This month, the Video Game History Foundation begins shipping their vintage video game magazines to the public. For $20 you can buy a retro magazine from them that will be completely random. However, you can also sign up for a monthly subscription that gives you one monthly magazine a month for $15. If you can…
Fallout: New Vegas, Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Game
I recently started a new save file on Fallout: New Vegas, and I’m enjoying it more now than ever. New Vegas was released on October 19th, 2010 as a follow-up to 2008’s Fallout 3. It was developed by Obsidian Entertainment and published by Bethesda Softworks. It was met with high reviews at the time of…
Throwback Bit Thursday: Final Fantasy VIII
In my lifetime, there have only been two game releases that had me more hyped up about them than I was back in 1999 for Final Fantasy VIII. Those games were Super Mario 64, and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. That I expected Final Fantasy VIII to stand proudly with those two masterpieces…
Nintendo’s Legal Team Issues More DMCA Takedowns
Game Jolt, a website for fan-made art and games, was recently issued a DMCA takedown by Nintendo of America. The DMCA takedown has now removed hundreds of fan-made projects from the website. The news was originally reported by Torrentfreak. The content of the takedown was published on Game Jolt’s forums on December 29 by the…
Five Games You Didn’t Know Were Coming Out in January 2021
Continuing the trend from the December 2020 games you didn’t know were coming out, here are five more games you didn’t know were coming out in January 2021. These games range from an RPG starring a body part exchanging skeleton and a cyberpunk point-and-click adventure game. Noch (January 7, 2021) Noch is a first-person adventure…
Phil Spencer Talks About Bethesda Acquisition
Phil Spencer, the head of Xbox, spent $7.5 billion in a deal to buy ZeniMax Microsoft, the parent company of game developer Bethesda. Despite the deal being announced in September, the companies will be acting as separate entities until the deal closes sometime in 2021. In the meantime, Spencer shared some details of his future…
FFVIIR Producer: “The New World of FFVII Has Only Just Begun!”
Fans of Final Fantasy VII Remake are eagerly awaiting for “part 2” of the episodic series. Yoshiniro Kitase’s (Final Fantasy VII’s Director, and FFVIIR’s producer) recent comments hint at the direction that the series will take, but not at a release date. Tetsuya Nomura, FFVIIR’s Director, has a history of absurdly long development cycles when…
World of Final Fantasy: A Cute Nod to Final Fantasy
World of Final Fantasy: MAXIMA grabbed my attention soon after I purchased my Nintendo Switch. I have been a fan of JRPGs for as long as I can remember, especially the Final Fantasy series. This game is certainly more enjoyable if you have some Final Fantasy knowledge. Without it, you wouldn’t get as much joy…
FromSoftware Breaks Silence on Elden Ring
Until now, FromSoftware, the developer of the beloved Dark Souls trilogy, Bloodborne, and Sekiro, has been all-but silent about its highly anticipated upcoming release, Elden Ring. It is the newest FromSoftware intellectual property and is being co-written by George R.R. Martin of Game of Thrones fame. Before 2020 It has been about a year and…
Why I Love Hades
Hades, developed by Supergiant Games, is a refreshing take on the roguelike (or, roguelite) genre. Originally released in 2018, Hades has won several Game of the Year awards in 2020. That’s no accident — the game is absolutely excellent. For several reasons, Hades embodies what a good roguelite should be. More importantly, Hades represents what…









