status, or worse yet die stillborn, high definition consumer displays have been adopted by the mass market relatively quickly.
Just a few years ago we all had standard definition CRT-based televisions. Maybe you still do, and are wanting to replace [...]

10Sep2007 | Michael Lankton | 6 comments | Continued
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SOCOM Confrontation Announced For PS3

Sony Playstation have announced that SOCOM Confrontation for the PS3 will be launched in November. The game will be online only allowing up to 32 people to play at the same time. Gamers will be able to form clans, and battle for world domination online.

18May2007 | Everton | 1 comment | Continued
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