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In Real Life

She’s Only 23 And Has A Retro Game Museum

10:00PM January 23, 2012 | Brian Ashcraft

Ever wonder how much retro game idol Haruna Anno loves video games? Enough to make a retro gaming museum. More »


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The Virtual Pikachu That Didn’t Need Food

5:30AM December 31, 2011 | John Kazemaini

Back in 1998, Pokémon was the shiz-nittle-bam-snip-snap-sack. Much like Ninja Turtles the decade before, Pokémon was the children’s franchise. Even people who didn’t watch the show could instantly recognise its mascot, Pikachu. It was during this time that Nintendo and Game Freak decided to release a giga-pet based on owning an actual Pokémon. And thus the Pokémon Pocket Pikachu was born. More »


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A Day In The Life Of A Shy Guy

8:30PM December 23, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

Clock on, office politics, clock off. Just another day in the life of one of the Mushroom Kingdom’s most adorable denizens. By, who else, Zac Gorman. More »


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Tecmo Super Bowl, Still Running After 20 Years

4:20PM December 17, 2011 | Owen Good

Chet Holzbauer can’t remember any other gift from that mad Christmas Day scramble 20 years ago. As far as he knows, the cacophony of torn paper came to a stop, like the needle coming off a record, when he and his brother unwrapped Tecmo Super Bowl. More »


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OC ReMix’s Latest Free Album Explores The Evil Tendencies Of 18 Bad-Arse Video Game Bosses

7:20AM December 10, 2011 | Mike Fahey

What happens when 20 top video game music remixers take on 18 of the biggest, baddest bosses ever committed to CD or cartridge? That would be OC Remix’s 30th free album, BadAss: Boss Themes. More »


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Best-Ever Zombies Ate My Neighbours Arcade Machine

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11:30AM October 23, 2011 | Logan Booker

Frankly if you’re not, right now, building your own paper-mache arcade machine to house a ZSNES-powered laptop to play Zombies At My Neighbours, then you’re doing something horribly, horribly wrong. More »


PC

Mega Mash: The 7 Best Retro Arcade Games You’ve Played At Once

9:30AM October 11, 2011 | Mike Fahey

When you first start Mega Mash, the latest flash masterpiece from the folks at Nitrome, it seems like you’re about to play a 7-in-1 game cart filled with clever homages to classic games. Then everything goes wonderfully haywire. More »


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This Retro Website Will Have You Drowning In Nostalgia

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2:30PM October 4, 2011 | Mark Serrels

This nifty little website, which was brought to my attention by Neogaf user OriginalThinking has dragged my productivity levels to a rapid halt. This clever little site allows you to scroll through hundreds of title screens from 8bit/16bit games. Sweet, sweet nostalgia – ye be a harsh mistress. More »


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Before They Were Superstars: BioWare

6:00PM October 3, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

Canadian developers BioWare are known today for blockbuster series like Mass Effect, Dragon Age and the upcoming Star Wars: The Old Republic. More »


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The Greatest Commercial Ever For Games That Sadly Never Existed

8:45PM September 30, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

When Italian TV wants to go all out and make an awesome commercial, it goes all out. More »