I wrote this encyclopedia of Capcom items a few years ago, and although it's by no means 100% complete (I would have gone mad chronicling all the power-ups from Mega Man and its many sequels), it's nevertheless a fairly comprehensive guide to all the weird pick-ups you can find in Capcom games from the 20th century and beyond....
Here's a fun article from my old blog reviewing all the games in SNK Arcade Classics. As classic collections go, this is one of the better ones on the PSP, and that system had a whooooole lot of them to go around. (Other classic game compilations I'd recommend for this underrated handheld include Midway Arcade Treasures, Sega...
Here's an article I wrote a few years back about Konami's Mega Zone, a middle of the road shoot 'em up from 1983 that managed to sink its hooks into me despite its aggressive mediocrity. It doesn't look or sound as nice as Xevious, and it's not as fair as Xevious. Yet I kept feeding it quarters, trying to discover the X-factor...
After an eighteen month struggle with the FTC, Microsoft finally unhinged its jaw and swallowed Activision whole. What's that mean for gamers? Hopefully a new Activision Anthology, because we've been without one for waaaay too long. You'll find more thoughts on the merger in the provided link.
A few years ago, I reviewed eight of the Data East games offered by Johnny Turbo (yes, the hefty, hairy shill for the TurboDuo) for the Switch. Why the heck is Johnny Turbo selling Data East games and not Turbografx games? Who knows....
Here's an article I posted years ago about purchasing games from the now largely defunct Toys 'R Us chain of toy stores. Buying video games at Toys 'R Us was such an arcane, labyrinthine experience. It felt like a sacred ritual!...
