Articles by Dave Hatfield
A life long gamer, Fanky Malloon started out with an Atari VCS on a black and white TV and only paused during the video game apocalypse of the 1980s. His local mall contained two arcades which all but guaranteed his status as a mall rat (1986-1992). Of the current generation hardware, Fanky is an Xbox 360 exclusive. He is the Retro Evil editor and is thrilled at reminding people about what once was in gaming, and maybe helping people dust off their old hardware.
Welcome to 2009. With all the exciting things on the horizon in the world of interactive gaming entertainment, I think it appropriate to look back to the year McLovin was born. The very year Rain Man won the Oscar for best picture is where we hop in our Tardis to visit: 1989. (That’s 20 years ago math whiz!)
Here are some things you may want in a console: Online connectivity (check), web browsing (check), top of the line graphics (check), games that are only available on the machine (check), free online play (check), and connectivity to a portable (check). This may seem like a description of the Playstation 3….
Thought this would be a good time to mention my ultimate set list for Rock Band 1 or 2. Not Guitar Hero, because I find that drums and vocals are not guitars, but I digress…From Cho Chop Master Onion to Rex Manning, here is my Retro-tastic wishlist.
Every Sunday our editors get jacked up on caffeine (or Monday if not enough caffeine was available - eep!) and take you for a stroll down memory lane. Most people like to look back at …
I hope this is easier to pull off than a final atomic crusher!
Coming Soon: Graffiti Entertainment will be releasing Martial Arts: Capoeira, by developer Twelve Interactive. The title will launch before the end of 2008 …
My mission continues this week to spark the memories of old school games and pique the interest of the latest generation of gamers. At some level I am sure people will be baffled by my selections. The world I am going to explore this week is the wonder rival to last weeks’ console of choice…
Party game or troublemaker?
Set for release today, October 14th, is Dokapon Kingdom from PS2 JRPG favorite Atlus. This offering is not their normal fair. Instead of an epic RPG, Atlus if offering up a fusion …
This week, resident Retro junkie Fanky Malloon reminds us why we stayed gamers - and the landmark SNES gems that we’ll never forget.
It is not a news flash to any fans of the Persona series that the 4th installment is due from Publisher Atlus this December (scheduled 12/9/2008), but for anyone who has not paid attention to the …
November is coming and with that many people from the United States get hungry for their annual Thanksgiving Day celebration. It is a time to give thanks and consume too much food. November will also …
