Monthly Archives: January 2014

And now the other side of the Nintendo story…

Posted on January 24, 2014 5:54 pm by bedgell

Encapsulated in this game – Nintendo World Championships on the NES – is the other side of the Nintendo story. People won’t pay a few hundred for a Wii U, but they will pay thousands for a bashed up copy … Continue reading →

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Nintend-woe. Good one. Not.

Posted on January 20, 2014 8:38 pm by Dibbs Ahoy

You may have noticed there’s been a lot of buh about Nintendo’s troubles recently what with the underwhelming performance of the Wii U and the falling short of expected targets of the 3DS, even though it was the biggest selling … Continue reading →

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Power Stone?

Posted on January 20, 2014 6:44 am by bedgell

Apparently this little bad boy with multi-player, furniture throwing action was a Capcom arcade port to Dreamcast. I vaguely remember a game with furniture throwing, but don’t remember this. Anyone?

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The Great Gianna Sisters Review. Very late. Like, 1987 late.

Posted on January 19, 2014 2:57 pm by Dibbs Ahoy

Good day my Grigglings! Next up from the 2013 left overs from Heir Ahoy is a 1987 bad boy that got a fine playin’ when I was a kid. It’s a retro review of a retro game, which means for … Continue reading →

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Ground Control to Major Dumb

Posted on January 18, 2014 6:43 am by bedgell

So there was me, on seeing this picture, thinking “woah hang on: I didn’t even think Axl Rose even had any friends. Yet here he is hanging out with David Bowie! [and seeing as David Bowie quite possibly made physical … Continue reading →

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Game Players magazine?

Posted on January 16, 2014 11:51 pm by bedgell

Do you remember ever seeing this sonofa? Some guy’s posting scans from it – and I’d think was just American or something except he’s also posting loads stuff from Mean Machines too. Maybe it’s just my lameass memory again. Speaking … Continue reading →

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Kickstarter coolness ahoy!

Posted on January 16, 2014 10:43 pm by Dibbs Ahoy

Grigori(g) Rasputin! So here’s another of my previously scribed offerings from back in September 2013 when I was particularly looking forward to several Kickstarter projects that were in the pipeline. I believe of the games I talk about, one, namely … Continue reading →

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Funny how many of these I never saw…

Posted on January 16, 2014 9:57 pm by bedgell

Seems like every year or so, some smart alec posts a pic of a Game & Watch that I never saw. I thought I’d seen em all – but that there was basically only about four. The browny-yellowy Donkey Kong … Continue reading →

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Smooth McGroove Strikes Again

Posted on January 15, 2014 11:19 pm by bedgell

So basically, roughly once a month someone posts a Smooth McGroove joint on tumblr and i then have another random trawl through his past offerings. And that’s what happened tonight. So here are some current gems that have been on … Continue reading →

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Minecraft Goes Ghibli

Posted on January 15, 2014 9:41 pm by bedgell

I’m impressed by Minecraft, and the crazy buh that people make on it. But I generally don’t give a tiny rat’s ass about seeing the fiftieth packing castle that some tweenie in Alabama has spent his better years creating. I … Continue reading →

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