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Random Videos: Donkey Kong Country Rewritten for NES

Do you remember the original Donkey Kong Country for the Super Nintendo? Well a team of developers have went through the process of porting the game so that it would work on the classic Nintendo Entertainment System. The results are a staggeringly proficient version of a 16 bit game, operating on an 8 [...]

Review: Fable II

Background
I’ve been following Fable since it was the itch in Peter Molyneux’s pants known as Project Ego. I listened as promises were made and let down when they were broken. I learned to blame myself for unjustifiably putting unreleased video games on a pedestal and how to keep my expectations low until I [...]

Dammit Game of the Week: Shift

Armor Games has been hit by hard times. To save money they have decided not to program in color. Just kidding. Or am I???
Shift is a puzzle/action type game. Your little man must navigate his way through a maze of black and white. About the third level of the tutorial, [...]

One Mega Man 9 Secret Still Undiscovered?

Mega Man 9 is the part of Capcom’s new strategy to revive old school franchises. In a classic return to form, Mega Man 9 channeled the days of eight bit graphics and ass poundingly high levels of difficulty, finally releasing a true successor to Mega Man 2.
Hidden secrets and Easter Eggs where staples of [...]

Andygoes Christmas Shopping

It’s nearly November, and that means two things; 1) it’s high time I figure out what I’m going to get for my family and friends for Christmas, and 2) it’s high time I tell them what I want for Christmas. I’ve never been good at asking for anything for Christmas – usually I want big [...]