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    An Open Letter to Ellie and Joel

    By Softballchic10

    There are certain games that come along from time to time that really get your attention. It could be for the action, the graphics or game play. However, it is a rare occasion that a game grabs you for all of these, plus the amazing experience of becoming emotionally attached and involved in the actions of characters. It is to this that I write this open letter to Ellie and Joel. I met them in the “The Last of Us.” *(Please note that I've tried to write this to contain no spoilers.
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Nintendo Power Retrospective – Part 3

This week I continue taking my look through Nintendo Power with issue 3 of the Fun Club News. Picks of the week: Metroid, with an alternate of Punch-Out! Filed under: Video games, videos Tagged: Kid Icarus, Metroid, Mike Tyson's Punch-Out, NES, Nintendo, Nintendo Power, Rad Racer, video game, video game magazines Source
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Vlog – Skyfall

After a short break caused by school work, I have a vlog for the new James Bond film, Skyfall. Related articles James Bond film Skyfall breaks seven day box office record (telegraph.co.uk) ‘Skyfall’ Co-Writer Is Already Writing The Next James Bond Film (screencrave.com) Skyfall Becomes The The Biggest Movie Of The Year In The UK! (lukewilliamsgossip.wordpress.com) Movie Review: Skyfall (cwtampa.cbslocal.com) James Bond Film Skyfall Inspired By Stuxnet Virus (entertainment.slashd
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So Close, Yet So Far - Fireteam Rogue

Digging through the collection, I unearthed this gem discussing a really awesome-looking game being developed by Accolade for the Genesis and Super Nintendo. I'm pretty familiar with the bulk of the Super Nintendo library, but I didn't remember ever seeing this title on the market. Was it yet another unreleased game previewed by EGM, this time in their January, 1994 issue? A quick trip to GameFaqs confirmed my suspicions: Fireteam Rogue was in development in the mid-90s and then axed before c
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Movie Review – Kwaidan

This week I’m taking a look at a Japanese anthology horror film, and part of the Criterion Collection – Kwaidan. I’m attending Orycon 34! Help out victims of Hurricane Sandy by donating to the Red Cross Related articles Kwaidan: Hoichi, the Earless (ladyphilosopher.wordpress.com) Bede’s Halloween Viewing List: 62 Horror Films In 31 Days (supermarcey.com) Become a Horror Lover in Nine Easy Steps (tdylf.com) Filed under: film, Samurai film, videos Tagged: American Red Cross, Crite
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Nintendo Power Retrospective – Part 2

<p>This week I’m taking a look at Nintendo Fun Club News issue 2, with thoughts on Legend of Zelda, Pro Wrestling, Slalom and Volleyball.</p> <embed src="http://blip.tv/play/h6Vcg4fDGgA" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="480" height="392" allowscriptaccess="never" allowfullscreen="true"></embed> <p> </p> <br />Filed under: <a href='http://countzeroor.wordpress.com/category/video-games/'>Video games</a>, <a href='http://countze
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Movie Review – Guyver

This week I’m taking a look at the 1991 Live action adaptation of the popular anime. Apollo Z Hack and Obscurus Lupa‘s review of this film currently isn’t available online anyway, so I couldn’t have watched it before my review, whether I’d wanted to or not. Related articles Bio-Booster Armor Guyver (megabert.wordpress.com) Filed under: film, videos Tagged: film, Guyver, live-action anime, movies, That Guy with the Glasses, Tokusatsu Source
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EGM - A Day In The Life

Every so often, the magazines from back in the day would give us a peek behind the scenes so that the rest of us would know (or at least have a vaguely better idea) what those weirdos whose names all appeared on the masthead at the front of the magazine did for the magazine besides the obvious. So for their 50th issue, EGM treated us to a four-page spread of insider information, Photoshopped antics, personal photos, and other goodies. In case it's not obvious, this is one of the best reasons t
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Nintendo Power Retrospective – Part 1

This week I start with the retro video gaming, as I make my way through Nintendo Power, one issue (or so) at a time, starting with the first issue of the Nintendo Fun Club News, and a little background about how Nintendo Power came to be. Wil Wheaton’s Blog Entry about the tournament Pick of the Episode: Super Mario Bros. Filed under: Video games, videos Tagged: NES, Nintendo, Nintendo Power, video game, video game magazines, Wil Wheaton Source
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Gunpei Yokoi: September 10, 1941 - October 4, 1997

Today marks the fifteenth anniversary of Gunpei Yokoi's death. Many things we take for granted in the gaming world today can be tracked back to this man, including the cross-shaped directional pad (NES), portable gaming systems (Game Boy), and Metroid (every freakin' Nintendo system except the N64). Not bad for a janitor. Yokoi was a simple custodial worker and maintenance man at one of Nintendo's hanafuda (playing card) manufacturing plants, where he amused himself in his spare time by tinke
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So Close, Yet So Far - Socks the Cat Rocks the Hill

