In the past I’ve mentioned how late Microsoft can be about putting out the Games with Gold video for each month — sometimes waiting until a few days into that month to get it up. This time, they jumped the holiday gun early and pushed out the video on the 19th! That’s right, a week …
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Angry Video Game Nerd Episode 89: Pong Consoles – Episode Review
Ah, Pong. Not the first video game, but the first one to really become popular. Through the mid 70’s Pong was pretty much it — the genesis of gaming in our cultural consciousness. In the wake of the success of the original arcade hit, a home version was made. Then another, and another, with tons …
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A Look Back At 30 Years Of The Simpsons
Ah, The Simpsons. A show I pretty much grew up with; as much as one really could say with regards to a television series, anyway. Today, December 17th, 2019 marks 30 years since the premier of The Simpsons as a stand-alone television show, starting with that holiday classic “Simpsons Roasting On An Open Fire.“ Honestly, …
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Angry Video Game Nerd Episode 88: Swordquest – Episode Review
The Atari era of gaming was something special. It was a time period where things were kind of wild and companies were throwing pretty much anything out there to see what would take. Atari itself, as a company, was doing wonderfully and the VCS, later renamed the 2600, was dominating the gaming scene. This success …
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How “The Wizard” Became One Of My Favorite Films Ever
Today, December 15th, 2019, marks 30 years since the film “The Wizard” premiered in theaters. This film is famous among gamers of a certain age for the fact that it heavily features video games — not just any games, mind you, but the Nintendo Entertainment System. For those of us in the late 80’s and …
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The Xbox Series X – An Odd Name For A Beautiful Machine
Yesterday, as a part of “The Game Awards 2019,” Microsoft revealed their next console in quite the theatrical video. Quite the work of art, the video showcased a monolithic, tower like machine drastically different from previous designs in the Xbox family, The Controller is, incidentally, quite familiar and mostly traditional — save for the “Sega …
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Vagabond’s Quest Is Back. Yes, I’m Serious.
Long time readers may recall an article I wrote back in 2016 regarding an online game I used to play in High School around 2001-2002 range called Vagabond’s Quest. It was a straightforward game, played from the website itself and functionally through text rather than any kind of awesome graphical world — more akin to …
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Don’t Like The Negative Press Stadia Is Getting? Consider This…
The past week has been quite the roller coaster in gaming, particularly with the much anticipated and (depending on who you ask) much loved new cloud gaming platform, Google Stadia. I discussed a few days ago that there’s a very vocal group of Stadia users and fans who reject all criticism of the product, namely …
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December 2019 Xbox Live Games With Gold
We’re coming up on December and the end of 2019 and with the new month just days away we have a new set of Games with Gold. Always fun to see what’s to come… well, so long as the games are ones you want. Right, let’s get to it! On the Xbox One we have …
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Angry Video Game Nerd Episode 87: Ninja Gaiden – Episode Review
This time we have another big production from the Nerd, this time on a very well known game that happens to be one I personally had as a kid (I actually still have my original copy) and have strong memories with — Ninja Gaiden for the Nintendo Entertainment System. The Episode starts off, incidentally enough, …
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Just When Will The End Come For The Xbox 360?
A little while back I wrote about the Late Life and Future of the Xbox 360 and the fact that the console was still getting updates even in late 2019. This, of course, leads you to wonder, just how much longer does the console actually have? In the way of software support via Xbox Live, …
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I Think I Misjudged The YouTube / COPPA Situation
On Friday of last week I wrote an article about the YouTube / COPPA situation and how I felt like people may have been making a bigger deal out of it than they should. As it turns out, this is a case where I was very, very wrong. Let me explain that traditionally people have …
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A Word To Fans Of Google Stadia
The past weekend has been quite an interesting one for the gaming community, as this past week the new cloud gaming service (and console) from Google, known as Stadia, launched. Much anticipated by many, it’s safe to say it was met with mixed regard once it was in the hands of players and media outlets …
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Angry Video Game Nerd Episode 86: Hydlide – Episode Review
Hydlide. Just say that. Hydlide. It sounds terrible and, based on this Angry Video Game Nerd episode, plays just as bad as it sounds. It’s a role playing game which was popular on various computer systems in Japan and was ported to the NES. It’s similar to the Legend of Zelda in appearance, but doesn’t …
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The Key Problem With Cloud Gaming
With the release of Google Stadia cloud gaming is once again a hot subject. The concept is pretty straightforward — have remote servers handle the brunt work of processing game activity and rendering the video, taking signals from the players controller remotely and sending the resulting audio and video of the game in action back …
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