Bandai Namco Entertainment recently confirmed the passing of Masaya Nakamura, the businessman who originally founded Namco in 1955. Nakamura was 91 years old when he passed away on January 22nd. Having been educated in the ship-building department of Yokohama Industrial College, Nakamura had an engineering background when he founded Nakamura Manufacturing in the Fifties. With […]
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Presented Without Commentary: Six WikiHow Articles to Become the Best Sonic Fan

How to Avoid Being an Ignorant Sonic Fan How to Catch Up to Archie’s Sonic the Hedgehog Comic Books How to Appreciate Dic’s Sonic the Hedgehog How to Make a Sonic Story (Without Pictures) How to Make a Fan Made Sonic Character How to Do the Knothole Freedom Fighter Handshake The post Presented Without […]
Sonic and SEGA Soundtracks Up on Spotify Now

Seemingly out of nowhere, SEGA has added a ton of soundtracks to Spotify from their classic games, including Outrun, Fantasy Zone, Jet Set Radio and more, along with a plethora of Sonic OSTs from the likes of CD and Adventure. You can check out the entire library here for instant streaming, just note that Spotify does require a login for […]
Sega’s Big Retro Spotify Debut

Sega has recently put up, rather quietly, a huge number of videogame soundtracks on the music streaming service Spotify. You can see a full list by clicking here, but we thought we’d pull out some highlights below! Some Sega games are already well-known for their soundtracks, in particular Jet Set Radio and its sequel Jet […]
SEGA News Bits: Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Comic Cancelled Rumor and Analysis

On this SEGA News Bits, Barry and George share their analysis of the rumor that Archie Sonic the Hedgehog comics are cancelled. How did this rumor spring up? Is there any validity to it? What could happen to the Sonic comic books should it happen? Give the video a watch to find out! SEGA News Bits […]
First-person Resident Evil Will Blow You Away

Resident Evil fan Rod Lima has put together a stunning example of how the 2002 remake of the original game could look if played from a first-person perspective – a look Capcom has adopted for the latest iteration in the series, Resident Evil VII: Biohazard. In order to create this first-person experiment, which takes place […]
Under Defeat

It’s hard to explain to those of you that weren’t there, but being a Dreamcast fan during the machine’s long period of undeath was a bizarre experience. You’d spend weeks or even months awaiting news of what was coming next for your long-discontinued console, while most of the world didn’t know or care. Typically, you’d […]
Maximum Power Up Podcast – Episode 41: Nintendo Wii

The Nintendo Wii is one of the most successful consoles of all time, offering gamers of all sizes, shapes and ages something different to the games of past Nintendo platforms. As we have just passed the ten year anniversary we look back at the craze that swept the world. From gamers, grannies and the Redknapps, […]
Autoduel

A person can learn many things from videogames, and I’ve definitely done so. I learned the names of many American cities from Rampage, Catherine taught me that I’d be a horrible partner, and Streets Of Rage imparted the wisdom that most wounds can be healed by eating roast chicken, a meal commonly found in roadside […]
Master Of Monsters

If you were to take a look over my games collection, you’d rightly peg me as a bit of an arcade nut, with a fondness for anything fast-paced and flashy. But for some reason, I’m extraordinarily susceptible to the charms of the humble turn-based strategy game. I’ve lost weeks to the likes of Advance Wars, […]
