When my family moved to Norwich, CT in late 1980, there was a duckpin bowling alley not far from where we were living. There were arcade games inside, including Berzerk and the Gorgar pinball machine– both of which had speech, which blew my 8 year-old mind.
Acknowledge him! Temu Roman Reigns is here, brought to you by CoboRap, in theaters on Friday… by Ree, the cologne for angry dudes on social media… and by the Mosy PayStation 6: No Physical, No Problem.
Yeah, V’Ball is clunkier than its home console cousin. It’s also built with more rallies in mind (which makes sense since you only get one minute of playing time per credit).
There are valid reasons why the TurboGrafx-16 and 3DO didn’t fare well here in the US, but I will always believe that both deserved better outcomes.
It was an EDF 2017 kind of night. I’m now asking myself if this is my favorite game in the series— I had to force myself to stop playing because it’s a work night, and that’s not a common thing for Mr. Video Game ADD over here.
Work work work this week, getting back-to-school resources ready for returning staff next week… so I may be a bit less active than usual. That will either be a good or bad thing, depending on your point of view.
PD Week in my school building starts a week from today, so I’m putting the finishing touches on my team’s presentation to staff for the new academic year. Going all out on the theme I picked, from style to appearance. Hours of work for 25 minutes of show.
Burning Force for the SEGA Genesis came in over the weekend, complete in its case. This will probably be the last of the more expensive additions to my library of old video games until I go to RetroWorld Expo in September.
It’s taken a long time, but I finally won a Gold Division Survival matchup in Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition this afternoon. Feels good.
Racing toward the weekend with this pair of new arrivals for the original PlayStation.
Michelin Rally Masters is new to me. The Collectors’ Edition of Need For Speed III: Hot Pursuit is a third variant of the game that I own.
Thanks to the Mortal Kombat Legacy Kollection, I beat the (much-maligned) Super NES port of the original game earlier this evening after more than 30 years from the last time I did it.
PlayStation Memories: Street Sk8er (1999)
I’ve been thinking about Street Sk8er for the original PlayStation a lot lately, so I was motivated to sit in front of the camera and talk about it for a few minutes.
This game is more than a quarter of a century old. It can be “beaten” in an hour or two. The visuals arguably don’t hold up in 2026. But… I will always love Street Sk8er for what it is: a fun arcade/on-rails skateboarding game with a kickass soundtrack,
There’s not much here that most people other than me will find interesting, but that’s okay. Perhaps the most notable arrival is Arcade Classics 4 for the OG Game Boy, which completed my little quadrilogy.
I’ve been sitting on these sealed video game magazine issues for too long and need to open them up soon so I can add them to my library for reading and study.
Mail call! I was recently thinking about which era that Konami had its peak in, and the 16-bit era is a good one to argue. Legend of the Mystical Ninja isn’t the familiar name that Gradius III or Turtles in Time is, but it’s still a solidly fun time.
Even if/when social media platforms crumble under new/bipartisan age verification laws, I’m hopeful that small blogs and websites will hang around. I’m again reminded today that I need to accelerate my move that way before it’s too late.
