Posted on April 8, 2014
Is it in your genes? I don’t know…
Even though I love playing older video games, a bunch of them bring back very strange, sometimes even sad memories. To play them now puts me right back in that state of mind I was in when I… Read More
Posted on April 29, 2013
NASCAR ’98 (PlayStation)
I actually started this post some time early last year, and the draft for it has been staring me in the face ever since I started the countdown. Now that I’m done, I might as well go ahead… Read More
Posted on February 1, 2013
My Top 100: #25 – Syphon Filter
At a time when the Nintendo 64 seemed content with releasing lots of colourful platformers (that were mostly still awesome, by the way), Sony’s PlayStation was targeting older gamers with lots of action games. Resident Evil, Metal Gear Solid, Dino Crisis,… Read More
Posted on November 8, 2012
My Top 100: #51 – Gran Turismo
I’ve been reluctant to include racing games on here, mostly because they’re a dime a dozen. If it’s a NASCAR game, there’s been one released every year since ’97, and very little innovation seen from… Read More
Posted on October 17, 2012
My Top 100: #66 – Die Hard Trilogy
As a kid, it wasn’t very often that I had to be prevented from seeing violent movies. I was never into guns, tanks or other “macho” things that others my age tended to be interested in. The furthest I ever… Read More
Posted on October 10, 2012
My Top 100: #71 – Triple Play ’98
When it comes to stick-and-ball sports, my preferences don’t stray too far from hockey and baseball. It seems like everyone but me is into either football or basketball, but I can’t stand one or the other. I’ve… Read More
Posted on February 23, 2012
“There’s always a bigger fish…”
In high school, there was no bigger event than the release of Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace. It was a *brand new* Star Wars film, the first since 1983, and was using state-of-the-art sound and… Read More