Posted by Royale H. Duke Posted on 12 March, 2014 at 10:17PM 3 0
Kept you waiting, Huh?
Hey Retro of the Week readers! Join me live for a live play of Metal Gear Solid V:Ground Zeroes, the prologue to MGSV: The Phantom Pain as we commemorate the return of one of gaming's legendary stealth franchises and the return of Big Boss. I'll be playing live via Ustream from my PS4, answering questions and reveling in the glory of a new Metal Gear Solid title! It's sure to be a stealthy tension filled playthrough of one of my most anticipated games of the year thus far barring all of the recent controversy. I look forward to playing this live in HD and connecting with the Retro commmunity!
I'll be streaming live at 5pm Mountain Time on ustream! Join me March 18th,2014!
Posted by Billy Posted on 12 March, 2014 at 6:24PM 2 0
Making sequels is probably pretty hard. I've never had to do it myself, but I can imagine. Especially when said game is pretty far into the franchise, and from a different developer. Probably one of the worst ways to handle this would be to essentially remake the last 'main' game in the franchise again. You've probably put together the pieces by now: That's exactly what Traveller's Tales did when they made Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex.
I have a long history with Crash Bandicoot. When I was only 5 years old, my dad came home with a Sony Playstation. One of the games he had gotten for it was the original Crash Bandicoot. Our whole family loved that game, and we even got the sequels. I have fond memories of my mom with the strategy guide for Crash 3 reading from it to my father, who was playing the game. The kids sat and watched. Can you imagine that? The kids sat and watched our dad play through the game! We all got our turns, of course, me probably more than anyone. My favorite was Crash Bandicoot 2. My friend Kyle and I played that one the most, and Kyle was really good at finding all the secrets without any help. I was amazed when he showed me the secret warp room in Crash 2, and how to get there. Crash 2 remains my favorite.
Posted by Davrinsky sky Posted on 5 January, 2014 at 3:42PM 1 0
One of the rarities of my father's imported video games for his store was Head Extreme Destruction Zone. After taking this game off the shelf and popping it into the computer in the back room, that was the only place in the store I would be found. The Story of this game is very vague. The first thing you see is a video of random humans around the world being abducted by aliens. The humans would then have their heads pulled off and used by the aliens as masks and run into a room with the title H.E.D.Z on the Giant door that seals closed behind them. I think the aliens perform in a death match competition with the masks but it’s still vague. This game consists of you choosing 5 out of the countless masks you collected and then choosing any level up to the point of progress. In each level, you would search and destroy other mask wearing aliens and reach the platform at the end of the game to complete the level.
Posted by Royale H. Duke Posted on 3 December, 2013 at 00:27AM 0 0
In the First ever Episode of the DukeCast, I talk about XCOM vs XCOM, South Park, and of course the new generation of consoles. I also lament at the lack of other people on this podcast.
Next Week: PC Games and hardware, The Wii U, and Zelda: A Link Between Worlds and more!
This was the first time I ever did a podcast, hopefully I can get things a bit tighter next time.
Enjoy guys! I should have my next article up tomorrow sometime, so stay tuned for more contributions from my fellow Editors and myself!
Posted by Royale H. Duke Posted on 1 December, 2013 at 8:48PM 2 0
I remember growing up in the nineties quite fondly, it was an interesting time for entertainment after coming back from the Market Crashes in the nineteen eighties. When people ask me about what I remember most about those early years of my life I don't reference Bill Clinton or much of the other nineties pop and political culture pastiche. The one thing I always recall throughout the decade and leading into this one is the games, the gaming and technological landscape crashed together creating an incredibly dangerous and wild time for developers. It left a wave so high, that even now as you look back in the annals of gaming history you can see where it all hit; The high mark and the swath of blown minds that littered the landscape, and the creative powers that birthed those ideas painfully into a rapidly growing and changing market. Small studios of less than a handful of people working in their garages, basements, and professional studios creating the future and breaking the
Posted by Billy Posted on 15 November, 2013 at 4:50PM 2 0
Hello there, Billy here. I've been implimenting some backend features and shifting around a lot of code. The only visible result of this to you is that you can now thumbs up/down comments as well as posts. I ask that you please use this feature; if we get enough ratings, I can start adding algorithms for the most quality posts and stuff like that. Regardless, please be on the look out for errors and don't hesitate to tell me about them. Also, don't hesitate to give me feature suggestions. I have full control over the system, so I'd like to make the most of it that I can.
Posted by Lazlo Falconi Posted on 9 November, 2013 at 12:43AM 1 0
It doesn't matter where you preorder, right? It usually boils down to who has the best bundles, but yesterday, approximately 150 Target shoppers got a nice surprise in the form of an Xbox One! According to Kotaku, "Target had accidentally not assigned a release date," so when their shipments arrived from the manufacturer, Target did the responsible thing and sent them out.
So what did the lucky winners do? Just the obvious stuff, they attempted to sell them on eBay for ridiculous amounts, and posting unboxing videos on YouTube, which is a topic for another day--seriously, who cares about that? But Microsoft, in an unusually swift display of paying attention to its consumers, forced the YouTube videos to be taken down, and even banned at least one early adopter from Xbox Live.
All in all, it's a pretty hilarous story, from the company that's brought us one PR disaster after another, and I can't wait to see how this continues to develop.
Posted by Metal_Kitty666 Posted on 7 November, 2013 at 01:56AM 0 0
Disappointing games; everyone runs into one every once in awhile. Peoplw scream that one game or another is bad, but disappointing doesn't always mean bad. It means the game did not live up to the player's expectations. That is what this here article, post, thingy is about; disappointing games. To be more specific my top 10 most disappointing games, ever.
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