When you’re young, 5 years is a long time. By 1998 I was 13 and in the 8th grade. Gaming wise I had gotten a SNES a year beforehand, in 1997, from a friend of the family (as SNES consoles were relatively cheap by this time) since my Genesis had long ago been broken, and […]
Being the age I am December 25th brings back fond memories of the Christmas days of my youth. This year was no different in that regard, but this year I noticed an odd pattern regarding those years and the “major” gift each year. Namely, the years 1993, 1998, and 2003. 25, 20, and 15 years […]
When the PlayStation Classic was announced in September 2018 I was pretty optimistic, as most of the internet seemed. The much-beloved PlayStation getting a “flashback” style console akin to what Nintendo did with the NES and SNES Classic Edition consoles seemed like a great idea. What could go wrong? The PlayStation had an amazing game […]
This Entry Has Been Superseded By This Article: A Final Commentary On The Whole PlayStation Classic Power Supply Mess Over the past few days since the release of the PlayStation Classic, my article from several months ago titled “So The PlayStation Classic Doesn’t Come With A Power Supply, And That’s Absolutely Fine” somewhat blew up […]
Well now, it’s the end of the year. Time for one last set of games, and here we have… well, it’s games. I’ll spare the intro and get right to the video and my thoughts on this end of the year set of free games. Let’s begin! On the Xbox One, we have Q.U.B.E. 2 […]
The early days of the computer revolution were an incredible time for people who happened to have the right combination of skills, money, and just plain luck – a successful combination for anyone, sure, but especially so in the computer revolution of the late 70’s and early 80’s. Well known examples of this are people […]
In the time span since the announcement of the PlayStation Classic and the subsequent announcement of the 20 games on the console, there’s been quite a bit of debate on if this latest mini retro console is actually something you should buy. People have done comparisons on the value of actual PS1 hardware and the […]
Here we have part 2 of the History of Haunted Tours, “The AtmosFearic Garage of the Supernatural.” Yes, it’s as corny as you can imagine, in a good way, of course. This was James’ last haunted house and as such it was not only his best (at least, we can presume so) but he also […]
Ah, Halloween, pretty much my favorite time of the year. I’m certainly not alone in feeling this way, of course, and one of the many people who shares this opinion of that oh so spooky end to October is James Rolfe! Of course, if you’ve seen any of his Monster Madness videos from the past […]
Alright, time for another set of “free” games from Microsoft. I put free in quotes because quite a few people argue about how “free” these games are given that they are available with an active Xbox Live Gold subscription. I’ll go into the details of this in the future but to put it simply, these […]
Yesterday the full 20 games that will be featured on the PlayStation Classic were announced to a mixed reception. Some love the games presented, some are questioning what Sony is thinking, and others are stuck in the middle, slightly conflicted about the games list. Consider me in that middle group. Before I continue, let’s actually […]
Today, October 29th, 2018, marks 30 years since the release day of the Sega Mega Drive in Japan. This 16-bit beast, better known to us in the United States as the Genesis, would grow to become the first true threat to Nintendo’s dominance of the North American game market and would also grow to become […]
Mobile games are generally not my thing – I’ve found a few in the past that have been fun for a while, but I don’t go out of my way to find and play them, so when I was approached by Freakout Games on twitter to review their game Solbot: Energy Rush I was a […]
Think of every first-person shooter game you’ve ever played. Now imagine those games as classic 2D platformers. Now imagine if the developers of those games were in it for the art, and for the love of creating a quality game as opposed to yet another cash grab. The game you’re imagining would probably come close […]
A good while back I wrote about wanting to do some good old game reviews here on Xadara. That’s part of what this blog was originally supposed to focus on, just my love of gaming (especially the classics) and tech, with a very healthy dose of specific reviews of individual games, consoles, and other things […]