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Sonic Frontiers (PS5/XSX) Review

Posted on March 20, 2023 by Samuel Rivera

My 6 year old son’s obsession with Sonic is what drove me to purchase, and play Sonic’s newest entry with him. Truth be told, while I have played nearly all of the entries within the Sonic series; I haven’t been excited about a Sonic game since 1998, and Sonic Adventure’s Dreamcast reveal.  Sonic (Despite its…

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Throwback Bit Thursday: Sonic Generations

Posted on July 14, 2022 by Samuel Rivera

Sonic 3-D games, for the most part, have sucked. Don’t get me wrong, I highly enjoyed Sonic Adventure back in 1999-2000, but that might be the only 3-D game in the franchise that I thought was any good. My son (who is 5 years old) loves Sonic, he loves Mario too (and has played dozens…

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Prince of Persia: An Incredible Platformer

Posted on March 19, 2022March 19, 2022 by Paul Cessna

An Introduction to the World of Prince of Persia Many who owned/own a Super Nintendo will know several of the classic platformers—Super Mario World, Mega Man X, and Donkey Kong Country 2 to name a few. I played many of these and other platformers on the wonderful home console; there were so many great platforming…

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No Escape (1994): Revisiting Nostalgia for Better or Worse?

Posted on March 12, 2022April 16, 2022 by Paul Cessna

No Escape (1994) Film Over the weekend, as I was looking back at several old games, I remembered the Super Nintendo Entertainment System title No Escape. It was a movie game on SNES that I recollected fondly. I didn’t recall watching the movie, so I decided to check it out and revisit the game, and…

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Jak and Daxter

Throwback Bit Friday Edition: Jak & Daxter: The Precursor Legacy Turns 20

Posted on December 3, 2021December 4, 2021 by Samuel Rivera

Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy is the closest that Sony ever got to having a platforming Mario 64 clone. Perhaps, this is the reason why I consider the first Jak & Daxter game to be the best platforming game that Sony (Naughty Dog developed it) has published. Jak and Daxter played, and was closer…

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Throwback Bit Thursday: Sonic The Hedgehog 2

Posted on November 4, 2021November 4, 2021 by Samuel Rivera

Sonic The Hedgehog is an important fictional character in my life, for a variety of reasons. First, my first experience, and love with video games came with Super Mario Bros. and Super Mario Bros. 3 in the late 1980s when I was the age that my son is now (4 years old). My chance encounter…

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Sonic Adventure

Throwback Bit Thursday: Sonic Adventure

Posted on July 1, 2021 by Samuel Rivera

On September 9, 2021, Sonic Adventure will be a whooping twenty two years old (in the U.S.), and today, it is a perfect day to remember Sega’s first foray in to the 3-D arena with its premier Mascot. Sega Had Issues Translating the Sonic Formula in the 3rd Dimension Unlike Nintendo EAD, and Shigeru Mayamoto,…

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A New Jak And Daxter Could Be Just What Sony Needs

Posted on April 28, 2021 by Dakota Deitsch

The latest news of Sony maybe playing it safe rather than greenlighting risky projects have led me to remember some of the older PlayStation classics that I miss. Classics that arguably may not have been approved if they were presented today. Naturally many come to mind, but the one series I continuously want a reboot…

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Throwback Bit Thursday: Banjo-Kazooie

Posted on March 26, 2021 by Samuel Rivera

Of all the Super Mario 64 clones, Banjo-Kazooie, is in my opinion the best (at least during the 32-64 bit era). Rare’s first attempt at a 3-D platformer even managed to surpass Mario 64 in a few areas.  A Beautiful World  One area in which Rare’s game is clearly superior to Nintendo’s revolutionary game is…

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Throwback Bit Thursday: Super Mario 64

Posted on March 11, 2021March 11, 2021 by Samuel Rivera

1996 was a magical time for an 11-year-old kid to be alive. Video Games were making the transition to 3-D from 2-D for the first time with the arrival of the 32-bit machines. The possibilities to a young mind – arriving at the peak of human imagination – seemed endless.   That said, to me personally,…

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