Certain brands, a precious few, hold great significance and such is the power of their indulgence in our hearts we know the breadth of their canon by a name. AM 2 would count for me, as would all of those numeral arcade departments from SEGA. Treasure would be another one.Read More →
Is Sega Rally fun because it is short, or short because it is fun? An uncle of mine used to say that the yard is greater than the metre in all regards but length. He wasn’t quite right but I could see where he was coming from and there wasRead More →
Neo Geo. Two strong words, like double scotch. Made by SNK, they were available to purchase but were exotic to find; known but enigmatic. Neo Geo had romance like an old Alpha Romeo. Or old scotch. Timeless. Now you wouldn’t want to own a Neo Geo per se, but youRead More →
Single player games are great, but if we can agree on gaming as no less than interactive media, with multiplayer games stacking on top ad infinitum, then there is a space between the two; a multiplayer that isn’t. A shotgun game, a single player experience wherein a second person mayRead More →
If you played Nights into Dreams, you remember it. But was it the SEGA Saturn’s mascot, or simply a pretty showcase? Freedom: we all want it, or at least to go on about it. In life, at work, down the biscuit aisle at your local whatever, even in games. AndRead More →
