PAX East is over, and it’s time to settle back down and deal with reality again. I had a really great time and met a lot of awesome people, regular joes and janes, and people in the industry. This week I want to share some of the experiences, findings, and thoughts from my weekend at […]

RadGalaxy says this article may contain material not suited for underage or squeamish readers. Violence in video games has been a hot topic in the media recently as It seems like it’s something that happens every time there’s a violent tragedy. We hear about how the killer had spent hours playing Call of Duty, Gears […]

Parodies of games aren’t exactly common, but they are a thing that happens from time to time. Sometimes the results are pretty cool, kind of dumb, or just plain off the wall. It’s nice to see some game developers taking a break to do something not so serious with their IPs. Take a look at […]

It’s that middle of February time and love is in the air. What does that have to do with video games? Everything. Well, everything depending on what game you’re playing. In the spirit of the holiday I want to take a look at an RPG series that focuses on the theme of love: The Lunar […]

Have you ever been in the situation where you want to play a vertical shooter but you wanted something with a bit more substance to it? You know, have your weapons get stronger as you progress and maybe have your life bar get bigger? Those games are kind of short too, maybe if it was […]

Did you remember having a couple games that you wished would come out on a rival system? I know I did a few times. I don’t think I understood the concept of exclusivity until around the time Street Fighter 2 came out for SNES. This also comes from a time before the internet, and the […]

Hello there. The excitement of Christmas and New Year’s Eve is winding down. That time of year where my social and family life boils over and I run around chaotically for about two weeks straight is just ending. Things are becoming normal. Unfortunately, I am not quite ready for this weeks offering in the normal […]

It’s been a week of 25th anniversaries. 1987 was a great year. Final Fantasy, Mega Man, The IROC-Z Camaro, the list goes on. On the humble Sega Mark III, known as the Sega Master System in the West, 25 years ago we also saw the birth of another great RPG series. The Phantasy Star series. […]

Once in a while there’s a game that’s part of a popular franchise that somehow goes under the radar. For some reason or another, people just pass it by even if it’s a good game. Recently Nintendo released a 3DS follow up to a game series that seemed to be lost in the past. Even […]

It’s always interesting when a game tries to clone another game. This isn’t a new thing in the gaming industry, it’s been going on since the Atari 2600 and the Intellivision, probably earlier than that. Usually the result is a blatantly inferior derivative work. Sometimes they’ll do a slightly different take on a successful formula, […]