Byte magazine is very much before my time. First published in September 1975, Byte magazine’s in-depth technical coverage of this new-fangled thing called microcomputers earned it a loyal readership. Also notable was the fact that the monthly publication didn’t focus on just one platform, but the entire field of small personal computers. The print edition…
Once more, with gear-mouth feeling! Recently, I was back reading over my original Kirby and the Forgotten Land review to get a quick reminder of how I found the base game when it released in 2022 (what is time?) and, yeah, it seems I fairly enjoyed that one, now that I’ve rebooted my brain a…
“Oh baby I hear the blues a-callin, tossed salads and…”. This week’s Arcade Archives release has been announced as the 1983 “action game” Scrambled Egg, an early title from the Double Dragon developer Technōs Japan. The game is a single screen arcade title that is played inside of a maze, which sees you having to…
For SSD enthusiasts, there are three letters to look out for, so they can avoid them at all costs: QLC. While this type of flash memory has been great for reducing the cost of large-capacity drives, it’s not ideal for performance or longevity. However, a new type of QLC chip announced by SK Hynix is…
Infidelity reveals his next project. Coder Infidelity has produced some amazing NES-to-SNES native ports in the past, and his next venture will bring one of the console’s best-selling titles to the 16-bit system. Released at the height of TMNT fever in 1989, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is an action platformer which has become notorious for…
Final Fantasy 14: A Realm Reborn turned 12 years old this week—pause while I crumble into dust. Alongside a sweet ol’ video message from director and producer Naoki Yoshida came the news I and many others have been waiting for: dates and locations for this expansion’s Fan Festivals. There are two reasons these dates are…
Final Fantasy 14′s going to be moving on from Dawntrail… uh, eventually, given the MMO’s recent troubles with patch cadence. But still, having played through 7.3, I’m genuinely quite hopeful for the game’s storyline to kick up again. I had an uncomplicated good time pushing Calyx’s stupid mug in, and it feels like Square’s slowly…
World of Warcraft’s Worldsoul Saga is gonna be a big’un—in case phrases like “Midnight”, “The Last Titan”, or, indeed, “Worldsoul” were any indication, this trio of expansion packs are focusing on some pretty intense story beats. The void wielded by Xal’atath, harbinger of the old gods; the Sunwell, a font of incredible power, under threat….
Konami sure is an odd company. On the one hand, it seems almost desperate to assure Metal Gear fans that—no, really—it has nothing but love and worship for the Metal Gears of old, and that it can be trusted to steward the series into the future. On the other, it’s pathologically averse to ever saying…
There’s nothing like a gaming and tech expo to show just how behind the curve you are. At least, that was how I felt coming away from Gamescom last week. Perhaps surprisingly, though, what made me feel most like this was seeing all the new PC cases, whether they were part of pre-builts or standalone….