Retro Confessional: Making Lemonade Out of Cthulhu

Retro Confessional: Making Lemonade Out of Cthulhu

I tremble before the Old Ones, generally speaking. I think all those tentacles and eyes are pretty intimidating. The only thing that might be more powerful than the ranks of Ghatanothoa, Yog-Sothoth, Nyogtha, and Nyarlathotep is something I like to call “Mother Nature”. This monster has the...

The Retro Confessional: The Games That Started It All (And Kept It Going)

The Retro Confessional: The Games That Started It All (And Kept It Going)

Every story should have a beginning, middle and ending. For example, today we got to see the beginning of the war of the United States of America for the Precious Moon Water (PMW). I only hope the skills I have been acquiring over my career as a gamer will save me and my loved ones (maybe even….the...

Retro Confessional: Rejected Games Concepts (Part 1)

Retro Confessional: Rejected Games Concepts (Part 1)

Through my connections at Games Are Evil (GrE) I have gathered many industry insiders from the land of my imagination. These insiders (in my mind) have told me of several titles across various platforms that the gaming public is unaware. Today I will proudly share with you the best of these games that you...

The Retro Confessional: The Perfect Selection

The Retro Confessional: The Perfect Selection

This time for the Confessional I have decided to take a look at my life as an adult gamer and share some thoughts I have on something that can set the tone of your gaming experience (as long as you have a designated driver and are old enough to legally consume alcohol). Please join me and learn that like...

The Retro Confessional: Let’s Do The Time Warp Again

The Retro Confessional: Let’s Do The Time Warp Again

Happy New Year – and know that it’s just a jump to the left and a step to the right… 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 Retro Confessional: 9999

The Retro Confessional: 9999

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...

The Retro Confessional: The Ultimate Retro Rock Band Set List

The Retro Confessional: The Ultimate Retro Rock Band Set List

I must apologize to the Games Are Evil community for my absence. My PC was brutalized but alas it is back and so am I, like the Phoenix. I 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...

The Retro Confessional: Experience Blast Processing

The Retro Confessional: Experience Blast Processing

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, The Sega...

The Retro Confessional: Play Your Super NES!

The Retro Confessional: Play Your Super NES!

This week I want to remind some of you why you stayed gamers and loved your Super Nintendo (SNES) and to arouse some curiosity in players who may have never tried some of these gems. Of course in this journey I will share some titles I just plain enjoyed but may have just been novelties of the era. For fans...

The Retro Confessional: The Amazing Technicolor Achievement Coat

The Retro Confessional: The Amazing Technicolor Achievement Coat

Stay tuned to the end of this article, where you can comment to enter for our latest Retro Confessional Contest Giveaway: An SNES version of Yoshi’s Cookie! In 2005, the Xbox 360 burst onto the scene with something that seemed like a throw-away concept: Gamer Scores and Achievement Points. When I...