Remember Socks? He was the black and white feline counterpart to former US President Bill Clinton. Children everywhere used to write letters to Socks (and his canine bro, Buddy); the best of these got collected and published in a book entitled, "Dear Socks, Dear Buddy." Everybody loved the First Pets, so what better way to show your appreciation for all their trials and tribulations around the White House than to immortalize one in a video game? Er...right. So somebody at Kaneko has this br
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So Close, Yet So Far - Drac's Night Out

"It's Gotta Be The Shoes." With that five-word tagline, Reebok launched a sneaker fad for the 90's over which people went absolutely apeshit. And just as with every other great product innovation, there had to be cross-promotion. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ate Pizza Hut pizza, Modern Warfare soldiers drank Pepsi, Alan Wake used Energizer batteries in his flashlight, and vampires wore Pumps in that classic NES title, Drac's Night Out. What's that? You've never played Drac's Night Out?
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Some Neat Parasite Eve Prototype Shots

I frigging love Parasite Eve for the Playstation. It's one of my favorite RPGs of all time (small wonder, since it's written and directed by the guy who directed Chrono Trigger and designed Final Fantasy IV on the Super NES, and scored by Yoko Shimomura who did the music for Breath of Fire, Kingdom Hearts, many incarnations of Street Fighter II, and Legend of Mana among others), and I've felt it never received the recognition it deserved coming as it did in the wake of Final Fantasy VII and bei
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Why Grammar Is Important - Fighting Force

Today on Retrochick Retroblog, we're going to remind everyone why grammar is important, even when you're dealing with video games. To wit: please open the image on your left. This is the second page of a two-page-spread ad for the PS1 game Fighting Force, developed by Core Design and published by Eidos Interactive. It comes from the Sept. 1997 issue of GamePro. I'm sure it ran in other magazines, I just happened to be reading this one when I spotted it. The first page contains an image of a
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What The F&!@ Were They Thinking? - Masters of Teräs Käsi

In the days before the Internet started shoving a cruel, pointed stake into the hearts of video game magazines, we had no choice but to trust the reviewers who got paid to do what we all wished we could get paid to do: play lots of video games and then write about it. The guys and gals of the gaming journalism world were supposed to be our lifelines, making sure we didn't buy the crap and didn't miss the gold. Usually they were on the money. But sometimes...well, deadlines can do strange thin
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Movie Review – McQ

This week I’m returning to the world of the cinema, with a review of the John Wayne film “McQ” – a film that gives a glimpse of what Wayne might have been like as Dirty Harry. Also, I’m going to be at Portland Retro Gaming Expo on Saturday 9/29/2012 & Sunday 9/30/2012. If you see me, say hi! Also, check out the 100th episode of the Dangerous Kids podcast on Saturday. Filed under: film, videos Tagged: film, John Wayne, McQ, movies Source
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Video Game Review – The Saboteur

This week I’m taking a look at another video game, with the Nazi Face-Punching simulator in The Saboteur. Filed under: Video games, videos Tagged: Open world games, The Saboteur, Video games, World War II Source
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Vlog – Kumoricon 2012

After a long absence, I return with a vlog! This past weekend was Kumoricon, and I went. Here are my thoughts on the con, and the schtuff I picked up. As of this recording, I had not read Oreimo Vol. 1. Once I’ve finished reading it, I’ll put up a text review. Thunderbird Hotel Fire video courtesy of https://www.youtube.com/KimonoMK The Most recent episode of the ANNCast I could find with Carl Horn is this one – http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/anncast/2012-02-03 Kumoricon’s web page is https
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Eleven Cover Songs That Are Better Than The Originals

"Hooo boy, Areala, do you really want to go here?" Yes, yes, I think I do. Because it's my blog, and it's my opinion, and you're all entitled to it. Besides, what's better than potentially starting a gigantic flame war over music and personal preferences? OK, besides sex. Right, nothing! So here's the deal. I'm going to list some covers that are better than the originals and explain why. You're all going to tell me how correct I am or that I'm going to burn in hell for blasphemy, and eit
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Book Review – Red Storm Rising

This week I’m taking a look at Tom Clancy’s Magnum Opus – Red Storm Rising (Feat. Larry Bond) Filed under: Books, videos Tagged: book review, Larry Bond, Red Storm Rising, Tom Clancy Source
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Teased By An Asylum

Are you crazy? Well, whether you are or not, you should consider the research. For example, did you know that ten out of every ten people polled by Hanwell Mental Institute's top-rated researchers tested positive for at least one mental illness, and eight out of those ten tested positive for two or more? And that three of those remaining eight were found to have a staggering five or more mental illnesses according to the soon-to-be-released DSM-V? Are you sure you're not crazy? Remember: a
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