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Nintendo Has Become My Comfort Food of Video Games

March 20, 2015  /  John Meadows

Nintendo has never been number one on my must have gaming console list. I have been a SEGA man since the Master System days, then an Xbox guy after the Dreamcast faded away. But recently with all the bickering between XB1 and PS4 fanboys about resolution of games, graphics and game length, I have found myself playing less. Maybe I was just reading too much social media or maybe I hit the Destiny bottle too hard. But for whatever reason I wasn't having that much fun, I was just going through the motions. But that changed last month when I picked up the New 3DS XL.

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tags / Fun, Video Games, Nintendo

3D Out Run Review (3DS)

March 20, 2015  /  John Meadows

In 1986, SEGA first released Out Run in the arcades. Created by Yu Suzuki, you hop into a Ferrari Testarossa with your girlfriend and drive cross country, racing against the clock through beaches, deserts and more. Along with the great scenery was a soundtrack by Hiroshi Kawaguchi that had some of the most amazing and memorable songs of any arcade game. Now M2 has brought Out Run to the Nintendo 3DS remastered in full 3D. Does this port do justice to one of the most important SEGA/Suzuki games of all time? Read on to find out!

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tags / Review, SEGA, Nintendo 3DS

Grim Fandango Remastered Review

January 27, 2015  /  John Meadows

Grim Fandango is a noir story driven adventure game from the mind of Tim Schafer and was originally released by Lucasarts in 1998 for the PC. It was commercially considered a failure but critically considered one of the greatest PC games of all time. Now thanks to Tim and with help from Sony's Playstation Third Party  Relations this cult classic returns, remastered for the PS4, Vita and PC.

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tags / PC, Remastered, Review, Vita, PS4

Sega Mega Drive/Genesis: Collected Works - The Definitive History of Sega's 16 Bit Console

December 15, 2014  /  John Meadows

In November 2013, Darren Wall began a Kickstarter to fund the ultimate documentary art book to celebrate 25 years of the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis. In less than 48 hours, he had reached his goal of  £30,000 ($47,000). By the time the Kickstarter ended on December 9th, over 2,000 backers had pledged £98,000 ($154,000) to the project. Published by Read Only Memory, this collected works is not only the definitive history of the Mega Drive/Genesis, but the best book about video games I have ever seen.

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tags / Retro, Genesis, Book

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