Category: video games

  • The Internet Archive’s Collection of Classic Mac Software & Simple Beep

    The latest episode of Simple Beep, a great podcast that recently popped up on my radar, has a great retrospective on some classic Mac games and reminded me that I had yet to post about the Internet Archive’s classic Macintosh software collection. There are a ton of great games like Prince of Persia and Hitchhiker’s Guide to…

  • Nintendo’s New Nintendo 2DS XL on July 28th, $150

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lxNHhgMuTg Nintendo’s got a new version of their 2DS handheld coming out on July 28th. The New 2DS XL has many of the features of the big boy New 3DS XL, like the clamshell design, c-stick, and faster processor, without the 3D functionality that almost no games are taking advantage of anymore. It looks good in that two-tone black and…

  • Crash Mode is Back in Danger Zone

    Last year’s Dangerous Golf from Three Fields Entertainment tried to take the best parts of Burnout‘s amazing crash mode and apply them to an extremely simplified game of golf. It wasn’t what I had hoped it would be, but it had almost all the right pieces and they kept working on the game after it…

  • Inside Giveaway

    Playdead’s Inside is a fantastic, bizarre, side-scrolling adventure that I reviewed with a 4 out of 5. Now you can enter to win a Windows copy of the game on Steam here: Inside (Steam Code) Giveaway The last day to enter this giveaway is on May 1st. This giveaway is not in collaboration with Playdead…

  • Call of Duty: WWII Trailer & Release Date

    Activision’s Sledgehammer Games studio is responsible for 2017’s Call of Duty, and they’ve put out the first trailer for their return to World War 2. Call of Duty: WWII is to be released on November 3rd for Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. It looks like PS4 gets the DLC first again. The Call of Duty blog…