Street Fighter IV???

Uncategorized: March 6th, 2008

Take a looksie at this and be sure to view the trailer. I was still a youngin’ when SFII came out and I have fond memories of…uh, nevermind. Anyway, I grew up, had other things to spend my money on and sorta just didn’t follow the franchise. Hey, I had to face it, gaming consoles [...]

Guy Tinkers with Game Electronics and Gets Paid For It

Uncategorized: March 28th, 2008

“Ben Heck” started out with tinkering with gaming consoles as a hobby. But now, people pay him big money to mod/hack/modify their machines. From old Ataris turned handhelds, one-handed game controllers, five-in-one console frankensteins to rowing machines with Xbox live, Ben Heck has done quite a number of machines. Technology websites anticipate his every project [...]

More Descriptive Names for Ten Games

Uncategorized: November 16th, 2008

Someone Boingboing’ed this and I thought it’s so funny, I should share it too. The folks at CollegeHumor came up with better names for some games. My personal favorite is Mortal Kombat 4 renamed into Pound Buttons 4–because that’s what it felt like to win some games (I had the PC version though and didn’t [...]

Gaming: Then and Now


November 3rd, 2010

Yars’ Revenge Reimagined

Uncategorized: April 21st, 2011

Apparently, this was released last 12th April on Xbox Live Arcade. I remember playing the original on our Atari. Given it had primitive graphics and gameplay, somehow, the story resonated. I remember poring through the manual for the game to be engrossed in the universe and look forward to beating the Qotile, looking forward to [...]